diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/app.vue b/packages/nc-gui/app.vue
index 78d86f7c3e..bf4941ab0c 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/app.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/app.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { message } from 'ant-design-vue'
+import { extractSdkResponseErrorMsg } from './utils'
 import { applyNonSelectable, computed, isEeUI, isMac, useCommandPalette, useRouter, useTheme } from '#imports'
 import type { CommandPaletteType } from '~/lib'
 
@@ -96,27 +98,70 @@ onMounted(() => {
     refreshCommandPalette()
   })
 })
+
+let errorCount = 0
+
+const handleError = async (error, clearError) => {
+  console.error('UI ERROR', error.value)
+  // if error is api error, show toast message with error message
+  if (error.value?.response) {
+    message.warn(await extractSdkResponseErrorMsg(error.value))
+  } else {
+    // else show generic error message
+    message.warn('Something went wrong. Please reload the page if page is not functioning properly.')
+  }
+  clearError()
+
+  // if error count is more than 3 within 3 second, navigate to home
+  // since it's likely endless loop of errors due to some UI issue in certain page
+  errorCount++
+  if (errorCount > 3) {
+    router.push('/')
+  }
+
+  // reset error count after 1 second
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    errorCount = 0
+  }, 3000)
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <a-config-provider>
     <NuxtLayout :name="disableBaseLayout ? false : 'base'">
-      <NuxtPage :key="key" :transition="false" />
+      <NuxtErrorBoundary>
+        <NuxtPage :key="key" :transition="false" />
+
+        <!-- on error, clear error and show toast message -->
+        <template #error="{ error, clearError }">
+          {{ handleError(error, clearError) }}
+        </template>
+      </NuxtErrorBoundary>
     </NuxtLayout>
   </a-config-provider>
-  <!-- Command Menu -->
-  <CmdK
-    ref="commandPalette"
-    v-model:open="cmdK"
-    :scope="activeScope.scope"
-    :data="cmdData"
-    :placeholder="cmdPlaceholder"
-    :load-temporary-scope="loadTemporaryScope"
-    :set-active-cmd-view="setActiveCmdView"
-    @scope="onScope"
-  />
-  <!-- Recent Views. Cycles through recently visited Views -->
-  <CmdL v-model:open="cmdL" :set-active-cmd-view="setActiveCmdView" />
-  <!-- Documentation. Integrated NocoDB Docs directlt inside the Product -->
-  <CmdJ />
+
+  <NuxtErrorBoundary>
+    <div>
+      <!-- Command Menu -->
+      <CmdK
+        ref="commandPalette"
+        v-model:open="cmdK"
+        :scope="activeScope.scope"
+        :data="cmdData"
+        :placeholder="cmdPlaceholder"
+        :load-temporary-scope="loadTemporaryScope"
+        :set-active-cmd-view="setActiveCmdView"
+        @scope="onScope"
+      />
+      <!-- Recent Views. Cycles through recently visited Views -->
+      <CmdL v-model:open="cmdL" :set-active-cmd-view="setActiveCmdView" />
+      <!-- Documentation. Integrated NocoDB Docs directly inside the Product -->
+      <CmdJ />
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- on error, clear error and show toast message -->
+    <template #error="{ error, clearError }">
+      {{ handleError(error, clearError) }}
+    </template>
+  </NuxtErrorBoundary>
 </template>
diff --git a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts
index d4158a8508..0ba7e1dc54 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 3,
+        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
       custom: (_argTypes: FormulaDataTypes[], parsedTree: any) => {
         if (parsedTree.arguments[0].type === JSEPNode.LITERAL) {
@@ -378,7 +379,6 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 1,
-        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
     },
     syntax: 'DATESTR(date | datetime)',
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 1,
-        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
     },
     syntax: 'DAY(date | datetime)',
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 1,
-        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
     },
     syntax: 'MONTH(date | datetime)',
@@ -414,7 +412,6 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 1,
-        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
     },
     syntax: 'DAY(time | datetime)',
@@ -430,6 +427,7 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
       args: {
         min: 2,
         max: 3,
+        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
       custom: (_argTypes: FormulaDataTypes[], parsedTree: any) => {
         if (parsedTree.arguments[0].type === JSEPNode.LITERAL) {
@@ -820,6 +818,7 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 0,
+        type: FormulaDataTypes.DATE,
       },
     },
     description: 'Retrieve the current time and day.',
@@ -887,29 +886,8 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 2,
+        type: FormulaDataTypes.STRING,
       },
-      custom(argTypes: FormulaDataTypes[], parsedTree) {
-        if (argTypes[0] !== FormulaDataTypes.STRING) {
-          throw new FormulaError(
-            FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
-            {
-              key: 'msg.formula.stringTypeIsExpected',
-              calleeName: parsedTree.callee?.name?.toUpperCase(),
-            },
-            'String type is expected'
-          );
-        }
-        if (argTypes[1] !== FormulaDataTypes.NUMERIC) {
-          throw new FormulaError(
-            FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
-            {
-              key: 'msg.formula.numericTypeIsExpected',
-              calleeName: parsedTree.callee?.name?.toUpperCase(),
-            },
-            'Numeric type is expected'
-          );
-        }
-      }
     },
     description: 'Retrieve the last n characters from the input string.',
     syntax: 'RIGHT(str, n)',
@@ -923,29 +901,8 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 2,
