diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/integration_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/integration_test.go
index 31bc3a361f..35138c913b 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/integration_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/integration_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/env"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/ref"
+	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/schema"
+	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/store/chunks"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/store/datas"
@@ -37,11 +39,16 @@ import (
 
 type migrationTest struct {
 	name    string
+	hook    setupHook
 	setup   []string
 	asserts []assertion
 	err     string
 }
 
+// a setupHook performs special setup operations that cannot
+// be performed via SQL statements (eg TEXT type PRIMARY KEY)
+type setupHook func(context.Context, *env.DoltEnv) (*env.DoltEnv, error)
+
 type assertion struct {
 	query    string
 	expected []sql.Row
@@ -68,13 +75,42 @@ func TestMigration(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "TEXT primary key, BLOB secondary key",
+			hook: SetupHookRefKeys,
+			setup: []string{
+				// from setup hook:
+				//   CREATE TABLE test (
+				//     pk TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+				//     c0 int,
+				//     c1 BLOB,
+				//     INDEX blob_idx(c1),
+				//   );
+				"INSERT INTO test VALUES ('a', 2, 'a')",
+				"CALL dolt_add('.')",
+				"CALL dolt_commit('-am', 'new table')",
+			},
+			asserts: []assertion{
+				{
+					query:    "SELECT * FROM test",
+					expected: []sql.Row{{"a", int32(2), []byte("a")}},
+				},
+				{
+					query: "DESCRIBE test",
+					expected: []sql.Row{
+						{"pk", "varchar(16383)", "NO", "PRI", "NULL", ""},
+						{"c0", "int", "YES", "", "NULL", ""},
+						{"c1", "varbinary(16383)", "YES", "", "NULL", ""},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			ctx := context.Background()
-			preEnv := runSetupSql(t, ctx, test.setup)
-
+			preEnv := setupMigrationTest(t, ctx, test)
 			postEnv := runMigration(t, ctx, preEnv)
 
 			ddb := postEnv.DoltDB
@@ -89,16 +125,52 @@ func TestMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func runSetupSql(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, setup []string) *env.DoltEnv {
+func setupMigrationTest(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, test migrationTest) *env.DoltEnv {
 	dEnv := dtestutils.CreateTestEnv()
+
+	// run setup hook before other setup queries
+	if test.hook != nil {
+		var err error
+		dEnv, err = test.hook(ctx, dEnv)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
 	cmd := commands.SqlCmd{}
-	for _, query := range setup {
+	for _, query := range test.setup {
 		code := cmd.Exec(ctx, cmd.Name(), []string{"-q", query}, dEnv)
 		require.Equal(t, 0, code)
 	}
 	return dEnv
 }
 
+func SetupHookRefKeys(ctx context.Context, dEnv *env.DoltEnv) (*env.DoltEnv, error) {
+	pk, _ := schema.NewColumnWithTypeInfo("pk", 1, typeinfo.TextType, true, "", false, "", schema.NotNullConstraint{})
+	c0, _ := schema.NewColumnWithTypeInfo("c0", 2, typeinfo.Int32Type, false, "", false, "")
+	c1, _ := schema.NewColumnWithTypeInfo("c1", 3, typeinfo.BlobType, false, "", false, "")
+
+	sch, err := schema.SchemaFromCols(schema.NewColCollection(pk, c0, c1))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	_, err = sch.Indexes().AddIndexByColNames("blob_idx", []string{"c1"}, schema.IndexProperties{IsUserDefined: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ws, err := dEnv.WorkingSet(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	root, err := ws.WorkingRoot().CreateEmptyTable(ctx, "test", sch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err = dEnv.UpdateWorkingSet(ctx, ws.WithWorkingRoot(root)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dEnv, nil
+}
+
 func runMigration(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, preEnv *env.DoltEnv) (postEnv *env.DoltEnv) {
 	ddb, err := initTestMigrationDB(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/validation.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/validation.go
index 3a7c53fe89..d367a2dc60 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/validation.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/migrate/validation.go
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ func validateTableDataPartition(ctx context.Context, name string, old, new *dolt
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// todo: validate schema equality
-	//if !doltdb.HasDoltPrefix(name) && !oldSch.Equals(newSch) {
-	//	return fmt.Errorf("differing schemas for table %s", name)
-	//}
 
 	var o, n sql.Row
 	for {
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/blobstring.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/blobstring.go
index 7f2b661a90..7a3d99ecc9 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/blobstring.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/blobstring.go
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ type blobStringType struct {
 
 var _ TypeInfo = (*blobStringType)(nil)
 
+var (
+	TinyTextType   TypeInfo = &blobStringType{sqlStringType: sql.TinyText}
+	TextType       TypeInfo = &blobStringType{sqlStringType: sql.Text}
+	MediumTextType TypeInfo = &blobStringType{sqlStringType: sql.MediumText}
+	LongTextType   TypeInfo = &blobStringType{sqlStringType: sql.LongText}
+)
+
 func CreateBlobStringTypeFromParams(params map[string]string) (TypeInfo, error) {
 	var length int64
 	var collation sql.CollationID
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/varbinary.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/varbinary.go
index 32303eeb0a..67470d9d5d 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/varbinary.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/typeinfo/varbinary.go
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ type varBinaryType struct {
 
 var _ TypeInfo = (*varBinaryType)(nil)
 
+var (
+	TinyBlobType   TypeInfo = &varBinaryType{sqlBinaryType: sql.TinyBlob}
+	BlobType       TypeInfo = &varBinaryType{sqlBinaryType: sql.Blob}
+	MediumBlobType TypeInfo = &varBinaryType{sqlBinaryType: sql.MediumBlob}
+	LongBlobType   TypeInfo = &varBinaryType{sqlBinaryType: sql.LongBlob}
+)
+
 func CreateVarBinaryTypeFromParams(params map[string]string) (TypeInfo, error) {
 	var length int64
 	var err error