diff --git a/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/mod.rs
index 08c38ddff3..a89aa710d9 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/mod.rs
@@ -1198,6 +1198,17 @@ impl DeltaDataChecker {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Create a new DeltaDataChecker with a specified set of generated columns
+    pub fn new_with_generated_columns(generated_columns: Vec<GeneratedColumn>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            constraints: vec![],
+            invariants: vec![],
+            generated_columns,
+            non_nullable_columns: vec![],
+            ctx: DeltaSessionContext::default().into(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Specify the Datafusion context
     pub fn with_session_context(mut self, context: SessionContext) -> Self {
         self.ctx = context;
diff --git a/crates/core/src/kernel/models/schema.rs b/crates/core/src/kernel/models/schema.rs
index e084fc0c0e..7c6be8a7dd 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/kernel/models/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/kernel/models/schema.rs
@@ -75,11 +75,32 @@ impl StructTypeExt for StructType {
                         line: generated_col_string.to_string(),
                     }
                 })?;
-                if let Value::String(sql) = json {
-                    generated_cols.push(GeneratedColumn::new(&field_path, &sql, field.data_type()));
-                }
+                match json {
+                    Value::String(sql) => generated_cols.push(GeneratedColumn::new(
+                        &field_path,
+                        &sql,
+                        field.data_type(),
+                    )),
+                    Value::Number(sql) => generated_cols.push(GeneratedColumn::new(
+                        &field_path,
+                        &format!("{}", sql),
+                        field.data_type(),
+                    )),
+                    Value::Bool(sql) => generated_cols.push(GeneratedColumn::new(
+                        &field_path,
+                        &format!("{}", sql),
+                        field.data_type(),
+                    )),
+                    Value::Array(sql) => generated_cols.push(GeneratedColumn::new(
+                        &field_path,
+                        &format!("{:?}", sql),
+                        field.data_type(),
+                    )),
+                    _ => (), // Other types not sure what to do then
+                };
             }
         }
+        dbg!(generated_cols.clone());
         Ok(generated_cols)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/create.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/create.rs
index a4006c692c..ea051c58ef 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/create.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/create.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use delta_kernel::schema::MetadataValue;
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
-use maplit::hashset;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use tracing::log::*;
 use uuid::Uuid;
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/transaction/protocol.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/transaction/protocol.rs
index 3fe94a5653..5a6ef6a3cf 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/transaction/protocol.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/transaction/protocol.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use tracing::log::*;
 
 use super::{TableReference, TransactionError};
 use crate::kernel::{contains_timestampntz, Action, EagerSnapshot, Schema};
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/write.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/write.rs
index c9813831ae..7004df74c4 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/write.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/write.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 //! ````
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
@@ -439,7 +438,11 @@ async fn write_execution_plan_with_predicate(
     let checker = if let Some(snapshot) = snapshot {
         DeltaDataChecker::new(snapshot)
     } else {
-        DeltaDataChecker::empty()
+        debug!("Using plan schema to derive generated columns, since no shapshot was provided. Implies first write.");
+        let delta_schema: StructType = schema.as_ref().try_into()?;
+        DeltaDataChecker::new_with_generated_columns(
+            delta_schema.get_generated_columns().unwrap_or_default(),
+        )
     };
     let checker = match predicate {
         Some(pred) => {