diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts
index 5b36f24282..3e1c95a820 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ const pg = {
   SUBSTR: async ({ fn, knex, pt, colAlias }: MapFnArgs) => {
     const str = (await fn(pt.arguments[0])).builder;
     const positionFrom = (await fn(pt.arguments[1] ?? 1)).builder;
-    const numberOfCharacters = (await fn(pt.arguments[2] ?? '')).builder;
+    const numberOfCharacters = pt.arguments[2] ? (await fn(pt.arguments[2])).builder : null;
     return {
       builder: knex.raw(
         `SUBSTR(${str}::TEXT, ${positionFrom}${