+        type: FormulaDataTypes.STRING,
       },
-      custom(argTypes: FormulaDataTypes[], parsedTree) {
-        if (argTypes[0] !== FormulaDataTypes.STRING) {
-          throw new FormulaError(
-            FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
-            {
-              key: 'msg.formula.stringTypeIsExpected',
-              calleeName: parsedTree.callee?.name?.toUpperCase(),
-            },
-            'String type is expected'
-          );
-        }
-        if (argTypes[1] !== FormulaDataTypes.NUMERIC) {
-          throw new FormulaError(
-            FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
-            {
-              key: 'msg.formula.numericTypeIsExpected',
-              calleeName: parsedTree.callee?.name?.toUpperCase(),
-            },
-            'Numeric type is expected'
-          );
-        }
-      }
     },
     description: 'Retrieve the first n characters from the input string.',
     syntax: 'LEFT(str, n)',
@@ -990,30 +947,6 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
           FormulaDataTypes.NUMERIC,
         ],
       },
-      custom(argTypes: FormulaDataTypes[], parsedTree) {
-        if (argTypes[0] !== FormulaDataTypes.STRING) {
-          throw new FormulaError(
-            FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
-            {
-              key: 'msg.formula.stringTypeIsExpected',
-              calleeName: parsedTree.callee?.name?.toUpperCase(),
-            },
-            'String type is expected'
-          );
-        }
-        for(const i of [1,2]) {
-          if (argTypes[i] !== FormulaDataTypes.NUMERIC) {
-            throw new FormulaError(
-              FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
-              {
-                key: 'msg.formula.numericTypeIsExpected',
-                calleeName: parsedTree.callee?.name?.toUpperCase(),
-              },
-              'Numeric type is expected'
-            );
-          }
-        }
-      }
     },
     description: 'Extracts a substring; an alias for SUBSTR.',
     syntax: 'MID(str, position, [count])',
@@ -1131,6 +1064,7 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
       args: {
         min: 1,
         max: 2,
+        type: FormulaDataTypes.NUMERIC,
       },
       custom(_argTypes: FormulaDataTypes[], parsedTree: any) {
         if (parsedTree.arguments[0].type === JSEPNode.LITERAL) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
index bc74df30b3..586882ec0c 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
@@ -2105,7 +2105,8 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
     obj.conditionGraph = args.conditionGraph || {};
     obj.limit = Math.max(
       Math.min(
-        args.limit || args.l || BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitDefault,
+        Math.max(+(args.limit || args.l), 0) ||
+          BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitDefault,
         BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitMax,
       ),
       BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitMin,
@@ -6371,7 +6372,8 @@ export function getListArgs(
   obj.conditionGraph = args.conditionGraph || {};
   obj.limit = Math.max(
     Math.min(
-      args?.limit || args?.l || BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitDefault,
+      Math.max(+(args?.limit || args?.l), 0) ||
+        BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitDefault,
       BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitMax,
     ),
     BaseModelSqlv2.config.limitMin,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts
index 10bac3ceb0..a32736b44d 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type { BaseModelSqlv2 } from '~/db/BaseModelSqlv2';
 import type Column from '~/models/Column';
 import Model from '~/models/Model';
 import NocoCache from '~/cache/NocoCache';
-import { CacheGetType, CacheScope } from '~/utils/globals';
+import { CacheScope } from '~/utils/globals';
 import { convertDateFormatForConcat } from '~/helpers/formulaFnHelper';
 import FormulaColumn from '~/models/FormulaColumn';
 import { Base, BaseUser } from '~/models';
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts
index a567596018..3077cb9f8f 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ export class DataTableService {
     viewId?: string;
     ignorePagination?: boolean;
   }) {
-    const { model, view } = await this.getModelAndView(param);
-
-    return await this.datasService.getDataList({
-      model,
-      view,
-      query: param.query,
-      throwErrorIfInvalidParams: true,
-      ignorePagination: param.ignorePagination,
+    const { modelId, viewId, baseId, ...rest } = param;
+    const { model, view } = await this.getModelAndView({
+      modelId,
+      viewId,
+      baseId,
     });
+    return await this.datasService.dataList({ ...rest, model, view });
   }
 
   async dataRead(param: {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/datas.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/datas.service.ts
index 07250afc22..17f3c41de4 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/datas.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/datas.service.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,22 @@ export class DatasService {
   constructor() {}
 
   async dataList(
-    param: PathParams & {
+    param: (PathParams | { view?: View; model: Model }) & {
       query: any;
       disableOptimization?: boolean;
       ignorePagination?: boolean;
+      throwErrorIfInvalidParams?: boolean;
     },
   ) {
-    const { model, view } = await getViewAndModelByAliasOrId(param);
+    let { model, view } = param as { view?: View; model?: Model };
+
+    if (!model) {
+      const modelAndView = await getViewAndModelByAliasOrId(
+        param as PathParams,
+      );
+      model = modelAndView.model;
+      view = modelAndView.view;
+    }
 
     return await this.getDataList({
       model,