diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py
index 0aaf210f061a9d6370cd36799f3e3c1ca021ebb7..ed7e4b8b294ef8a695c3a46e843de2e22f290176 100755
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload.py
@@ -2518,9 +2518,9 @@ class gpload:
         # MPP-14667 - self.reuse_tables should change one, and only one, aspect of how we build the following table,
         # and that is, whether it's a temp table or not. In other words, is_temp_table = '' iff self.reuse_tables == True.
         sql = 'CREATE %sTABLE %s ' % (is_temp_table, self.staging_table_name)
-        cols = map(lambda a:'%s %s' % (a[0], a[1]), target_columns)
+        cols = map(lambda a:'"%s" %s' % (a[0], a[1]), target_columns)
         sql += "(%s)" % ','.join(cols)
-        sql += " DISTRIBUTED BY (%s)" % ', '.join(distcols)
+        #sql += " DISTRIBUTED BY (%s)" % ', '.join(distcols)
         self.log(self.LOG, sql)
 
         if not self.options.D:
diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/.gitignore b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/.gitignore
index 97f8f218f184a7981bf8cbebd3e94b80a5df0be9..4aa755af8b6dc4891e3c4548fe63416a6ccccc4b 100644
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/.gitignore
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ gpload/config
 gpload2/config
 gpload2/setup.out
 gpload2/data_file.txt
+gpload2/data_file2.txt
 GPTest.pm
 gpstringsubs.pl
 gpdiff.pl
diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/TEST.py b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/TEST.py
index 8cdeacd08f59bb5910eafc697b1857b29455a061..6ae37f6ef3fe3f60fb2b497c207ff11b4ea6a089 100755
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/TEST.py
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/TEST.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ d = mkpath('config')
 if not os.path.exists(d):
     os.mkdir(d)
 
-def write_config_file(mode='insert', reuse_flag='',columns_flag='0',mapping='0',portNum='8081',database='reuse_gptest',host='localhost',formatOpts='text',file='data/external_file_01.txt',table='texttable',format='text',delimiter="'|'",escape='',quote='',truncate='False',log_errors=None, error_limit='0',error_table=None,externalSchema=None,staging_table=None,fast_match='false', encoding=None, preload=True, fill=False, config='config/config_file'):
 
+def write_config_file(mode='insert', reuse_flag='',columns_flag='0',mapping='0',portNum='8081',database='reuse_gptest',host='localhost',formatOpts='text',file='data/external_file_01.txt',table='texttable',format='text',delimiter="'|'",escape='',quote='',truncate='False',log_errors=None, error_limit='0',error_table=None,externalSchema=None,staging_table=None,fast_match='false', encoding=None, preload=True, fill=False, config='config/config_file', match_columns='true', update_columns='n2'):
     f = open(mkpath(config),'w')
     f.write("VERSION: 1.0.0.1")
     if database:
@@ -164,11 +164,16 @@ def write_config_file(mode='insert', reuse_flag='',columns_flag='0',mapping='0',
         if mode == 'merge':
             f.write("\n    - MODE: "+'merge')
     f.write("\n    - UPDATE_COLUMNS:")
-    f.write("\n           - n2")
-    f.write("\n    - MATCH_COLUMNS:")
-    f.write("\n           - n1")
-    f.write("\n           - s1")
-    f.write("\n           - s2")
+    f.write("\n           - "+update_columns)
+    if match_columns=='true':
+        f.write("\n    - MATCH_COLUMNS:")
+        f.write("\n           - n1")
+        f.write("\n           - s1")
+        f.write("\n           - s2")
+    if match_columns=='2':
+        f.write("\n    - MATCH_COLUMNS:")
+        f.write("\n           - '\"Field1\"'")
+        f.write("\n           - '\"Field#2\"'")
     if mapping=='1':
         f.write("\n    - MAPPING:")
         f.write("\n           s1: s_s1")
@@ -800,6 +805,11 @@ class GPLoad_FormatOpts_TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         runfile(file)
         copy_data('external_file_15.txt','data_file.txt')
         write_config_file(mode='insert',reuse_flag='true',fast_match='false', file='data_file.txt',table='testSpecialChar',columns_flag='2', delimiter=";")
+        copy_data('external_file_16.txt','data_file2.txt')
+        write_config_file(update_columns='\'"Field#2"\'',config='config/config_file2', mode='merge',reuse_flag='true',fast_match='false', file='data_file2.txt',table='testSpecialChar',columns_flag='2', delimiter=";",match_columns='2')
+        f = open(mkpath('query41.sql'),'a')
+        f.write("\! gpload -f "+mkpath('config/config_file2')+ " -d reuse_gptest\n")
+        f.close()
         self.doTest(41)
 
