diff --git a/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go b/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go
index 32d0ff02c..f932ddf49 100644
--- a/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go
+++ b/clients/databricks/dialect/dialect.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ func (DatabricksDialect) BuildAlterColumnQuery(tableID sql.TableIdentifier, colu
 	return fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %s %s COLUMN %s", tableID.FullyQualifiedName(), columnOp, colSQLPart)
 }
 
-func (DatabricksDialect) BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(tableAlias constants.TableAlias, column columns.Column) string {
-	colName := sql.QuoteTableAliasColumn(tableAlias, column, sd)
+func (d DatabricksDialect) BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(tableAlias constants.TableAlias, column columns.Column) string {
+	colName := sql.QuoteTableAliasColumn(tableAlias, column, d)
 	if column.KindDetails == typing.Struct {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s != {'key': '%s'}, true)", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
 	}
diff --git a/clients/databricks/dialect/typing.go b/clients/databricks/dialect/typing.go
index f70a5c99e..c022cb2e7 100644
--- a/clients/databricks/dialect/typing.go
+++ b/clients/databricks/dialect/typing.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func (DatabricksDialect) DataTypeForKind(kindDetails typing.KindDetails, _ bool)
 	case typing.Integer.Kind:
 		return "BIGINT"
 	case typing.Struct.Kind:
-		return "VARIANT"
+		return "STRING"
 	case typing.Array.Kind:
 		// Databricks requires arrays to be typed. As such, we're going to use an array of strings.
 		return "ARRAY<string>"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (DatabricksDialect) KindForDataType(rawType string, _ string) (typing.KindD
 	}
 
 	switch rawType {
-	case "string", "binary":
+	case "string", "binary", "variant", "object":
 		return typing.String, nil
 	case "bigint":
 		return typing.KindDetails{Kind: typing.Integer.Kind, OptionalIntegerKind: typing.ToPtr(typing.BigIntegerKind)}, nil
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ func (DatabricksDialect) KindForDataType(rawType string, _ string) (typing.KindD
 		return typing.NewKindDetailsFromTemplate(typing.ETime, ext.TimestampTzKindType), nil
 	case "timestamp_ntz":
 		return typing.NewKindDetailsFromTemplate(typing.ETime, ext.TimestampTzKindType), nil
-	case "variant", "object":
-		return typing.Struct, nil
 	}
 
 	return typing.Invalid, fmt.Errorf("unsupported data type: %q", rawType)