diff --git a/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go b/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go
index 5f120c05..b2773ef8 100644
--- a/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go
+++ b/clients/mssql/dialect/dialect.go
@@ -44,13 +44,9 @@ func (MSSQLDialect) IsTableDoesNotExistErr(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func (md MSSQLDialect) BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(tableAlias constants.TableAlias, column columns.Column) string {
+	toastedValue := "%" + constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder + "%"
 	colName := sql.QuoteTableAliasColumn(tableAlias, column, md)
-	// Microsoft SQL Server doesn't allow boolean expressions to be in the COALESCE statement.
-	if column.KindDetails == typing.Struct {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s, {}) != {'key': '%s'}", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s, '') != '%s'", colName, constants.ToastUnavailableValuePlaceholder)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("COALESCE(%s NOT LIKE '%s', TRUE)", colName, toastedValue)
 }
 
 func (MSSQLDialect) BuildDedupeTableQuery(_ sql.TableIdentifier, _ []string) string {
diff --git a/clients/shared/merge.go b/clients/shared/merge.go
index 743c7e31..51392e31 100644
--- a/clients/shared/merge.go
+++ b/clients/shared/merge.go
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ func Merge(ctx context.Context, dwh destination.DataWarehouse, tableData *optimi
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate merge statements: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("mergeStatements", mergeStatements)
+
 	if err = destination.ExecStatements(dwh, mergeStatements); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to execute merge statements: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/clients/snowflake/dialect/dialect_test.go b/clients/snowflake/dialect/dialect_test.go
index 8625893b..fa01cb71 100644
--- a/clients/snowflake/dialect/dialect_test.go
+++ b/clients/snowflake/dialect/dialect_test.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestSnowflakeDialect_BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func buildColumns(colTypesMap map[string]typing.KindDetails) *columns.Columns {
-	colNames := []string{}
+	var colNames []string
 	for colName := range colTypesMap {
 		colNames = append(colNames, colName)
 	}