diff --git a/data_diff/databases/databricks.py b/data_diff/databases/databricks.py
index bed17dea..de5ea8b7 100644
--- a/data_diff/databases/databricks.py
+++ b/data_diff/databases/databricks.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Dialect(BaseDialect):
         "TIMESTAMP_NTZ": Timestamp,
         # Text
         "STRING": Text,
+        "VARCHAR": Text,
         # Boolean
         "BOOLEAN": Boolean,
     }
@@ -138,25 +139,47 @@ def create_connection(self):
             raise ConnectionError(*e.args) from e
 
     def query_table_schema(self, path: DbPath) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
-        # Databricks has INFORMATION_SCHEMA only for Databricks Runtime, not for Databricks SQL.
-        # https://docs.databricks.com/spark/latest/spark-sql/language-manual/information-schema/columns.html
-        # So, to obtain information about schema, we should use another approach.
-
         conn = self.create_connection()
+        table_schema = {}
 
-        catalog, schema, table = self._normalize_table_path(path)
-        with conn.cursor() as cursor:
-            cursor.columns(catalog_name=catalog, schema_name=schema, table_name=table)
-            try:
-                rows = cursor.fetchall()
-            finally:
-                conn.close()
-            if not rows:
-                raise RuntimeError(f"{self.name}: Table '{'.'.join(path)}' does not exist, or has no columns")
-
-            d = {r.COLUMN_NAME: (r.COLUMN_NAME, r.TYPE_NAME, r.DECIMAL_DIGITS, None, None) for r in rows}
-            assert len(d) == len(rows)
-            return d
+        try:
+            table_schema = super().query_table_schema(path)
+        except:
+            logging.warning("Failed to get schema from information_schema, falling back to legacy approach.")
+
+        if not table_schema:
+            # This legacy approach can cause bugs. e.g. VARCHAR(255) -> VARCHAR(255)
+            # and not the expected VARCHAR
+
+            # I don't think we'll fall back to this approach, but if so, see above
+            catalog, schema, table = self._normalize_table_path(path)
+            with conn.cursor() as cursor:
+                cursor.columns(catalog_name=catalog, schema_name=schema, table_name=table)
+                try:
+                    rows = cursor.fetchall()
+                finally:
+                    conn.close()
+                if not rows:
+                    raise RuntimeError(f"{self.name}: Table '{'.'.join(path)}' does not exist, or has no columns")
+
+                table_schema = {r.COLUMN_NAME: (r.COLUMN_NAME, r.TYPE_NAME, r.DECIMAL_DIGITS, None, None) for r in rows}
+                assert len(table_schema) == len(rows)
+                return table_schema
+        else:
+            return table_schema
+
+    def select_table_schema(self, path: DbPath) -> str:
+        """Provide SQL for selecting the table schema as (name, type, date_prec, num_prec)"""
+        database, schema, name = self._normalize_table_path(path)
+        info_schema_path = ["information_schema", "columns"]
+        if database:
+            info_schema_path.insert(0, database)
+
+        return (
+            "SELECT column_name, data_type, datetime_precision, numeric_precision, numeric_scale "
+            f"FROM {'.'.join(info_schema_path)} "
+            f"WHERE table_name = '{name}' AND table_schema = '{schema}'"
+        )
 
     def _process_table_schema(
         self, path: DbPath, raw_schema: Dict[str, tuple], filter_columns: Sequence[str], where: str = None
diff --git a/data_diff/databases/redshift.py b/data_diff/databases/redshift.py
index 7a621f57..dcf061c4 100644
--- a/data_diff/databases/redshift.py
+++ b/data_diff/databases/redshift.py
@@ -121,15 +121,15 @@ def query_external_table_schema(self, path: DbPath) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
         if not rows:
             raise RuntimeError(f"{self.name}: Table '{'.'.join(path)}' does not exist, or has no columns")
 
-        d = {r[0]: r for r in rows}
-        assert len(d) == len(rows)
-        return d
+        schema_dict = self._normalize_schema_info(rows)
+
+        return schema_dict
 
     def select_view_columns(self, path: DbPath) -> str:
         _, schema, table = self._normalize_table_path(path)
 
         return """select * from pg_get_cols('{}.{}')
-                cols(view_schema name, view_name name, col_name name, col_type varchar, col_num int)
+                cols(col_name name, col_type varchar)
             """.format(schema, table)
 
     def query_pg_get_cols(self, path: DbPath) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
@@ -138,10 +138,17 @@ def query_pg_get_cols(self, path: DbPath) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
         if not rows:
             raise RuntimeError(f"{self.name}: View '{'.'.join(path)}' does not exist, or has no columns")
 
-        output = {}
+        schema_dict = self._normalize_schema_info(rows)
+
+        return schema_dict
+
+    # when using a non-information_schema source, strip (N) from type(N) etc. to match
+    # typical information_schema output
+    def _normalize_schema_info(self, rows) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
+        schema_dict = {}
         for r in rows:
-            col_name = r[2]
-            type_info = r[3].split("(")
+            col_name = r[0]
+            type_info = r[1].split("(")
             base_type = type_info[0]
             precision = None
             scale = None
@@ -153,9 +160,8 @@ def query_pg_get_cols(self, path: DbPath) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
                     scale = int(scale)
 
             out = [col_name, base_type, None, precision, scale]
-            output[col_name] = tuple(out)
-
-        return output
+            schema_dict[col_name] = tuple(out)
+        return schema_dict
 
     def query_table_schema(self, path: DbPath) -> Dict[str, tuple]:
         try:
diff --git a/data_diff/schema.py b/data_diff/schema.py
index db17d287..67b4261f 100644
--- a/data_diff/schema.py
+++ b/data_diff/schema.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 def create_schema(db_name: str, table_path: DbPath, schema: dict, case_sensitive: bool) -> CaseAwareMapping:
-    logger.debug(f"[{db_name}] Schema = {schema}")
+    logger.info(f"[{db_name}] Schema = {schema}")
 
     if case_sensitive:
         return CaseSensitiveDict(schema)