diff --git a/server/conn.go b/server/conn.go
index d3151379..2711b99d 100644
--- a/server/conn.go
+++ b/server/conn.go
@@ -1448,7 +1448,9 @@ func (c *clientConn) handleQuery(body []byte) error {
 		runExec := func() (ExecResult, error) {
 			execResult, err := c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, query)
 			if err != nil {
-				fallbackResult, handled, fallbackErr := c.execCompatibilityFallback(ctx, query, err)
+				fallbackResult, handled, fallbackErr := c.execCompatibilityFallback(ctx, query, err, func(fallbackQuery string) (ExecResult, error) {
+					return c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, fallbackQuery)
+				})
 				if handled {
 					return fallbackResult, fallbackErr
 				}
@@ -2155,15 +2157,11 @@ func (c *clientConn) executeSingleStatement(query string) (errSent bool, fatalEr
 		runExec := func() (ExecResult, error) {
 			execResult, err := c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, executedQuery)
 			if err != nil {
-				if isAlterTableNotTableError(err) {
-					if alteredQuery, ok := transpiler.ConvertAlterTableToAlterView(executedQuery); ok {
-						return c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, alteredQuery)
-					}
-				}
-				if isDropTableOnViewError(err) {
-					if alteredQuery, ok := transpiler.ConvertDropTableToDropView(executedQuery); ok {
-						return c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, alteredQuery)
-					}
+				fallbackResult, handled, fallbackErr := c.execCompatibilityFallback(ctx, executedQuery, err, func(fallbackQuery string) (ExecResult, error) {
+					return c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, fallbackQuery)
+				})
+				if handled {
+					return fallbackResult, fallbackErr
 				}
 			}
 			return execResult, err
@@ -5723,17 +5721,10 @@ func (c *clientConn) handleExecute(body []byte) {
 		runExec := func() (ExecResult, error) {
 			result, err := c.executor.Exec(convertedQuery, args...)
 			if err != nil {
-				// Retry ALTER TABLE as ALTER VIEW if target is a view
-				if isAlterTableNotTableError(err) {
-					if alteredQuery, ok := transpiler.ConvertAlterTableToAlterView(convertedQuery); ok {
-						return c.executor.Exec(alteredQuery, args...)
-					}
-				}
-				// Retry DROP TABLE as DROP VIEW if target is a view
-				if isDropTableOnViewError(err) {
-					if alteredQuery, ok := transpiler.ConvertDropTableToDropView(convertedQuery); ok {
-						return c.executor.Exec(alteredQuery, args...)
-					}
+				if fallbackResult, handled, fallbackErr := c.execCompatibilityFallback(queryCtx, convertedQuery, err, func(fallbackQuery string) (ExecResult, error) {
+					return c.executor.Exec(fallbackQuery, args...)
+				}); handled {
+					return fallbackResult, fallbackErr
 				}
 			}
 			return result, err
diff --git a/server/conn_test.go b/server/conn_test.go
index 876f7089..ab5c0e9f 100644
--- a/server/conn_test.go
+++ b/server/conn_test.go
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ func (e *queryErrorExecutor) PingContext(context.Context) error {
 func (e *queryErrorExecutor) Close() error { return nil }
 
 type abortedSelectRecoveryExecutor struct {
-	queryCalls    int
+	queryCalls int
 	noopProfiling
 	rollbackCalls int
 }
@@ -1434,9 +1434,9 @@ func (e *abortedSelectRecoveryExecutor) Close() error { return nil }
 type abortedExecAlterViewRecoveryExecutor struct {
 	originalQuery string
 	noopProfiling
-	rewritten     string
-	execCalls     []string
-	execCtxCalls  []string
+	rewritten    string
+	execCalls    []string
+	execCtxCalls []string
 }
 
 func (e *abortedExecAlterViewRecoveryExecutor) execResult(query string, callIndex int) (ExecResult, error) {
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ func (e *abortedExecAlterViewRecoveryExecutor) Close() error { return nil }
 type abortedAlterViewRecoveryExecutor struct {
 	execContextQueries []string
 	noopProfiling
-	execQueries        []string
+	execQueries []string
 }
 
 func (e *abortedAlterViewRecoveryExecutor) QueryContext(context.Context, string, ...any) (RowSet, error) {
@@ -1630,11 +1630,19 @@ func TestHandleQueryEmitsCorrectSQLSTATEOnDuckDBErrors(t *testing.T) {
 // is found or the field is absent.
 func extractErrorResponseField(t *testing.T, buf []byte, field byte) string {
 	t.Helper()
+	if value, ok := errorResponseField(buf, field); ok {
+		return value
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("no ErrorResponse frame with field %q in output (%d bytes)", field, len(buf))
+	return ""
+}
+
+func errorResponseField(buf []byte, field byte) (string, bool) {
 	for i := 0; i+5 <= len(buf); {
 		msgType := buf[i]
 		length := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[i+1 : i+5]))
 		if length < 4 || i+1+length > len(buf) {
-			return ""
+			return "", false
 		}
 		body := buf[i+5 : i+1+length]
 		if msgType == 'E' {
@@ -1645,19 +1653,18 @@ func extractErrorResponseField(t *testing.T, buf []byte, field byte) string {
 				}
 				end := bytes.IndexByte(body[j+1:], 0)
 				if end < 0 {
-					return ""
+					return "", false
 				}
 				if code == field {
-					return string(body[j+1 : j+1+end])
+					return string(body[j+1 : j+1+end]), true
 				}
 				j += 1 + end + 1
 			}
-			t.Fatalf("ErrorResponse found but field %q missing", field)
+			return "", false
 		}
 		i += 1 + length
 	}
-	t.Fatalf("no ErrorResponse frame in output (%d bytes)", len(buf))
-	return ""
+	return "", false
 }
 
