diff --git a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts
index 1775c57a8a..fc3858dc47 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ export const jsepCurlyHook = {
     jsep.hooks.add('gobble-token', function gobbleCurlyLiteral(env) {
       const OCURLY_CODE = 123; // {
       const CCURLY_CODE = 125; // }
+      // jsep.addIdentifierChar('.');
+      // jsep.addIdentifierChar('*');
+      // jsep.addIdentifierChar('?');
       let start = -1;
       const { context } = env;
       if (
@@ -1408,7 +1411,7 @@ export function validateFormulaAndExtractTreeWithType({
             {
               const sqlUI =
                 typeof clientOrSqlUi === 'string'
-                  ? SqlUiFactory.create(clientOrSqlUi)
+                  ? SqlUiFactory.create({ client: clientOrSqlUi })
                   : clientOrSqlUi;
               if (sqlUI) {
                 const abstractType = sqlUI.getAbstractType(col);
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts
index 993dedf412..e7b056c5bf 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,16 @@ async function _formulaQueryBuilder(
     tree = validateFormulaAndExtractTreeWithType({
       formula: _tree.replaceAll('{{', '{').replaceAll('}}', '}'),
       columns,
-      clientOrSqlUi: await Source.get(
-        model?.source_id ?? column?.source_id,
-      ).then((source) => source.type),
+      clientOrSqlUi: baseModelSqlv2.clientType as
+        | 'mysql'
+        | 'pg'
+        | 'sqlite3'
+        | 'mssql'
+        | 'mysql2'
+        | 'oracledb'
+        | 'mariadb'
+        | 'sqlite'
+        | 'snowflake',
     });
 
     // populate and save parsedTree to column if not exist