diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue
index ad5c99dfe9..5de0068b73 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   createColumnDrafts,
   createIndexDrafts,
   DATA_TYPE_OPTIONS,
+  getDefaultLengthForType,
   splitDataType,
   toColumnNames,
 } from "@/lib/tableStructureEditorState";
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ watch(
                           (column.dataType = combineDataTypeForDatabase(
                             databaseType,
                             v,
-                            splitDataType(column.dataType).params,
+                            getDefaultLengthForType(databaseType, v),
                           ))
                       "
                     />
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableStructureEditorState.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableStructureEditorState.ts
index bcfbf99a26..010f7ada36 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableStructureEditorState.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableStructureEditorState.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,36 @@ export const DATA_TYPE_OPTIONS: Record<string, string[]> = {
   ],
 };
 
+export const DEFAULT_TYPE_LENGTHS: Record<string, string> = {
+  tinyint: "4",
+  smallint: "6",
+  mediumint: "9",
+  int: "11",
+  integer: "11",
+  int4: "11",
+  bigint: "20",
+  int8: "20",
+  float: "10,2",
+  real: "10,2",
+  "double precision": "10,2",
+  double: "10,2",
+  decimal: "10,0",
+  numeric: "10,0",
+  number: "10,0",
+  char: "1",
+  character: "1",
+  varchar: "255",
+  "character varying": "255",
+  varchar2: "255",
+  nvarchar2: "255",
+  nvarchar: "255",
+  nchar: "1",
+  varbinary: "255",
+  binary: "1",
+  bit: "1",
+  year: "4",
+};
+
 export function createColumnDrafts(columns: ColumnInfo[]): EditableStructureColumn[] {
   return columns.map((column, index) => ({
     id: `existing:${column.name}`,
@@ -335,6 +365,11 @@ function isValidTemporalPrecision(dbType: DatabaseType | undefined, params: stri
   return Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0 && value <= max && String(value) === params;
 }
 
+export function getDefaultLengthForType(_dbType: DatabaseType | undefined, baseType: string): string {
+  const key = baseType.trim().toLowerCase();
+  return DEFAULT_TYPE_LENGTHS[key] ?? "";
+}
+
 export function buildStructureTargetLabel(
   connectionName: string | undefined,
   database: string | undefined,