diff --git a/clients/databricks/store.go b/clients/databricks/store.go
index 02df68b9..1056e8dc 100644
--- a/clients/databricks/store.go
+++ b/clients/databricks/store.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	_ "github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-go"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-go/driverctx"
@@ -120,9 +121,31 @@ func (s Store) PrepareTemporaryTable(ctx context.Context, tableData *optimizatio
 		}
 	}()
 
+	var ordinalColumns []string
+	for idx, column := range tableData.ReadOnlyInMemoryCols().ValidColumns() {
+		ordinalColumn := fmt.Sprintf("_c%d", idx)
+		switch column.KindDetails.Kind {
+		case typing.Array.Kind:
+			ordinalColumn = fmt.Sprintf(`parse_json(%s)`, ordinalColumn)
+		}
+
+		ordinalColumns = append(ordinalColumns, ordinalColumn)
+	}
+
 	// 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 ('escape' = '"', 'delimiter' = '\t', 'header' = 'false', 'nullValue' = '\\\\N')`, tempTableID.FullyQualifiedName(), file.DBFSFilePath())
+	copyCommand := fmt.Sprintf(`
+COPY INTO %s BY POSITION FROM (SELECT %s FROM '%s') FILEFORMAT = CSV FORMAT_OPTIONS ('escape' = '"', 'delimiter' = '\t', 'header' = 'false', 'nullValue' = '\\\\N')`,
+		// COPY INTO
+		tempTableID.FullyQualifiedName(),
+		// SELECT columns
+		strings.Join(ordinalColumns, ", "),
+		// FROM
+		file.DBFSFilePath(),
+	)
+
+	fmt.Println("copyCommand", copyCommand)
+
 	if _, err = s.ExecContext(ctx, copyCommand); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run COPY INTO for temporary table: %w", err)
 	}