 func TestExecuteSingleStatementRecoversAbortedAutocommitAlterViewFallback(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1864,6 +1871,92 @@ func TestHandleExecuteAbortedRecoveryPreservesAlterViewFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHandleExecuteUsesCompatibilityFallbackForIcebergDropSchemaCascade(t *testing.T) {
+	clientSide, serverSide := net.Pipe()
+	defer func() { _ = clientSide.Close() }()
+	defer func() { _ = serverSide.Close() }()
+
+	const query = "DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS fivetran_testing_schema_abc CASCADE"
+	executor := &extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor{}
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	c := &clientConn{
+		server:   &Server{activeQueries: make(map[BackendKey]context.CancelFunc)},
+		conn:     clientSide,
+		reader:   bufio.NewReader(clientSide),
+		writer:   bufio.NewWriter(&out),
+		ctx:      context.Background(),
+		cancel:   func() {},
+		txStatus: txStatusIdle,
+		executor: executor,
+		portals: map[string]*portal{
+			"p": {
+				stmt: &preparedStmt{
+					query:          query,
+					convertedQuery: query,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var body bytes.Buffer
+	body.WriteString("p")
+	body.WriteByte(0)
+	if err := binary.Write(&body, binary.BigEndian, int32(0)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encode execute body: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	c.handleExecute(body.Bytes())
+
+	if code, ok := errorResponseField(out.Bytes(), 'C'); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected ErrorResponse SQLSTATE %q", code)
+	}
+	if !slices.Equal(executor.execCalls, []string{query}) {
+		t.Fatalf("Exec calls = %v, want original query only", executor.execCalls)
+	}
+	wantExecContext := []string{`DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS "iceberg"."fivetran_testing_schema_abc"`}
+	if !slices.Equal(executor.execContextCalls, wantExecContext) {
+		t.Fatalf("ExecContext calls = %v, want %v", executor.execContextCalls, wantExecContext)
+	}
+}
+
+type extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor struct {
+	noopProfiling
+	execCalls        []string
+	execContextCalls []string
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) QueryContext(_ context.Context, query string, _ ...any) (RowSet, error) {
+	if strings.Contains(query, "duckdb_settings()") {
+		return &icebergDropSchemaCascadeRows{values: []string{`"iceberg"."public",memory.main`}}, nil
+	}
+	return &icebergDropSchemaCascadeRows{values: nil}, nil
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) ExecContext(_ context.Context, query string, _ ...any) (ExecResult, error) {
+	e.execContextCalls = append(e.execContextCalls, strings.TrimSpace(query))
+	return &fakeExecResult{}, nil
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) Query(string, ...any) (RowSet, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) Exec(query string, _ ...any) (ExecResult, error) {
+	e.execCalls = append(e.execCalls, strings.TrimSpace(query))
+	return nil, errors.New("flight execute update: rpc error: code = InvalidArgument desc = failed to execute update: Not implemented Error: DROP SCHEMA <schema_name> CASCADE is not supported for Iceberg schemas currently")
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) ConnContext(context.Context) (RawConn, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) PingContext(context.Context) error {
+	return errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (e *extendedDropSchemaCascadeFallbackExecutor) Close() error { return nil }
+
 func TestHandleExecuteRecoversAbortedAutocommitAlterViewFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	clientSide, serverSide := net.Pipe()
 	defer func() { _ = clientSide.Close() }()
diff --git a/server/exec_fallback.go b/server/exec_fallback.go
index 0f54b0a5..48e60c20 100644
--- a/server/exec_fallback.go
+++ b/server/exec_fallback.go
@@ -7,17 +7,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/posthog/duckgres/transpiler"
 )
 
