diff --git a/daos/collection.go b/daos/collection.go
index fee14f6c..773afbf3 100644
--- a/daos/collection.go
+++ b/daos/collection.go
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ func (dao *Dao) saveViewCollection(newCollection, oldCollection *models.Collecti
 // currently we don't support non-string model ids
 // (see https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/3110).
 func (dao *Dao) normalizeViewQueryId(query string) (string, error) {
+	query = strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(query), ";")
+
 	parsed, err := dao.parseQueryToFields(query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/daos/view.go b/daos/view.go
index 2e38d3bc..40d2ad8a 100644
--- a/daos/view.go
+++ b/daos/view.go
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ func (dao *Dao) SaveView(name string, selectQuery string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		trimmed := strings.Trim(selectQuery, ";")
+		selectQuery = strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(selectQuery), ";")
 
 		// try to eagerly detect multiple inline statements
-		tk := tokenizer.NewFromString(trimmed)
+		tk := tokenizer.NewFromString(selectQuery)
 		tk.Separators(';')
 		if queryParts, _ := tk.ScanAll(); len(queryParts) > 1 {
 			return errors.New("multiple statements are not supported")
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (dao *Dao) SaveView(name string, selectQuery string) error {
 		//
 		// note: the query is wrapped in a secondary SELECT as a rudimentary
 		// measure to discourage multiple inline sql statements execution.
-		viewQuery := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE VIEW {{%s}} AS SELECT * FROM (%s)", name, trimmed)
+		viewQuery := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE VIEW {{%s}} AS SELECT * FROM (%s)", name, selectQuery)
 		if _, err := txDao.DB().NewQuery(viewQuery).Execute(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ type identifiersParser struct {
 }
 
 func (p *identifiersParser) parse(selectQuery string) error {
-	str := strings.Trim(selectQuery, ";")
+	str := strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(selectQuery), ";")
 	str = joinReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, " _join_ ")
 	str = discardReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, " _discard_ ")
 	str = commentsReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, "")
@@ -599,13 +599,20 @@ func identifierFromParts(parts []string) (identifier, error) {
 	}
 
 	result.original = trimRawIdentifier(result.original)
-	result.alias = trimRawIdentifier(result.alias)
+
+	// we trim the single quote even though it is not a valid column quote character
+	// because SQLite allows it if the context expects an identifier and not string literal
+	// (https://www.sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html)
+	result.alias = trimRawIdentifier(result.alias, "'")
 
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func trimRawIdentifier(rawIdentifier string) string {
-	const trimChars = "`\"[];"
+func trimRawIdentifier(rawIdentifier string, extraTrimChars ...string) string {
+	trimChars := "`\"[];"
+	if len(extraTrimChars) > 0 {
+		trimChars += strings.Join(extraTrimChars, "")
+	}
 
 	parts := strings.Split(rawIdentifier, ".")
 
diff --git a/daos/view_test.go b/daos/view_test.go
index f5997a94..5c797d84 100644
--- a/daos/view_test.go
+++ b/daos/view_test.go
@@ -147,34 +147,33 @@ func TestSaveView(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		err := app.Dao().SaveView(s.viewName, s.query)
+		t.Run(s.scenarioName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := app.Dao().SaveView(s.viewName, s.query)
 
-		hasErr := err != nil
-		if hasErr != s.expectError {
-			t.Errorf("[%s] Expected hasErr %v, got %v (%v)", s.scenarioName, s.expectError, hasErr, err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if hasErr {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		infoRows, err := app.Dao().TableInfo(s.viewName)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("[%s] Failed to fetch table info for %s: %v", s.scenarioName, s.viewName, err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if len(s.expectColumns) != len(infoRows) {
-			t.Errorf("[%s] Expected %d columns, got %d", s.scenarioName, len(s.expectColumns), len(infoRows))
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for _, row := range infoRows {
-			if !list.ExistInSlice(row.Name, s.expectColumns) {
-				t.Errorf("[%s] Missing %q column in %v", s.scenarioName, row.Name, s.expectColumns)
+			hasErr := err != nil
+			if hasErr != s.expectError {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected hasErr %v, got %v (%v)", s.expectError, hasErr, err)
 			}
-		}
+
+			if hasErr {
+				return
+			}
+
+			infoRows, err := app.Dao().TableInfo(s.viewName)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to fetch table info for %s: %v", s.viewName, err)
+			}
+
+			if len(s.expectColumns) != len(infoRows) {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected %d columns, got %d", len(s.expectColumns), len(infoRows))
+			}
+
+			for _, row := range infoRows {
+				if !list.ExistInSlice(row.Name, s.expectColumns) {
+					t.Fatalf("Missing %q column in %v", row.Name, s.expectColumns)
+				}
+			}
+		})
 	}
 
 	ensureNoTempViews(app, t)
@@ -272,24 +271,26 @@ func TestCreateViewSchema(t *testing.T) {
 					"datetime",
 					"json",
 					"rel_one",
-					"rel_many"
+					"rel_many",
+					'single_quoted_custom_literal' as 'single_quoted_column'
 				from demo1
 			`,
 			false,
 			map[string]string{
-				"text":         schema.FieldTypeText,
-				"bool":         schema.FieldTypeBool,
-				"url":          schema.FieldTypeUrl,
-				"select_one":   schema.FieldTypeSelect,
-				"select_many":  schema.FieldTypeSelect,
-				"file_one":     schema.FieldTypeFile,
-				"file_many":    schema.FieldTypeFile,
-				"number_alias": schema.FieldTypeNumber,
-				"email":        schema.FieldTypeEmail,
-				"datetime":     schema.FieldTypeDate,
-				"json":         schema.FieldTypeJson,
-				"rel_one":      schema.FieldTypeRelation,
-				"rel_many":     schema.FieldTypeRelation,
+				"text":                 schema.FieldTypeText,
+				"bool":                 schema.FieldTypeBool,
+				"url":                  schema.FieldTypeUrl,
+				"select_one":           schema.FieldTypeSelect,
+				"select_many":          schema.FieldTypeSelect,
+				"file_one":             schema.FieldTypeFile,
+				"file_many":            schema.FieldTypeFile,
+				"number_alias":         schema.FieldTypeNumber,
+				"email":                schema.FieldTypeEmail,
+				"datetime":             schema.FieldTypeDate,
+				"json":                 schema.FieldTypeJson,
+				"rel_one":              schema.FieldTypeRelation,
+				"rel_many":             schema.FieldTypeRelation,
+				"single_quoted_column": schema.FieldTypeJson,
 			},
 		},
 		{