diff --git a/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/arrow/owned_and_arrow_conversions.rs b/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/arrow/owned_and_arrow_conversions.rs
index ca7011fa8..3b92bf911 100644
--- a/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/arrow/owned_and_arrow_conversions.rs
+++ b/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/arrow/owned_and_arrow_conversions.rs
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ impl<S: Scalar> TryFrom<RecordBatch> for OwnedTable<S> {
             .zip(value.columns())
             .map(|(field, array_ref)| {
                 let owned_column = OwnedColumn::try_from(array_ref)?;
-                let identifier = Ident::new(field.name()); //This may always succeed.
+                let identifier = Ident::new(field.name());
                 Ok((identifier, owned_column))
             })
             .collect();
diff --git a/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/database/owned_table_utility.rs b/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/database/owned_table_utility.rs
index 6126c61ff..40f5ebd92 100644
--- a/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/database/owned_table_utility.rs
+++ b/crates/proof-of-sql/src/base/database/owned_table_utility.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 use super::{OwnedColumn, OwnedTable};
 use crate::base::scalar::Scalar;
 use alloc::string::String;
-use core::ops::Deref;
 use proof_of_sql_parser::posql_time::{PoSQLTimeUnit, PoSQLTimeZone};
 use sqlparser::ast::Ident;
 
@@ -58,11 +57,11 @@ pub fn owned_table<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn tinyint<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<i8>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::TinyInt(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -79,11 +78,11 @@ pub fn tinyint<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn smallint<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<i16>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::SmallInt(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -100,11 +99,11 @@ pub fn smallint<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn int<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<i32>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::Int(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -120,11 +119,11 @@ pub fn int<S: Scalar>(
 /// ```
 #[allow(clippy::missing_panics_doc)]
 pub fn bigint<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<i64>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::BigInt(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -142,11 +141,11 @@ pub fn bigint<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn boolean<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<bool>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::Boolean(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -164,11 +163,11 @@ pub fn boolean<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn int128<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<i128>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::Int128(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -186,11 +185,11 @@ pub fn int128<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn scalar<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<S>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::Scalar(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -208,11 +207,11 @@ pub fn scalar<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn varchar<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<String>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::VarChar(data.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect()),
     )
 }
@@ -231,13 +230,13 @@ pub fn varchar<S: Scalar>(
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 /// - Panics if creating the `Precision` from the specified precision value fails.
 pub fn decimal75<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     precision: u8,
     scale: i8,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<S>>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::Decimal75(
             crate::base::math::decimal::Precision::new(precision).unwrap(),
             scale,
@@ -271,13 +270,13 @@ pub fn decimal75<S: Scalar>(
 /// # Panics
 /// - Panics if `name.parse()` fails to convert the name into an `Identifier`.
 pub fn timestamptz<S: Scalar>(
-    name: impl Deref<Target = str>,
+    name: impl Into<Ident>,
     time_unit: PoSQLTimeUnit,
     timezone: PoSQLTimeZone,
     data: impl IntoIterator<Item = i64>,
 ) -> (Ident, OwnedColumn<S>) {
     (
-        name.deref().into(),
+        name.into(),
         OwnedColumn::TimestampTZ(time_unit, timezone, data.into_iter().collect()),
     )
 }