diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index f73556a890..b020432a2e 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -7119,6 +7119,7 @@ int32_t doValidateSqlNode(SSqlObj* pSql, SQuerySqlNode* pQuerySqlNode, int32_t i
   const char* msg6 = "too many tables in from clause";
   const char* msg7 = "invalid table alias name";
   const char* msg8 = "alias name too long";
+  const char* msg9 = "only tag query not compatible with normal column filter";
 
   int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 
@@ -7288,6 +7289,20 @@ int32_t doValidateSqlNode(SSqlObj* pSql, SQuerySqlNode* pQuerySqlNode, int32_t i
     if (hasUnsupportFunctionsForSTableQuery(pCmd, pQueryInfo)) {
       return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SQL;
     }
+
+    if(tscQueryTags(pQueryInfo)) {
+      SSqlExpr* pExpr1 = tscSqlExprGet(pQueryInfo, 0);
+
+      if (pExpr1->functionId != TSDB_FUNC_TID_TAG) {
+        int32_t numOfCols = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->colList);
+        for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
+          SColumn* pCols = taosArrayGetP(pQueryInfo->colList, i);
+          if (pCols->numOfFilters > 0) {
+            return invalidSqlErrMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg9);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   if (parseSessionClause(pCmd, pQueryInfo, pQuerySqlNode) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSub.c b/src/client/src/tscSub.c
index 7da98c7885..327ccd0294 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSub.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSub.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static void tscProcessSubscriptionTimer(void *handle, void *tmrId) {
   taosTmrReset(tscProcessSubscriptionTimer, pSub->interval, pSub, tscTmr, &pSub->pTimer);
 }
 
-
+//TODO refactor: extract table list name not simply from the sql
 static SArray* getTableList( SSqlObj* pSql ) {
   const char* p = strstr( pSql->sqlstr, " from " );
   assert(p != NULL); // we are sure this is a 'select' statement
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ static SArray* getTableList( SSqlObj* pSql ) {
   
   SSqlObj* pNew = taos_query(pSql->pTscObj, sql);
   if (pNew == NULL) {
-    tscError("0x%"PRIx64"failed to retrieve table id: cannot create new sql object.", pSql->self);
+    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to retrieve table id: cannot create new sql object.", pSql->self);
     return NULL;
 
   } else if (taos_errno(pNew) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-    tscError("0x%"PRIx64"failed to retrieve table id,error: %s", pSql->self, tstrerror(taos_errno(pNew)));
+    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" failed to retrieve table id,error: %s", pSql->self, tstrerror(taos_errno(pNew)));
     return NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/select_with_tags.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/select_with_tags.sim
index 9f445649e1..11b1d0bc4b 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/select_with_tags.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/select_with_tags.sim
@@ -847,10 +847,16 @@ sql_error select tbname, t1 from select_tags_mt0 interval(1y);
 #valid sql: select first(c1), last(c2), count(*) from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname, t1;
 #valid sql: select first(c1), tbname, t1 from select_tags_mt0 group by t2;
 
+print ==================================>TD-4231
+sql_error select t1,tbname from select_tags_mt0 where c1<0
+sql_error select t1,tbname from select_tags_mt0 where c1<0 and tbname in ('select_tags_tb12')
+
+sql select tbname from select_tags_mt0 where tbname in ('select_tags_tb12');
+
 sql_error select first(c1), last(c2), t1 from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname;
 sql_error select first(c1), last(c2), tbname, t2 from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname;
 sql_error select first(c1), count(*), t2, t1, tbname from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname;
-# this sql is valid: select first(c1), t2 from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname;
+#valid sql: select first(c1), t2 from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname;
 
 #sql select first(ts), tbname from select_tags_mt0 group by tbname;
 #sql select count(c1) from select_tags_mt0 where c1=99 group by tbname;