diff --git a/mc2mc/internal/query/builder.go b/mc2mc/internal/query/builder.go
index a2a9ac0..8678a0e 100644
--- a/mc2mc/internal/query/builder.go
+++ b/mc2mc/internal/query/builder.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (b *Builder) constructMergeQuery(hrs, vars, queries []string) string {
 		if headers != "" {
 			builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", headers))
 		}
-		if variables != "" {
+		if variables != "" && !IsDDL(q) { // skip variables if it's ddl
 			builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", variables))
 		}
 		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n;", q))
diff --git a/mc2mc/internal/query/builder_test.go b/mc2mc/internal/query/builder_test.go
index 28862d2..8120e42 100644
--- a/mc2mc/internal/query/builder_test.go
+++ b/mc2mc/internal/query/builder_test.go
@@ -766,6 +766,62 @@ USING (SELECT * FROM @src2) source
 on append_test.id = source.id
 WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE
 SET append_test.id = 2
+;`, query)
+	})
+	t.Run("returns query for merge load method with correct ddl ordering", func(t *testing.T) {
+		queryToExecute := `SET odps.table.append2.enable=true;
+@src := SELECT 1 id;
+
+@src2 := SELECT id FROM append_tmp;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS append_tmp;
+
+CREATE TABLE append_tmp AS SELECT * FROM @src;
+
+CREATE TABLE append_tmp2(id bigint);
+
+MERGE INTO append_test
+USING (SELECT * FROM @src2) source
+on append_test.id = source.id
+WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE
+SET append_test.id = 2;`
+		odspClient := &mockOdpsClient{}
+		query, err := query.NewBuilder(
+			logger.NewDefaultLogger(),
+			odspClient,
+			query.WithQuery(queryToExecute),
+			query.WithMethod(query.MERGE),
+		).Build()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, `SET odps.table.append2.enable=true
+;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS append_tmp
+;
+--*--optimus-break-marker--*--
+SET odps.table.append2.enable=true
+;
+@src := SELECT 1 id
+;
+@src2 := SELECT id FROM append_tmp
+;
+CREATE TABLE append_tmp AS SELECT * FROM @src
+;
+--*--optimus-break-marker--*--
+SET odps.table.append2.enable=true
+;
+CREATE TABLE append_tmp2(id bigint)
+;
+--*--optimus-break-marker--*--
+SET odps.table.append2.enable=true
+;
+@src := SELECT 1 id
+;
+@src2 := SELECT id FROM append_tmp
+;
+MERGE INTO append_test
+USING (SELECT * FROM @src2) source
+on append_test.id = source.id
+WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE
+SET append_test.id = 2
 ;`, query)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/mc2mc/internal/query/helper.go b/mc2mc/internal/query/helper.go
index db03183..050ecc2 100644
--- a/mc2mc/internal/query/helper.go
+++ b/mc2mc/internal/query/helper.go
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	semicolonPattern    = regexp.MustCompile(`;\s*(\n+|$)`)      // regex to match semicolons
-	commentPattern      = regexp.MustCompile(`--[^\n]*`)         // regex to match comments
-	multiCommentPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)/\*.*?\*/`)    // regex to match multi-line comments
-	headerPattern       = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^set`)         // regex to match header statements
-	variablePattern     = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^@`)           // regex to match variable statements
-	dropPattern         = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^DROP\s+`)     // regex to match DROP statements
-	udfPattern          = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^function\s+`) // regex to match UDF statements
-	ddlPattern          = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^CREATE\s+`)   // regex to match DDL statements
-	stringPattern       = regexp.MustCompile(`'[^']*'`)          // regex to match SQL strings (anything inside single quotes)
+	semicolonPattern    = regexp.MustCompile(`;\s*(\n+|$)`)                         // regex to match semicolons
+	commentPattern      = regexp.MustCompile(`--[^\n]*`)                            // regex to match comments
+	multiCommentPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)/\*.*?\*/`)                       // regex to match multi-line comments
+	headerPattern       = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^set`)                            // regex to match header statements
+	variablePattern     = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^@`)                              // regex to match variable statements
+	dropPattern         = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^DROP\s+`)                        // regex to match DROP statements
+	udfPattern          = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^function\s+`)                    // regex to match UDF statements
+	ddlPattern          = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^(ALTER|DROP|TRUNCATE)\s+`)       // regex to match DDL statements
+	ddlCreatePattern    = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^(CREATE\s+TABLE\s+[^\s]+\s*\()`) // regex to match CREATE DDL statements
+	stringPattern       = regexp.MustCompile(`'[^']*'`)                             // regex to match SQL strings (anything inside single quotes)
 )
 
 func SplitQueryComponents(query string) (headers []string, varsUDFs []string, queries []string) {
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ func RestoreStringLiteral(query string, placeholders map[string]string) string {
 	return query
 }
 
-func IsDDL(query string) bool {
-	return ddlPattern.MatchString(query)
+func IsDDL(stmt string) bool {
+	stmtWithoutComment := RemoveComments(stmt)
+	return ddlPattern.MatchString(strings.TrimSpace(stmtWithoutComment)) || ddlCreatePattern.MatchString(strings.TrimSpace(stmtWithoutComment))
 }