From 2a9f9587ac57add3f751a48b9fa2e30e5f93febf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ylli <115667415+yllipringdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:12:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: Additional informations added on Airtable Import
 feature that tells which column in which table was Duplicate column alias.
 Issue Refs: #8798 (#9741)

---
 packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
index 2f7fb67dd9..654ddace3b 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ export class ColumnsService {
         exclude_id: param.columnId,
       }))
     ) {
-      NcError.badRequest('Duplicate column alias');
+      // This error will be thrown if there are more than one column linking to the same table. You have to delete one of them
+      NcError.badRequest(`Duplicate column alias for table ${table.title} and column is ${param.column.title}. Please change the name of this column and retry.`);
     }
 
     let colBody = { ...param.column } as Column & {