Merge pull request #6626 from nocodb/nc-fix/special-cn

fix: allow special characters in column aliases

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({