diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/deleteOne.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/deleteOne.ts
index f9bdef788..afafde7cc 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/deleteOne.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/deleteOne.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export const deleteOne: DeleteOne = async function deleteOne(
           data: docToDelete,
           fields: collection.flattenedFields,
           joinQuery: false,
+          tableName,
         })
 
   await this.deleteWhere({
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts
index d2ba6e129..2c0304617 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
       data,
       fields,
       joinQuery,
+      tableName,
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/find/traverseFields.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/find/traverseFields.ts
index 4bb2aae2f..5d1c1bd17 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/find/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/find/traverseFields.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
           }
         }
 
-        currentArgs.with[`${path}${field.name}`] = withArray
+        const relationName = field.dbName ? `_${arrayTableName}` : `${path}${field.name}`
+        currentArgs.with[relationName] = withArray
 
         traverseFields({
           _locales: withArray.with._locales,
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/schema/traverseFields.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/schema/traverseFields.ts
index f82bd3433..a10c09e70 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/schema/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/schema/traverseFields.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { CompoundIndex, FlattenedField } from 'payload'
 
 import { InvalidConfiguration } from 'payload'
 import {
+  array,
   fieldAffectsData,
   fieldIsVirtual,
   fieldShouldBeLocalized,
@@ -287,7 +288,9 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
           }
         }
 
-        relationsToBuild.set(fieldName, {
+        const relationName = field.dbName ? `_${arrayTableName}` : fieldName
+
+        relationsToBuild.set(relationName, {
           type: 'many',
           // arrays have their own localized table, independent of the base table.
           localized: false,
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
               },
             ],
             references: ['id'],
-            relationName: fieldName,
+            relationName,
             to: parentTableName,
           },
         }
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/index.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/index.ts
index 0d677c0db..2f5baab9a 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/index.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type TransformArgs = {
   joinQuery?: JoinQuery
   locale?: string
   parentIsLocalized?: boolean
+  tableName: string
 }
 
 // This is the entry point to transform Drizzle output data
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const transform = <T extends Record<string, unknown> | TypeWithID>({
   fields,
   joinQuery,
   parentIsLocalized,
+  tableName,
 }: TransformArgs): T => {
   let relationships: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>[]> = {}
   let texts: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>[]> = {}
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export const transform = <T extends Record<string, unknown> | TypeWithID>({
     adapter,
     blocks,
     config,
+    currentTableName: tableName,
     dataRef: {
       id: data.id,
     },
@@ -65,7 +68,9 @@ export const transform = <T extends Record<string, unknown> | TypeWithID>({
     path: '',
     relationships,
     table: data,
+    tablePath: '',
     texts,
+    topLevelTableName: tableName,
   })
 
   deletions.forEach((deletion) => deletion())
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/traverseFields.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/traverseFields.ts
index 68a5c64d2..43fbf0539 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/transform/read/traverseFields.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { FlattenedBlock, FlattenedField, JoinQuery, SanitizedConfig } from 'payload'
 
 import { fieldIsVirtual, fieldShouldBeLocalized } from 'payload/shared'
+import toSnakeCase from 'to-snake-case'
 
 import type { DrizzleAdapter } from '../../types.js'
 import type { BlocksMap } from '../../utilities/createBlocksMap.js'
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type TraverseFieldsArgs = {
    * The full Payload config
    */
   config: SanitizedConfig
+  currentTableName: string
   /**
    * The data reference to be mutated within this recursive function
    */
@@ -59,10 +61,12 @@ type TraverseFieldsArgs = {
    * Data structure representing the nearest table from db
    */
   table: Record<string, unknown>
+  tablePath: string
   /**
    * All hasMany text fields, as returned by Drizzle, keyed on an object by field path
    */
   texts: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>[]>
+  topLevelTableName: string
   /**
    * Set to a locale if this group of fields is within a localized array or block.
    */
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
   adapter,
   blocks,
   config,
+  currentTableName,
   dataRef,
   deletions,
   fieldPrefix,
@@ -85,7 +90,9 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
   path,
   relationships,
   table,
+  tablePath,
   texts,
+  topLevelTableName,
   withinArrayOrBlockLocale,
 }: TraverseFieldsArgs): T => {
   const sanitizedPath = path ? `${path}.` : path
@@ -110,6 +117,14 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
     const isLocalized = fieldShouldBeLocalized({ field, parentIsLocalized })
 
