diff --git a/rust/src/delta_arrow.rs b/rust/src/delta_arrow.rs
index 5014910b22..0057175df2 100644
--- a/rust/src/delta_arrow.rs
+++ b/rust/src/delta_arrow.rs
@@ -28,21 +28,20 @@ impl TryFrom<&schema::SchemaField> for ArrowField {
     type Error = ArrowError;
 
     fn try_from(f: &schema::SchemaField) -> Result<Self, ArrowError> {
-        let mut field = ArrowField::new(
-            f.get_name(),
-            ArrowDataType::try_from(f.get_type())?,
-            f.is_nullable(),
-        );
-
         let metadata = f
             .get_metadata()
-            .to_owned()
             .iter()
             .map(|(key, val)| Ok((key.clone(), serde_json::to_string(val)?)))
             .collect::<Result<_, serde_json::Error>>()
             .map_err(|err| ArrowError::JsonError(err.to_string()))?;
 
-        field.set_metadata(metadata);
+        let field = ArrowField::new(
+            f.get_name(),
+            ArrowDataType::try_from(f.get_type())?,
+            f.is_nullable(),
+        )
+        .with_metadata(metadata);
+
         Ok(field)
     }
 }
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ impl TryFrom<&ArrowField> for schema::SchemaField {
             arrow_field.is_nullable(),
             arrow_field
                 .metadata()
-                .to_owned()
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), serde_json::Value::String(v.clone())))
                 .collect(),
diff --git a/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs b/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs
index 78c4f8a84e..e756a9b2fc 100644
--- a/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs
+++ b/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use arrow::array::ArrayRef;
 use arrow::compute::{cast_with_options, CastOptions};
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType as ArrowDataType, Schema as ArrowSchema, SchemaRef, TimeUnit};
+use arrow::error::ArrowError;
 use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDateTime, Utc};
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ use datafusion::execution::FunctionRegistry;
 use datafusion::optimizer::utils::conjunction;
 use datafusion::physical_expr::PhysicalSortExpr;
 use datafusion::physical_optimizer::pruning::{PruningPredicate, PruningStatistics};
-use datafusion::physical_plan::file_format::FileScanConfig;
+use datafusion::physical_plan::file_format::{partition_type_wrap, FileScanConfig};
 use datafusion::physical_plan::{
     ColumnStatistics, ExecutionPlan, Partitioning, SendableRecordBatchStream, Statistics,
 };
@@ -375,26 +376,12 @@ impl TableProvider for DeltaTable {
             });
         };
 
-        let table_partition_cols = self
-            .get_metadata()?
-            .partition_columns
-            .clone()
-            .into_iter()
-            .flat_map(|c| {
-                let f_types = schema
-                    .fields()
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(|e| (e.name(), e.data_type()))
-                    .filter(|&(col_name, _)| c.eq_ignore_ascii_case(col_name))
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-                f_types.first().map(|o| o.to_owned())
-            })
-            .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
+        let table_partition_cols = self.get_metadata()?.partition_columns.clone();
         let file_schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::new(
             schema
                 .fields()
                 .iter()
-                .filter(|f| !table_partition_cols.contains_key(f.name()))
+                .filter(|f| !table_partition_cols.contains(f.name()))
                 .cloned()
                 .collect(),
         ));
@@ -406,12 +393,17 @@ impl TableProvider for DeltaTable {
                     file_schema,
                     file_groups: file_groups.into_values().collect(),
                     statistics: self.datafusion_table_statistics(),
-                    projection: projection.map(|o| o.to_owned()),
+                    projection: projection.cloned(),
                     limit,
                     table_partition_cols: table_partition_cols
-                        .into_iter()
-                        .map(|(a, b)| (a.to_owned(), b.to_owned()))
-                        .collect::<Vec<(_, _)>>(),
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|c| {
+                            Ok((
+                                c.to_owned(),
+                                partition_type_wrap(schema.field_with_name(c)?.data_type().clone()),
+                            ))
+                        })
+                        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, ArrowError>>()?,
                     output_ordering: None,
                     config_options: Default::default(),
                 },
diff --git a/rust/src/operations/write.rs b/rust/src/operations/write.rs
index 51f2374f71..9ce9bf5b0a 100644
--- a/rust/src/operations/write.rs
+++ b/rust/src/operations/write.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use crate::storage::DeltaObjectStore;
 use crate::writer::record_batch::divide_by_partition_values;
 use crate::writer::utils::PartitionPath;
 
-use arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef as ArrowSchemaRef;
+use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, SchemaRef as ArrowSchemaRef};
 use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use datafusion::execution::context::{SessionContext, TaskContext};
 use datafusion::physical_plan::{memory::MemoryExec, ExecutionPlan};
@@ -196,6 +196,18 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
     fn into_future(self) -> Self::IntoFuture {
         let this = self;
 
+        fn schema_to_vec_name_type(schema: ArrowSchemaRef) -> Vec<(String, DataType)> {
+            schema
+                .fields()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|f| (f.name().to_owned(), f.data_type().clone()))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        }
+
+        fn schema_eq(l: ArrowSchemaRef, r: ArrowSchemaRef) -> bool {
+            schema_to_vec_name_type(l) == schema_to_vec_name_type(r)
+        }
+
         Box::pin(async move {
             let object_store = if let Some(store) = this.object_store {
                 Ok(store)
@@ -274,7 +286,8 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
 
                     if let Ok(meta) = table.get_metadata() {
                         let curr_schema: ArrowSchemaRef = Arc::new((&meta.schema).try_into()?);
-                        if schema != curr_schema {
+
+                        if !schema_eq(curr_schema, schema.clone()) {
                             return Err(DeltaTableError::Generic(
                                 "Updating table schema not yet implemented".to_string(),
                             ));
diff --git a/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs b/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs
index c521f91ca0..8684fe29fe 100644
--- a/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs
+++ b/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async fn prepare_table(
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_datafusion_sql_registration() -> Result<()> {
     let mut table_factories: HashMap<String, Arc<dyn TableProviderFactory>> = HashMap::new();
-    table_factories.insert("deltatable".to_string(), Arc::new(DeltaTableFactory {}));
+    table_factories.insert("DELTATABLE".to_string(), Arc::new(DeltaTableFactory {}));
     let cfg = RuntimeConfig::new().with_table_factories(table_factories);
     let env = RuntimeEnv::new(cfg).unwrap();
     let ses = SessionConfig::new();