diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue
index f621f79b37..6dbb1f73b0 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const validators = computed(() =>
     table.columns?.forEach((column, columnIdx) => {
       acc[`tables.${tableIdx}.columns.${columnIdx}.column_name`] = [
         fieldRequiredValidator(),
-        fieldLengthValidator(base.value?.sources?.[0].type || ClientType.MYSQL),
+        fieldLengthValidator(),
       ]
       acc[`tables.${tableIdx}.columns.${columnIdx}.uidt`] = [fieldRequiredValidator()]
       if (isSelect(column)) {
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts
index 48c286cbe2..eef2133cf2 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ const [useProvideColumnCreateStore, useColumnCreateStore] = createInjectionState
               })
             },
           },
-          fieldLengthValidator(source.value?.type || ClientType.MYSQL),
+          fieldLengthValidator(),
         ],
         uidt: [
           {
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/validation.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/validation.ts
index 45f268a650..e69ca907a3 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/validation.ts
@@ -102,21 +102,17 @@ export const fieldRequiredValidator = () => {
   }
 }
 
-export const fieldLengthValidator = (sqlClientType: string) => {
+export const fieldLengthValidator = () => {
   return {
     validator: (rule: any, value: any) => {
       const { t } = getI18n().global
 
-      // no limit for sqlite but set as 255
-      let fieldLengthLimit = 255
-
-      if (sqlClientType === 'mysql2' || sqlClientType === 'mysql') {
-        fieldLengthLimit = 64
-      } else if (sqlClientType === 'pg') {
-        fieldLengthLimit = 59
-      } else if (sqlClientType === 'mssql') {
-        fieldLengthLimit = 128
-      }
+      /// mysql allows 64 characters for column_name
+      // postgres allows 59 characters for column_name
+      // mssql allows 128 characters for column_name
+      // sqlite allows any number of characters for column_name
+      // We allow 255 for all databases, truncate will be handled by backend for column_name
+      const fieldLengthLimit = 255
 
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         if (value?.length > fieldLengthLimit) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/tables.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/tables.service.ts
index cf765556be..73198aeb68 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/tables.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/tables.service.ts
@@ -459,7 +459,12 @@ export class TablesService {
 
     for (const column of param.table.columns) {
       if (!isVirtualCol(column)) {
-        column.column_name = sanitizeColumnName(column.column_name);
+        const mxColumnLength = Column.getMaxColumnNameLength(sqlClientType);
+
+        // - 5 is a buffer for suffix
+        column.column_name = sanitizeColumnName(
+          column.column_name.slice(0, mxColumnLength - 5),
+        );
 
         if (uniqueColumnNameCount[column.column_name]) {
           let suffix = 1;