diff --git a/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c b/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c
index 56d395e4982e8589a89eac739a63a7e9b9597189..78c531ce499b0f8d2ac0c0698af4a198afc0c7ee 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c
@@ -588,14 +588,14 @@ void tSetDbName(SStrToken *pCpxName, SStrToken *pDb) {
 
 void tSetColumnInfo(TAOS_FIELD *pField, SStrToken *pName, TAOS_FIELD *pType) {
   int32_t maxLen = sizeof(pField->name) / sizeof(pField->name[0]);
-  
-  // truncate the column name
-  if ((int32_t)pName->n >= maxLen) {
-    pName->n = maxLen - 1;
-  }
 
-  strncpy(pField->name, pName->z, pName->n);
-  pField->name[pName->n] = 0;
+  // column name is too long, set the it to be invalid.
+  if ((int32_t) pName->n >= maxLen) {
+    pName->n = -1;
+  } else {
+    strncpy(pField->name, pName->z, pName->n);
+    pField->name[pName->n] = 0;
+  }
 
   pField->type = pType->type;
   if(!isValidDataType(pField->type)){
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/alter_stable.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/alter_stable.sim
index 8a7f4fa924268fdace68881f86d30cbdbd131935..afdd7d3edf1ba4f2159569f497bf495cce8ec650 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/alter_stable.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/alter_stable.sim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sql_error alter table mt1 change tag a 1
 
 sql_error create table mtx1 (ts timestamp, c1 int) tags (123 int)
 
-sql create table mt2 (ts timestamp, c1 int) tags (abc012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789def int)
+sql_error create table mt2 (ts timestamp, c1 int) tags (abc012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789def int)
 sql create table mt3 (ts timestamp, c1 int) tags (abc012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 int)
 sql_error alter table mt3 change tag abc012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 abcdefg012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
 sql alter table mt3 change tag abc012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 abcdefg0123456789012345678901234567890123456789
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/create_tb.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/create_tb.sim
index eb6e4f71c3f752d0e54ba275f2e8f04dc5b08e65..9593cbda12fc6437036bbc5e59726a2f5a337153 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/create_tb.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/create_tb.sim
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, $tag int)
 sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, $tags int)
 sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, $sint int) 
 sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, $tint int) 
-sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, $nchar int) 
+sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, $nchar int)
+
+# too long column name
+sql_error create table $tb (ts timestamp, abcde_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789 int)
 print illegal_column_names test passed
 
 # case5: chinese_char_in_table_support
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/dbtbnameValidate.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/dbtbnameValidate.sim
index f2e6de81f1cd6bedf3b455bb35b68f669cd889e1..bc3bfefafb1a8317844e01c67b9a9146626222e6 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/dbtbnameValidate.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/dbtbnameValidate.sim
@@ -119,4 +119,8 @@ if $rows != 4 then
   return -1
 endi
 
+print ================>td-4147
+sql_error create table tx(ts timestamp, a1234_0123456789_0123456789_0123456789_0123456789_0123456789_0123456789 int)
+
+
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT