diff --git a/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json b/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json
index 593522f2f8..ea09eca342 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
         "nanoid": "^3.1.20",
         "nc-common": "0.0.6",
-        "nc-help": "0.2.66",
+        "nc-help": "0.2.67",
         "nc-lib-gui": "0.91.10",
         "nc-plugin": "0.1.2",
         "ncp": "^2.0.0",
@@ -16352,9 +16352,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/nc-help": {
-      "version": "0.2.66",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nc-help/-/nc-help-0.2.66.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yYoaUGJNcdvk9J/ORYyBV7CCgMJ9onBYasfvE1qSHq9HMKY8pJGiV5Hxui232XU1rDkuzZ9t55StcSKj76qtLg==",
+      "version": "0.2.67",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nc-help/-/nc-help-0.2.67.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-O9eXHrpO0dBdFv6zUZAos+63JZEGhZ2lG+MduGZ+/BL7M5b0qU7d9b95Pmgq6Gd5wO3txT/7x7uPBHZxeSgvHQ==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@rudderstack/rudder-sdk-node": "^1.1.3",
         "axios": "^0.21.1",
@@ -38040,9 +38040,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-3AryS9uwa5NfISLxMciUonrH7YfXp+nlahB9T7girXIsLQrmwX4MdnuKs32akduCOGpKmjTJSWmATULbuMkbfw=="
     },
     "nc-help": {
-      "version": "0.2.66",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nc-help/-/nc-help-0.2.66.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yYoaUGJNcdvk9J/ORYyBV7CCgMJ9onBYasfvE1qSHq9HMKY8pJGiV5Hxui232XU1rDkuzZ9t55StcSKj76qtLg==",
+      "version": "0.2.67",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nc-help/-/nc-help-0.2.67.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-O9eXHrpO0dBdFv6zUZAos+63JZEGhZ2lG+MduGZ+/BL7M5b0qU7d9b95Pmgq6Gd5wO3txT/7x7uPBHZxeSgvHQ==",
       "requires": {
         "@rudderstack/rudder-sdk-node": "^1.1.3",
         "axios": "^0.21.1",
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/package.json b/packages/nocodb/package.json
index 433dad81c1..acf28f21e3 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/package.json
+++ b/packages/nocodb/package.json
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
     "nanoid": "^3.1.20",
     "nc-common": "0.0.6",
-    "nc-help": "0.2.66",
+    "nc-help": "0.2.67",
     "nc-lib-gui": "0.91.10",
     "nc-plugin": "0.1.2",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/BaseModelSqlv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
index d762eb47c3..fe24eebae1 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { customValidators } from './customValidators';
 import { NcError } from '../../../../meta/helpers/catchError';
 import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid';
 import DOMPurify from 'isomorphic-dompurify';
+import { sanitize, unsanitize } from './helpers/sanitize';
 
 const GROUP_COL = '__nc_group_id';
 
@@ -310,11 +311,11 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
       );
     }
 
-    qb.count(this.model.primaryKey?.column_name || '*', {
+    qb.count(sanitize(this.model.primaryKey?.column_name) || '*', {
       as: 'count'
     }).first();
-
-    return ((await qb) as any).count;
+    const res = (await this.dbDriver.raw(unsanitize(qb.toQuery()))) as any;
+    return (this.isPg ? res.rows[0] : res[0][0] ?? res[0]).count;
   }
 
   async groupBy(
@@ -911,7 +912,7 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
 
     const proto = await childModel.getProto();
 
-    return (await qb).map(c => {
+    return (await this.extractRawQueryAndExec(qb)).map(c => {
       c.__proto__ = proto;
       return c;
     });
@@ -997,8 +998,7 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
     applyPaginate(qb, args);
 
     const proto = await parentModel.getProto();
-
-    return (await qb).map(c => {
+    return (await this.extractRawQueryAndExec(qb)).map(c => {
       c.__proto__ = proto;
       return c;
     });
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
       await populatePk(this.model, data);
 
       // todo: filter based on view
-      const insertObj = await this.model.mapAliasToColumn(data, sanitize);
+      const insertObj = await this.model.mapAliasToColumn(data);
 
       await this.validate(insertObj);
 
@@ -1262,12 +1262,11 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
       // const driver = trx ? trx : this.dbDriver;
 
       const query = this.dbDriver(this.tnPath).insert(insertObj);
-
       if (this.isPg || this.isMssql) {
         query.returning(
           `${this.model.primaryKey.column_name} as ${this.model.primaryKey.title}`
         );
-        response = await query;
+        response = await this.extractRawQueryAndExec(query);
       }
 
       const ai = this.model.columns.find(c => c.ai);
@@ -1279,11 +1278,19 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
         if (response?.length) {
           id = response[0];
         } else {
-          id = (await query)[0];
+          const res = await this.extractRawQueryAndExec(query);
+          id = res?.id ?? res[0]?.insertId;
         }
 
         if (ai) {
-          // response = await this.readByPk(id)
+          if (this.isSqlite) {
+            // sqlite doesnt return id after insert
+            id = (
+              await this.dbDriver(this.tnPath)
+                .select(ai.column_name)
+                .max(ai.column_name, { as: 'id' })
+            )[0].id;
+          }
           response = await this.readByPk(id);
         } else {
           response = data;
@@ -1330,14 +1337,11 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
 
       await this.beforeUpdate(data, trx, cookie);
 
-      // const driver = trx ? trx : this.dbDriver;
-      //
-      // this.validate(data);
-      // await this._run(
-      await this.dbDriver(this.tnPath)
+      const query = this.dbDriver(this.tnPath)
         .update(updateObj)
         .where(await this._wherePk(id));
-      // );
+
+      await this.extractRawQueryAndExec(query);
 
       const response = await this.readByPk(id);
       await this.afterUpdate(response, trx, cookie);
@@ -2033,11 +2037,19 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
   }
 
   private async extractRawQueryAndExec(qb: QueryBuilder) {
+    let query = qb.toQuery();
+    if (!this.isPg && !this.isMssql) {
+      query = unsanitize(qb.toQuery());
+    } else {
+      query = sanitize(query);
+    }
     return this.isPg
-      ? qb
-      : await this.dbDriver.from(
-          this.dbDriver.raw(qb.toString()).wrap('(', ') __nc_alias')
-        );
+      ? (await this.dbDriver.raw(query))?.rows
+      : query.slice(0, 6) === 'select'
+      ? await this.dbDriver.from(
+          this.dbDriver.raw(query).wrap('(', ') __nc_alias')
+        )
+      : await this.dbDriver.raw(query);
   }
 }
 
@@ -2172,10 +2184,6 @@ function getCompositePk(primaryKeys: Column[], row) {
   return primaryKeys.map(c => row[c.title]).join('___');
 }
 
-export function sanitize(v) {
-  return v?.replace(/([^\\]|^)([?])/g, '$1\\$2');
-}
-
 export { BaseModelSqlv2 };
 /**
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2021, Xgene Cloud Ltd
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/conditionV2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/conditionV2.ts
index dcaf90ae5c..67ad3ca1f7 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/conditionV2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/conditionV2.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import formulaQueryBuilderv2 from './formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2';
 import FormulaColumn from '../../../../models/FormulaColumn';
 import { RelationTypes, UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk';
 // import LookupColumn from '../../../models/LookupColumn';
+import { sanitize } from './helpers/sanitize';
 
 export default async function conditionV2(
   conditionObj: Filter | Filter[],
@@ -203,11 +204,13 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
         filter.comparison_op === 'notempty'
       )
         filter.value = '';
-      let field = customWhereClause
-        ? filter.value
-        : alias
-        ? `${alias}.${column.column_name}`
-        : column.column_name;
+      let field = sanitize(
+        customWhereClause
+          ? filter.value
+          : alias
+          ? `${alias}.${column.column_name}`
+          : column.column_name
+      );
       let val = customWhereClause ? customWhereClause : filter.value;
 
       return qb => {
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
           case 'like':
             if (column.uidt === UITypes.Formula) {
               [field, val] = [val, field];
-              val = `%${val}%`.replace(/^%'([\s\S]*)'%$/, '%$1%')
+              val = `%${val}%`.replace(/^%'([\s\S]*)'%$/, '%$1%');
             } else {
               val = `%${val}%`;
             }
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ const parseConditionV2 = async (
           case 'nlike':
             if (column.uidt === UITypes.Formula) {
               [field, val] = [val, field];
-              val = `%${val}%`.replace(/^%'([\s\S]*)'%$/, '%$1%')
+              val = `%${val}%`.replace(/^%'([\s\S]*)'%$/, '%$1%');
             } else {
               val = `%${val}%`;
             }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/helpers/sanitize.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/helpers/sanitize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a98be3b9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/helpers/sanitize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function sanitize(v) {
+  return v?.replace(/([^\\]|^)(\?+)/g, (_, m1, m2) => {
+    return `${m1}${m2.split('?').join('\\?')}`;
+  });
+}
+
+export function unsanitize(v) {
+  return v?.replace(/\\[?]/g, '?');
+}
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/sortV2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/sortV2.ts
index 91a8efe1c6..e17ceb38c8 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/sortV2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/sortV2.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import LookupColumn from '../../../../models/LookupColumn';
 import formulaQueryBuilderv2 from './formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2';
 import FormulaColumn from '../../../../models/FormulaColumn';
 import { RelationTypes, UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk';
+import { sanitize } from './helpers/sanitize';
 
 export default async function sortV2(
   sortList: Sort[],
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ export default async function sortV2(
         }
         break;
       default:
-        qb.orderBy(`${column.column_name}`, sort.direction || 'asc');
+        qb.orderBy(sanitize(column.column_name), sort.direction || 'asc');
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/models/Model.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/models/Model.ts
index 5f2e111f81..4ae39940aa 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/models/Model.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/models/Model.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import View from './View';
 import { NcError } from '../meta/helpers/catchError';
 import Audit from './Audit';
+import { sanitize } from '../db/sql-data-mapper/lib/sql/helpers/sanitize';
 
 export default class Model implements TableType {
   copy_enabled: boolean;
@@ -399,13 +400,14 @@ export default class Model implements TableType {
     return true;
   }
 
-  async mapAliasToColumn(data, sanitize = v => v) {
+  async mapAliasToColumn(data) {
     const insertObj = {};
     for (const col of await this.getColumns()) {
       if (isVirtualCol(col)) continue;
-      const val =
-        data?.[sanitize(col.column_name)] ?? data?.[sanitize(col.title)];
-      if (val !== undefined) insertObj[sanitize(col.column_name)] = val;
+      const val = data?.[col.column_name] ?? data?.[col.title];
+      if (val !== undefined) {
+        insertObj[sanitize(col.column_name)] = val;
+      }
     }
     return insertObj;
   }