diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/helpers/catchError.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/helpers/catchError.ts
index 1c3393ed0d..fdf1344638 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/helpers/catchError.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/helpers/catchError.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ enum DBError {
   COLUMN_NOT_EXIST = 'COLUMN_NOT_EXIST',
   CONSTRAINT_EXIST = 'CONSTRAINT_EXIST',
   CONSTRAINT_NOT_EXIST = 'CONSTRAINT_NOT_EXIST',
+  COLUMN_NOT_NULL = 'COLUMN_NOT_NULL',
 }
 
 // extract db errors using database error code
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function extractDBError(error): {
   let extra: Record<string, any>;
   let type: DBError;
 
+  // todo: handle not null constraint error for all databases
   switch (error.code) {
     // sqlite errors
     case 'SQLITE_BUSY':
@@ -172,6 +174,19 @@ function extractDBError(error): {
       break;
     case 'ER_BAD_NULL_ERROR':
       message = 'A null value is not allowed for this field.';
+      {
+        const extractColNameMatch = error.message.match(
+          /Column '(\w+)' cannot be null/i
+        );
+        if (extractColNameMatch && extractColNameMatch[1]) {
+          message = `The column '${extractColNameMatch[1]}' cannot be null.`;
+          type = DBError.COLUMN_NOT_NULL;
+          extra = {
+            column: extractColNameMatch[1],
+          };
+        }
+      }
+
       break;
     case 'ER_DATA_TOO_LONG':
       message = 'The data entered is too long for this field.';
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/rest/tests/tableRow.test.ts b/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/rest/tests/tableRow.test.ts
index 3f2b75e7e0..9fdc944bd2 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/rest/tests/tableRow.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/rest/tests/tableRow.test.ts
@@ -2125,9 +2125,13 @@ function tableTest() {
       .set('xc-auth', context.token)
       .expect(400);
 
+    // todo: only keep generic error message once updated in noco catchError middleware
     if (
-      !response.body.msg.includes("Column 'customer_id' cannot be null") &&
-      !response.body.msg.includes('Cannot add or update a child row')
+      !response.body.message?.includes("The column 'customer_id' cannot be null") &&
+      !response.body.message?.includes("Column 'customer_id' cannot be null") &&
+      !response.body.message?.includes('Cannot add or update a child row') &&
+      !response.body.msg?.includes("Column 'customer_id' cannot be null") &&
+      !response.body.msg?.includes('Cannot add or update a child row')
     ) {
       console.log(
         'Delete list hm with existing ref row id with non nullable clause',