diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs
index 510d1fc64b..4cfc49caeb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/EditData/SmoEditMetadataFactory.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ public EditTableMetadata GetObjectMetadata(DbConnection connection, string[] obj
                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(objectNamedParts), SR.EditDataObjectNotFound);
             }
 
+            // Filter out dropped ledger columns from the list of columns to be returned
+            // and grab the specific column properties checked below
+            smoResult.Columns.ClearAndInitialize("[(@IsDroppedLedgerColumn=0)]", new [] { nameof(Column.DataType), nameof(Column.DefaultConstraintName) });
+
             // Generate the edit column metadata
             List<EditColumnMetadata> editColumns = new List<EditColumnMetadata>();
             for (int i = 0; i < smoResult.Columns.Count; i++)
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ public EditTableMetadata GetObjectMetadata(DbConnection connection, string[] obj
                 try
                 {
                     // The default value may be escaped
-                    defaultValue = smoColumn.DefaultConstraint == null
+                    defaultValue = string.IsNullOrEmpty(smoColumn.DefaultConstraintName)
                         ? null
                         : FromSqlScript.UnwrapLiteral(smoColumn.DefaultConstraint.Text);
                 }