diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/events/credential_events.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/events/credential_events.py
index 41255ff08..fa57bb050 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/events/credential_events.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/events/credential_events.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ def __init__(self, exception: Exception):
 
 
 class CredentialShardEvent:
-    def __init__(self, password_len: int):
-        self.password_len = password_len
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Password is {self.password_len} characters, sharding it"
+        return "Sharding credentials"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation_configs/query.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation_configs/query.py
index 12d1e3ce1..b848af055 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation_configs/query.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/relation_configs/query.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class QueryProcessor(DatabricksComponentProcessor[QueryConfig]):
     @classmethod
     def from_relation_results(cls, result: RelationResults) -> QueryConfig:
         view_definition = result["information_schema.views"]["view_definition"].strip()
-        if view_definition[0] == "(" and view_definition[-1] == ")":
+        if view_definition.startswith("(") and view_definition.endswith(")"):
             view_definition = view_definition[1:-1]
         return QueryConfig(query=SqlUtils.clean_sql(view_definition))
 
@@ -49,4 +49,6 @@ class DescribeQueryProcessor(QueryProcessor):
     def from_relation_results(cls, result: RelationResults) -> QueryConfig:
         table = result["describe_extended"]
         row = next(x for x in table if x[0] == "View Text")
+        if len(row) < 2:
+            raise DbtRuntimeError("Unexpected result from DESCRIBE EXTENDED: missing View Text value")
         return QueryConfig(query=SqlUtils.clean_sql(row[1]))