diff --git a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/dbms/queries/binding/GrpcQueryBinder.kt b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/dbms/queries/binding/GrpcQueryBinder.kt
index c8771d365..d31b71fa8 100644
--- a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/dbms/queries/binding/GrpcQueryBinder.kt
+++ b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/dbms/queries/binding/GrpcQueryBinder.kt
@@ -139,8 +139,12 @@ object GrpcQueryBinder {
         }
 
         /* Create and return INSERT-clause. */
-        val record = TupleBinding(-1L, columns, values, this@QueryContext.bindings)
-        return InsertLogicalOperatorNode(this@QueryContext.nextGroupId(), entityTx, mutableListOf(record))
+        try {
+            val record = TupleBinding(-1L, columns, values, this@QueryContext.bindings)
+            return InsertLogicalOperatorNode(this@QueryContext.nextGroupId(), entityTx, mutableListOf(record))
+        } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+            throw DatabaseException.ValidationException("Provided data could not be bound to INSERT due to validation error: ${e.message}")
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -163,17 +167,21 @@ object GrpcQueryBinder {
         }
 
         /* Parse records to BATCH INSERT. */
-        val tuples: MutableList<Tuple> = insert.insertsList.map { ins ->
-            TupleBinding(-1L, columns, Array(ins.valuesCount) { i ->
-                val literal = ins.valuesList[i].toValue()
-                if (literal == null) {
-                    this@QueryContext.bindings.bindNull(columns[i].type)
-                } else {
-                    this@QueryContext.bindings.bind(literal)
-                }
-            }, this@QueryContext.bindings)
-        }.toMutableList()
-        return InsertLogicalOperatorNode(this@QueryContext.nextGroupId(), entityTx, tuples)
+        try {
+            val tuples: MutableList<Tuple> = insert.insertsList.map { ins ->
+                TupleBinding(-1L, columns, Array(ins.valuesCount) { i ->
+                    val literal = ins.valuesList[i].toValue()
+                    if (literal == null) {
+                        this@QueryContext.bindings.bindNull(columns[i].type)
+                    } else {
+                        this@QueryContext.bindings.bind(literal)
+                    }
+                }, this@QueryContext.bindings)
+            }.toMutableList()
+            return InsertLogicalOperatorNode(this@QueryContext.nextGroupId(), entityTx, tuples)
+        } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+            throw DatabaseException.ValidationException("Provided data could not be bound to BATCH INSERT due to validation error: ${e.message}")
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/test/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/DMLServiceTest.kt b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/test/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/DMLServiceTest.kt
index 6bc8ee3cb..94cb2adb2 100644
--- a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/test/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/DMLServiceTest.kt
+++ b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/test/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/DMLServiceTest.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils
 import org.apache.commons.math3.random.JDKRandomGenerator
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
+import org.junit.platform.commons.function.Try.success
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.client.language.basics.Direction
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.client.language.basics.predicate.Compare
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.client.language.ddl.CreateEntity
@@ -316,4 +317,30 @@ class DMLServiceTest : AbstractClientTest() {
         this.client.commit(txId)
         Assertions.assertEquals(0, countElements(this.client, entityName)!!.toInt())
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs a large number of INSERTs in a single transaction and checks the count before and afterwards.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun testInvalidNullInsert() {
+        val entries = TEST_COLLECTION_SIZE * 5
+        val batchSize = 1000
+        val stringLength = 200
+
+        /* Start large insert. */
+        val txId = this.client.begin()
+        try {
+            repeat(entries / batchSize) { i ->
+                val batch = BatchInsert(TEST_ENTITY_NAME).columns(INT_COLUMN_NAME, STRING_COLUMN_NAME, DOUBLE_COLUMN_NAME)
+                repeat(batchSize) { j ->
+                    batch.any(i * j, null, 1.0)
+                }
+                this.client.insert(batch.txId(txId))
+            }
+        } catch (e: StatusRuntimeException) {
+            success("Creating entity ${TEST_ENTITY_NAME.fqn} failed with exception " + e.message)
+        } finally {
+            this.client.rollback(txId)
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/testFixtures/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/test/GrpcTestUtils.kt b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/testFixtures/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/test/GrpcTestUtils.kt
index 9f59e37b7..4c11de196 100644
--- a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/testFixtures/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/test/GrpcTestUtils.kt
+++ b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/testFixtures/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/test/GrpcTestUtils.kt
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ object GrpcTestUtils {
      */
     fun createTestEntity(client: SimpleClient) {
         val create = CreateEntity(TestConstants.TEST_ENTITY_NAME)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(ID_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Long, autoIncrement = true)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(STRING_COLUMN_NAME), Types.String)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(INT_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Int)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(DOUBLE_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Double)
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(ID_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Long, nullable = false, autoIncrement = true)
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(STRING_COLUMN_NAME), Types.String, nullable = false)
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(INT_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Int, nullable = true)
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(DOUBLE_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Double, nullable = true)
         client.create(create)
     }
 
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ object GrpcTestUtils {
     fun createTestVectorEntity(client: SimpleClient) {
         val create = CreateEntity(TestConstants.TEST_VECTOR_ENTITY_NAME)
             .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(ID_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Long, autoIncrement = true)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(STRING_COLUMN_NAME), Types.String)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(INT_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Int)
-            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(TWOD_COLUMN_NAME), Types.FloatVector(2))
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(STRING_COLUMN_NAME), Types.String, nullable = false)
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(INT_COLUMN_NAME), Types.Int, nullable = true)
+            .column(Name.ColumnName.parse(TWOD_COLUMN_NAME), Types.FloatVector(2), nullable = true)
         client.create(create)
     }