diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/GenericFunctions.ts
index 601d3b5393..d01643c124 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,16 @@ export function executeQueryQueue(
  */
 export function extractValues(item: IDataObject): string {
 	return `(${Object.values(item as any) // tslint:disable-line:no-any
-		.map(val => (typeof val === 'string' ? `'${val}'` : val)) // maybe other types such as dates have to be handled as well
+		.map(val => {
+			//the column cannot be found in the input
+			//so, set it to null in the sql query
+			if (val === null) {
+				return 'NULL';
+			} else if (typeof val === 'string') {
+				return `'${val.replace(/'/g, '\'\'')}'`;
+			}
+			return val;
+		}) // maybe other types such as dates have to be handled as well
 		.join(',')})`;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/MicrosoftSql.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/MicrosoftSql.node.ts
index cd9c308f58..3043600c99 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/MicrosoftSql.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Microsoft/Sql/MicrosoftSql.node.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ export class MicrosoftSql implements INodeType {
 							const values = insertValues
 								.map((item: IDataObject) => extractValues(item))
 								.join(',');
-
 							return pool
 								.request()
 								.query(