     if (field.type === 'array') {
+      const arrayTableName = adapter.tableNameMap.get(
+        `${currentTableName}_${tablePath}${toSnakeCase(field.name)}`,
+      )
+
+      if (field.dbName) {
+        fieldData = table[`_${arrayTableName}`]
+      }
+
       if (Array.isArray(fieldData)) {
         if (isLocalized) {
           result[field.name] = fieldData.reduce((arrayResult, row) => {
@@ -129,6 +144,7 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                 adapter,
                 blocks,
                 config,
+                currentTableName: arrayTableName,
                 dataRef: data,
                 deletions,
                 fieldPrefix: '',
@@ -138,7 +154,9 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                 path: `${sanitizedPath}${field.name}.${row._order - 1}`,
                 relationships,
                 table: row,
+                tablePath: '',
                 texts,
+                topLevelTableName,
                 withinArrayOrBlockLocale: locale,
               })
 
@@ -175,6 +193,7 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                   adapter,
                   blocks,
                   config,
+                  currentTableName: arrayTableName,
                   dataRef: row,
                   deletions,
                   fieldPrefix: '',
@@ -184,7 +203,9 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                   path: `${sanitizedPath}${field.name}.${i}`,
                   relationships,
                   table: row,
+                  tablePath: '',
                   texts,
+                  topLevelTableName,
                   withinArrayOrBlockLocale,
                 }),
               )
@@ -228,11 +249,16 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                   (block) => typeof block !== 'string' && block.slug === row.blockType,
                 ) as FlattenedBlock | undefined)
 
+              const tableName = adapter.tableNameMap.get(
+                `${topLevelTableName}_blocks_${toSnakeCase(block.slug)}`,
+              )
+
               if (block) {
                 const blockResult = traverseFields<T>({
                   adapter,
                   blocks,
                   config,
+                  currentTableName: tableName,
                   dataRef: row,
                   deletions,
                   fieldPrefix: '',
@@ -242,7 +268,9 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                   path: `${blockFieldPath}.${row._order - 1}`,
                   relationships,
                   table: row,
+                  tablePath: '',
                   texts,
+                  topLevelTableName,
                   withinArrayOrBlockLocale: locale,
                 })
 
@@ -300,11 +328,16 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                   delete row._index
                 }
 
+                const tableName = adapter.tableNameMap.get(
+                  `${topLevelTableName}_blocks_${toSnakeCase(block.slug)}`,
+                )
+
                 acc.push(
                   traverseFields<T>({
                     adapter,
                     blocks,
                     config,
+                    currentTableName: tableName,
                     dataRef: row,
                     deletions,
                     fieldPrefix: '',
@@ -314,7 +347,9 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
                     path: `${blockFieldPath}.${i}`,
                     relationships,
                     table: row,
+                    tablePath: '',
                     texts,
+                    topLevelTableName,
                     withinArrayOrBlockLocale,
                   }),
                 )
@@ -614,6 +649,7 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
             adapter,
             blocks,
             config,
+            currentTableName,
             dataRef: groupData as Record<string, unknown>,
             deletions,
             fieldPrefix: groupFieldPrefix,
@@ -624,7 +660,9 @@ export const traverseFields = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>({
             path: `${sanitizedPath}${field.name}`,
             relationships,
             table,
+            tablePath: `${tablePath}${toSnakeCase(field.name)}_`,
             texts,
+            topLevelTableName,
             withinArrayOrBlockLocale: locale || withinArrayOrBlockLocale,
           })
 