-func (c *clientConn) execCompatibilityFallback(ctx context.Context, query string, execErr error) (ExecResult, bool, error) {
+type execFallbackRunner func(string) (ExecResult, error)
+
+func (c *clientConn) execCompatibilityFallback(ctx context.Context, query string, execErr error, exec execFallbackRunner) (ExecResult, bool, error) {
 	if isAlterTableNotTableError(execErr) {
 		if alteredQuery, ok := transpiler.ConvertAlterTableToAlterView(query); ok {
-			result, err := c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, alteredQuery)
+			result, err := exec(alteredQuery)
 			return result, true, err
 		}
 	}
 
 	if isDropTableOnViewError(execErr) {
 		if alteredQuery, ok := transpiler.ConvertDropTableToDropView(query); ok {
-			result, err := c.executor.ExecContext(ctx, alteredQuery)
+			result, err := exec(alteredQuery)
 			return result, true, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/server/exec_fallback_test.go b/server/exec_fallback_test.go
index c42d6829..b14224c3 100644
--- a/server/exec_fallback_test.go
+++ b/server/exec_fallback_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ func TestExecCompatibilityFallbackReturnsIcebergFallbackError(t *testing.T) {
 	execErr := errors.New("Not implemented Error: DROP SCHEMA <schema_name> CASCADE is not supported for Iceberg schemas currently")
 	c := &clientConn{executor: &failingFallbackExecutor{}}
 
-	_, handled, err := c.execCompatibilityFallback(context.Background(), "DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS stripe CASCADE", execErr)
+	_, handled, err := c.execCompatibilityFallback(context.Background(), "DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS stripe CASCADE", execErr, func(string) (ExecResult, error) {
+		return nil, errors.New("unexpected fallback exec")
+	})
 	if !handled {
 		t.Fatal("expected Iceberg fallback to handle unsupported DROP SCHEMA CASCADE error")
 	}
diff --git a/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta.go b/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta.go
index a61252a5..69b60a7d 100644
--- a/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta.go
+++ b/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta.go
@@ -252,6 +252,16 @@ func buildSessionInformationSchemaColumnsViewSQL() string {
 				AND c.column_name = '__'
 				AND UPPER(c.data_type) = 'UNKNOWN'
 			)
+			AND NOT (
+				c.table_catalog = 'iceberg'
+				AND EXISTS (
+					SELECT 1
+					FROM main.__duckgres_iceberg_column_metadata im
+					WHERE im.table_schema = c.table_schema
+					AND im.table_name = c.table_name
+					AND im.column_name = c.column_name
+				)
+			)
 			UNION ALL
 			SELECT
 				'iceberg' AS source_catalog,
diff --git a/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta_test.go b/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta_test.go
index 5ab1bd9b..97962571 100644
--- a/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta_test.go
+++ b/server/sessionmeta/sessionmeta_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package sessionmeta
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	_ "github.com/duckdb/duckdb-go/v2"
 	"github.com/posthog/duckgres/server/sqlcore"
 )
 
@@ -153,3 +155,84 @@ func TestInformationSchemaColumnsCompatLoadedIcebergColumnsKeepIcebergCatalog(t
 		t.Fatalf("loaded Iceberg columns should not use current_database() as table_catalog in:\n%s", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestInformationSchemaColumnsCompatPrefersLoadedIcebergMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("duckdb", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open duckdb: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = db.Close() }()
+
+	stmts := []string{
+		`ATTACH ':memory:' AS iceberg`,
+		`CREATE SCHEMA iceberg.stripe`,
+		`CREATE TABLE iceberg.stripe.account (requirements_currently_due INTEGER)`,
+		sessionColumnMetadataTableSQL(),
+		sessionIcebergColumnMetadataTableSQL(),
+		`INSERT INTO main.__duckgres_iceberg_column_metadata (
+			table_schema,
+			table_name,
+			column_name,
+			ordinal_position,
+			is_nullable,
+			data_type,
+			character_maximum_length,
+			character_octet_length,
+			numeric_precision,
+			numeric_scale,
+			datetime_precision
+		) VALUES (
+			'stripe',
+			'account',
+			'requirements_currently_due',
+			1,
+			'YES',
+			'STRUCT(currently_due VARCHAR[])',
+			NULL,
+			NULL,
+			NULL,
+			NULL,
+			NULL
+		)`,
+		buildSessionInformationSchemaColumnsViewSQL(),
+	}
+	for _, stmt := range stmts {
+		if _, err := db.Exec(stmt); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("exec %q: %v", stmt, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var dataType string
+	err = db.QueryRow(`
+		SELECT data_type
+		FROM main.information_schema_columns_compat
+		WHERE table_catalog = 'iceberg'
+		AND table_schema = 'stripe'
+		AND table_name = 'account'
+		AND column_name = 'requirements_currently_due'
+	`).Scan(&dataType)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("query compat data_type: %v", err)
+	}
+	if dataType != "json" {
+		t.Fatalf("data_type = %q, want json from loaded Iceberg metadata", dataType)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInformationSchemaColumnsCompatSuppressesNativeIcebergDuplicatesExplicitly(t *testing.T) {
+	got := buildSessionInformationSchemaColumnsViewSQL()
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"AND NOT (",
+		"FROM main.__duckgres_iceberg_column_metadata im",
+		"WHERE im.table_schema = c.table_schema",
+		"AND im.table_name = c.table_name",
+		"AND im.column_name = c.column_name",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("columns compat SQL should explicitly suppress native Iceberg duplicates; missing %q in:\n%s", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(got, "source_priority") {
+		t.Fatalf("columns compat SQL should not rely on hidden source_priority ranking in:\n%s", got)
+	}
+}