From 3121442c78c049870da4c2062931de6d91567ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mertmit <mertmit99@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 12:56:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow special characters in column aliases

---
 packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
index 3143e32da8..dd23e3bc41 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ async function reuseOrSave(
   return res;
 }
 
+const nc_sanitizeName = (name) => {
+  // replace all special characters by _
+  return name.replace(/\W+/g, '_').trim();
+};
+
 @Injectable()
 export class ColumnsService {
   constructor(
@@ -127,6 +132,10 @@ export class ColumnsService {
       );
     }
 
+    if (!isVirtualCol(param.column)) {
+      param.column.column_name = nc_sanitizeName(param.column.column_name);
+    }
+
     if (
       !isVirtualCol(param.column) &&
       !(await Column.checkTitleAvailable({
@@ -1045,6 +1054,10 @@ export class ColumnsService {
       }
     }
 
+    if (!isVirtualCol(param.column)) {
+      param.column.column_name = nc_sanitizeName(param.column.column_name);
+    }
+
     if (
       !isVirtualCol(param.column) &&
       !(await Column.checkTitleAvailable({