diff --git a/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go b/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go
index 1a54254f..0bcd0e5f 100644
--- a/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go
+++ b/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go
@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ func (DatabricksDialect) IsTableDoesNotExistErr(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func (d DatabricksDialect) BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(tableAlias constants.TableAlias, column columns.Column) string {
+	toastedValue := "%" + constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder + "%"
 	colName := sql.QuoteTableAliasColumn(tableAlias, column, d)
-	if column.KindDetails == typing.Struct {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s != {'key': '%s'}, true)", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
+	switch column.KindDetails {
+	case typing.String:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s NOT LIKE '%s', TRUE)", colName, toastedValue)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(CAST(%s AS STRING) NOT LIKE '%s', TRUE)", colName, toastedValue)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s != '%s', true)", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
 }
 
 func (DatabricksDialect) BuildDedupeTableQuery(tableID sql.TableIdentifier, primaryKeys []string) string {
diff --git a/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect_test.go b/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect_test.go
index 6d3c3fc5..e249b7ac 100644
--- a/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect_test.go
+++ b/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,30 @@ func TestDatabricksDialect_IsTableDoesNotExistErr(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDatabricks_BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(t *testing.T) {
+	{
+		// Unspecified data type
+		assert.Equal(t,
+			"COALESCE(CAST(tbl.`bar` AS STRING) NOT LIKE '%__debezium_unavailable_value%', TRUE)",
+			DatabricksDialect{}.BuildIsNotToastValueExpression("tbl", columns.NewColumn("bar", typing.Invalid)),
+		)
+	}
+	{
+		// Structs
+		assert.Equal(t,
+			"COALESCE(CAST(tbl.`foo` AS STRING) NOT LIKE '%__debezium_unavailable_value%', TRUE)",
+			DatabricksDialect{}.BuildIsNotToastValueExpression("tbl", columns.NewColumn("foo", typing.Struct)),
+		)
+	}
+	{
+		// String
+		assert.Equal(t,
+			"COALESCE(tbl.`bar` NOT LIKE '%__debezium_unavailable_value%', TRUE)",
+			DatabricksDialect{}.BuildIsNotToastValueExpression("tbl", columns.NewColumn("bar", typing.String)),
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDatabricksDialect_BuildCreateTableQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeTableID := &mocks.FakeTableIdentifier{}
 	fakeTableID.FullyQualifiedNameReturns("{TABLE}")
diff --git a/clients/databricks/store.go b/clients/databricks/store.go
index 74d86b2c..02df68b9 100644
--- a/clients/databricks/store.go
+++ b/clients/databricks/store.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (s Store) PrepareTemporaryTable(ctx context.Context, tableData *optimizatio
 
 	// Copy file from DBFS -> table via COPY INTO, ref: https://docs.databricks.com/en/sql/language-manual/delta-copy-into.html
 	// We'll need \\\\N here because we need to string escape.
-	copyCommand := fmt.Sprintf(`COPY INTO %s BY POSITION FROM '%s' FILEFORMAT = CSV FORMAT_OPTIONS ('delimiter' = '\t', 'header' = 'false', 'nullValue' = '\\\\N')`, tempTableID.FullyQualifiedName(), file.DBFSFilePath())
+	copyCommand := fmt.Sprintf(`COPY INTO %s BY POSITION FROM '%s' FILEFORMAT = CSV FORMAT_OPTIONS ('escape' = '"', 'delimiter' = '\t', 'header' = 'false', 'nullValue' = '\\\\N')`, tempTableID.FullyQualifiedName(), file.DBFSFilePath())
 	if _, err = s.ExecContext(ctx, copyCommand); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run COPY INTO for temporary table: %w", err)
 	}