 
diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data/external_file_16.txt b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data/external_file_16.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06cd5435dceb2f8af4973eaa325774f1cfa795b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data/external_file_16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+1;Line 1
+2;2nd line
+3;test
+4;
+5;Vide
+6;Field 2
+8;new line
+9;Line 10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/query41.ans b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/query41.ans
index 08546b38484256e4cd64f7175e390fd97733e84e..c3926cec21290c8b2d77f5e4719b7a3d3e10e1b5 100644
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/query41.ans
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/query41.ans
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|gpload session started 2020-08-20 16:13:06
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|setting schema 'public' for table 'testspecialchar'
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|started gpfdist -p 8081 -P 8082 -f "/home/gpadmin/workspace/gpdb/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data_file.txt" -t 30
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|did not find an external table to reuse. creating ext_gpload_reusable_f9d2769a_e2bc_11ea_9270_00505698707d
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|running time: 0.08 seconds
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|rows Inserted          = 8
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|rows Updated           = 0
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|data formatting errors = 0
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|gpload succeeded
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|gpload session started 2020-08-20 16:13:06
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|setting schema 'public' for table 'testspecialchar'
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|started gpfdist -p 8081 -P 8082 -f "/home/gpadmin/workspace/gpdb/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data_file.txt" -t 30
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|reusing external table ext_gpload_reusable_f9d2769a_e2bc_11ea_9270_00505698707d
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|running time: 0.07 seconds
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|rows Inserted          = 8
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|rows Updated           = 0
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|data formatting errors = 0
-2020-08-20 16:13:06|INFO|gpload succeeded
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|gpload session started 2020-09-01 11:10:22
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|setting schema 'public' for table 'testspecialchar'
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|started gpfdist -p 8081 -P 8082 -f "/home/gpadmin/workspace/gpdb/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data_file.txt" -t 30
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|did not find an external table to reuse. creating ext_gpload_reusable_ac968900_ec00_11ea_9fbd_00505698707d
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|running time: 0.08 seconds
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|rows Inserted          = 8
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|rows Updated           = 0
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|data formatting errors = 0
+2020-09-01 11:10:22|INFO|gpload succeeded
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|gpload session started 2020-09-01 11:10:23
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|setting schema 'public' for table 'testspecialchar'
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|started gpfdist -p 8081 -P 8082 -f "/home/gpadmin/workspace/gpdb/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data_file.txt" -t 30
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|reusing external table ext_gpload_reusable_ac968900_ec00_11ea_9fbd_00505698707d
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|running time: 0.06 seconds
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|rows Inserted          = 8
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|rows Updated           = 0
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|data formatting errors = 0
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|gpload succeeded
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|gpload session started 2020-09-01 11:10:23
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|setting schema 'public' for table 'testspecialchar'
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|started gpfdist -p 8081 -P 8082 -f "/home/gpadmin/workspace/gpdb/gpMgmt/bin/gpload_test/gpload2/data_file2.txt" -t 30
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|did not find a staging table to reuse. creating staging_gpload_reusable_a1101b5024707ea34f55e778f329e548
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|did not find an external table to reuse. creating ext_gpload_reusable_ace96f80_ec00_11ea_bd1e_00505698707d
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|running time: 0.10 seconds
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|rows Inserted          = 2
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|rows Updated           = 12
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|data formatting errors = 0
+2020-09-01 11:10:23|INFO|gpload succeeded
\ No newline at end of file