diff --git a/catalog/resource_sql_table.go b/catalog/resource_sql_table.go
index 66d692ee94..49ebcc1427 100644
--- a/catalog/resource_sql_table.go
+++ b/catalog/resource_sql_table.go
@@ -436,15 +436,11 @@ func ResourceSqlTable() common.Resource {
 
 				// Only handling same number of columns for now, will address different number of columns as a follow-up.
 				if len(oldCols) == len(newCols) {
-					println("same length")
 					for i, oldCol := range oldCols {
 						oldColMap := oldCol.(map[string]interface{})
 						newColMap := newCols[i].(map[string]interface{})
-						println(oldColMap["type"])
-						println(newColMap["type"])
 
 						if oldColMap["type"] != newColMap["type"] {
-							println("type diff!")
 							return fmt.Errorf("changing the 'type' of an existing column is not allowed, please apply twice by dropping and adding a new column")
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/catalog/resource_sql_table_test.go b/catalog/resource_sql_table_test.go
index f2742f7def..f2505d00d6 100644
--- a/catalog/resource_sql_table_test.go
+++ b/catalog/resource_sql_table_test.go
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ func TestResourceSqlTableUpdateView_Comments(t *testing.T) {
 func TestResourceSqlTableUpdateTable_Columns(t *testing.T) {
 	allowedCommands := []string{
 		"ALTER TABLE `main`.`foo`.`bar` ALTER COLUMN `one` COMMENT managed comment",
-		"ALTER TABLE `main`.`foo`.`bar` RENAME COLUMN `two` to `three",
+		"ALTER TABLE `main`.`foo`.`bar` RENAME COLUMN `two` to `three`",
 	}
 	d, err := qa.ResourceFixture{
 		CommandMock: func(commandStr string) common.CommandResults {
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ func TestResourceSqlTableUpdateTable_Columns(t *testing.T) {
 		cluster_id         = "gone"
 		column {
 			name      = "one"
-			type      = "int"
+			type      = "string"
 			comment   = "managed comment"
 			nullable  = false
 		}
@@ -685,6 +685,79 @@ func TestResourceSqlTableUpdateTable_Columns(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "bar", d.Get("name"))
 }
 
+func TestResourceSqlTableUpdateTable_ColumnsTypeThrowsError(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := qa.ResourceFixture{
+		HCL: `
+		name               = "bar"
+		catalog_name       = "main"
+		schema_name        = "foo"
+		table_type         = "EXTERNAL"
+		data_source_format = "DELTA"
+		storage_location   = "s3://ext-main/foo/bar1"
+		comment 		   = "terraform managed"
+		cluster_id         = "gone"
+		column {
+			name      = "one"
+			type      = "int"
+			comment   = "managed comment"
+			nullable  = false
+		}
+		`,
+		InstanceState: map[string]string{
+			"name":               "bar",
+			"catalog_name":       "main",
+			"schema_name":        "foo",
+			"table_type":         "EXTERNAL",
+			"data_source_format": "DELTA",
+			"storage_location":   "s3://ext-main/foo/bar1",
+			"comment":            "terraform managed",
+			"column.#":           "2",
+			"column.0.name":      "one",
+			"column.0.type":      "string",
+			"column.0.comment":   "old comment",
+			"column.0.nullable":  "false",
+		},
+		Fixtures: append([]qa.HTTPFixture{
+			{
+				Method:       "GET",
+				Resource:     "/api/2.1/unity-catalog/tables/main.foo.bar",
+				ReuseRequest: true,
+				Response: SqlTableInfo{
+					Name:                  "bar",
+					CatalogName:           "main",
+					SchemaName:            "foo",
+					TableType:             "EXTERNAL",
+					DataSourceFormat:      "DELTA",
+					StorageLocation:       "s3://ext-main/foo/bar1",
+					StorageCredentialName: "somecred",
+					Comment:               "terraform managed",
+					ColumnInfos: []SqlColumnInfo{
+						{
+							Name:     "one",
+							Type:     "string",
+							Comment:  "old comment",
+							Nullable: false,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Method:   "POST",
+				Resource: "/api/2.0/clusters/start",
+				ExpectedRequest: clusters.ClusterID{
+					ClusterID: "gone",
+				},
+				Status: 404,
+			},
+		}, createClusterForSql...),
+		Resource: ResourceSqlTable(),
+		ID:       "main.foo.bar",
+		Update:   true,
+	}.Apply(t)
+
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "changing the 'type' of an existing column is not allowed, please apply twice by dropping and adding a new column")
+}
+
 func TestResourceSqlTableCreateTable_ExistingSQLWarehouse(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := qa.ResourceFixture{
 		CommandMock: func(commandStr string) common.CommandResults {