diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 1a03eae716ff1ee5109e69461b94af6b79734f8e..8dcff251912e48ad77fb7e7aff1d88f03736a10f 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -1823,7 +1823,6 @@ int32_t validateOneTag(SSqlCmd* pCmd, TAOS_FIELD* pTagField) {
 
 int32_t validateOneColumn(SSqlCmd* pCmd, TAOS_FIELD* pColField) {
   const char* msg1 = "too many columns";
-  const char* msg3 = "column length too long";
   const char* msg4 = "invalid data type";
   const char* msg5 = "invalid column name or length";
   const char* msg6 = "invalid column length";
@@ -1863,9 +1862,11 @@ int32_t validateOneColumn(SSqlCmd* pCmd, TAOS_FIELD* pColField) {
   }
 
   // length less than TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW
-  if (nLen + pColField->bytes + (IS_VAR_DATA_TYPE(pColField->type) ? sizeof(VarDataOffsetT) : 0) >
-      TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW) {
-    return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg3);
+  int32_t totalLength = nLen + pColField->bytes + (IS_VAR_DATA_TYPE(pColField->type) ? sizeof(VarDataOffsetT) : 0);
+  if (totalLength > TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW) {
+    char errMsg[64];
+    sprintf(errMsg, "(%d > %d)", totalLength, TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW);
+    return tscErrorMsgWithCode(TSDB_CODE_TSC_EXCEED_ROW_BYTES, tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), errMsg, NULL);
   }
 
   // field name must be unique
diff --git a/src/inc/taoserror.h b/src/inc/taoserror.h
index f8080ca6e5d15833997f4387788fccfa00368e21..ce71ab963c9a2dabf1fa367360f9550f8cfc84e8 100644
--- a/src/inc/taoserror.h
+++ b/src/inc/taoserror.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ int32_t* taosGetErrno();
 #define TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SCHEMA_VERSION    TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0228)  //"invalid table schema version")
 #define TSDB_CODE_TSC_TOO_MANY_SML_LINES        TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0229)  //"too many lines in batch")
 #define TSDB_CODE_TSC_SEND_DATA_FAILED          TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0230)  //"Client send request data error"
+#define TSDB_CODE_TSC_EXCEED_ROW_BYTES          TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0231)  //"Columns total length exceeds row bytes
 
 // mnode
 #define TSDB_CODE_MND_MSG_NOT_PROCESSED         TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0300)  //"Message not processed"
diff --git a/src/util/src/terror.c b/src/util/src/terror.c
index 4852fe653f3890c4c73123d33ceba627987fcf14..3768e2124df91704fbc3e2be1b3845ffdc103d09 100644
--- a/src/util/src/terror.c
+++ b/src/util/src/terror.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_PRECISION_TYPE,   "Invalid timestamp pre
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_TSC_RES_TOO_MANY,             "Result set too large to be output")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_TSC_TOO_MANY_SML_LINES,       "Too many lines in batch")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_TSC_SEND_DATA_FAILED,         "Client send request data failed")
+TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_TSC_EXCEED_ROW_BYTES,         "Columns total length exceeds row bytes")
 
 // mnode
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_MND_MSG_NOT_PROCESSED,        "Message not processed")