diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts
index addb21c1d5..9816b4e183 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ const [useProvideColumnCreateStore, useColumnCreateStore] = createInjectionState
         formState.value.table_name = meta.value?.table_name
         // formState.value.title = formState.value.column_name
         if (column.value) {
+          // reset column validation if column is not to be validated
+          if (!columnToValidate.includes(formState.value.uidt)) {
+            formState.value.validate = ''
+          }
           await $api.dbTableColumn.update(column.value?.id as string, formState.value)
           // Column updated
           message.success(t('msg.success.columnUpdated'))
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 07e9d93363..f2c7ba99c2 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
@@ -2236,11 +2236,13 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
     for (let i = 0; i < this.model.columns.length; ++i) {
       const column = this.model.columns[i];
       // skip validation if `validate` is undefined or false
-      if (!column?.meta?.validate) continue;
+      if (!column?.meta?.validate && !column?.validate) continue;
 
       const validate = column.getValidators();
       const cn = column.column_name;
+      const columnTitle = column.title;
       if (!validate) continue;
+
       const { func, msg } = validate;
       for (let j = 0; j < func.length; ++j) {
         const fn =
@@ -2249,17 +2251,17 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
               ? customValidators[func[j]]
               : Validator[func[j]]
             : func[j];
+        const columnValue = columns?.[cn] || columns?.[columnTitle];
         const arg =
-          typeof func[j] === 'string' ? columns[cn] + '' : columns[cn];
+          typeof func[j] === 'string' ? columnValue + '' : columnValue;
         if (
-          columns[cn] !== null &&
-          columns[cn] !== undefined &&
-          columns[cn] !== '' &&
-          cn in columns &&
+          ![null, undefined, ''].includes(columnValue) &&
           !(fn.constructor.name === 'AsyncFunction' ? await fn(arg) : fn(arg))
         ) {
           NcError.badRequest(
-            msg[j].replace(/\{VALUE}/g, columns[cn]).replace(/\{cn}/g, cn)
+            msg[j]
+              .replace(/\{VALUE}/g, columnValue)
+              .replace(/\{cn}/g, columnTitle)
           );
         }
       }