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/upsertRow/index.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/upsertRow/index.ts
index 71d0b50ab..84d8d80cd 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/upsertRow/index.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/upsertRow/index.ts
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ export const upsertRow = async <T extends Record<string, unknown> | TypeWithID>(
     data: doc,
     fields,
     joinQuery: false,
+    tableName,
   })
 
   return result
diff --git a/test/database/config.ts b/test/database/config.ts
index b7e73aed6..b8331c695 100644
--- a/test/database/config.ts
+++ b/test/database/config.ts
@@ -604,6 +604,29 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      slug: 'aliases',
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'thisIsALongFieldNameThatCanCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName',
+          dbName: 'shortname',
+          type: 'array',
+          fields: [
+            {
+              name: 'nestedArray',
+              type: 'array',
+              dbName: 'short_nested_1',
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  type: 'text',
+                  name: 'text',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
   globals: [
     {
diff --git a/test/database/int.spec.ts b/test/database/int.spec.ts
index 46dc4b93a..f4e6263e6 100644
--- a/test/database/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/database/int.spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   killTransaction,
   QueryError,
 } from 'payload'
+import { assert } from 'ts-essentials'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import type { Global2 } from './payload-types.js'
@@ -783,6 +784,28 @@ describe('database', () => {
       expect(doc.blocks[0].text).toStrictEqual('hello')
       expect(doc.blocks[0].localizedText).toStrictEqual('goodbye')
     })
+
+    it('arrays should work with both long field names and dbName', async () => {
+      const { id } = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'aliases',
+        data: {
+          thisIsALongFieldNameThatCanCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName: [
+            {
+              nestedArray: [{ text: 'some-text' }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      })
+      const res = await payload.findByID({ collection: 'aliases', id })
+      expect(
+        res.thisIsALongFieldNameThatCanCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName,
+      ).toHaveLength(1)
+      const item =
+        res.thisIsALongFieldNameThatCanCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName?.[0]
+      assert(item)
+      expect(item.nestedArray).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(item.nestedArray?.[0]?.text).toBe('some-text')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('transactions', () => {
diff --git a/test/database/payload-types.ts b/test/database/payload-types.ts
index 470a03a4a..f2692eaaa 100644
--- a/test/database/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/database/payload-types.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export interface Config {
     'fake-custom-ids': FakeCustomId;
     'relationships-migration': RelationshipsMigration;
     'compound-indexes': CompoundIndex;
+    aliases: Alias;
     users: User;
     'payload-locked-documents': PayloadLockedDocument;
     'payload-preferences': PayloadPreference;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export interface Config {
     'fake-custom-ids': FakeCustomIdsSelect<false> | FakeCustomIdsSelect<true>;
     'relationships-migration': RelationshipsMigrationSelect<false> | RelationshipsMigrationSelect<true>;
     'compound-indexes': CompoundIndexesSelect<false> | CompoundIndexesSelect<true>;
+    aliases: AliasesSelect<false> | AliasesSelect<true>;
     users: UsersSelect<false> | UsersSelect<true>;
     'payload-locked-documents': PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<false> | PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<true>;
     'payload-preferences': PayloadPreferencesSelect<false> | PayloadPreferencesSelect<true>;
@@ -419,6 +421,26 @@ export interface CompoundIndex {
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
 }
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "aliases".
+ */
+export interface Alias {
+  id: string;
+  thisIsALongFieldNameThatCanCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName?:
+    | {
+        nestedArray?:
+          | {
+              text?: string | null;
+              id?: string | null;
+            }[]
+          | null;
+        id?: string | null;
+      }[]
+    | null;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
  * via the `definition` "users".
@@ -495,6 +517,10 @@ export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
         relationTo: 'compound-indexes';
         value: string | CompoundIndex;
       } | null)
+    | ({
+        relationTo: 'aliases';
+        value: string | Alias;
+      } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'users';
         value: string | User;
@@ -795,6 +821,25 @@ export interface CompoundIndexesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
   updatedAt?: T;
   createdAt?: T;
 }
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "aliases_select".
+ */
+export interface AliasesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  thisIsALongFieldNameThatCanCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        nestedArray?:
+          | T
+          | {
+              text?: T;
+              id?: T;
+            };
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
  * via the `definition` "users_select".