diff --git a/pkg/common/adapters/database/bun.go b/pkg/common/adapters/database/bun.go
index 9c3131c..18c98bc 100644
--- a/pkg/common/adapters/database/bun.go
+++ b/pkg/common/adapters/database/bun.go
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ func (b *BunUpdateQuery) SetMap(values map[string]interface{}) common.UpdateQuer
 			// Skip primary key updates
 			continue
 		}
-		b.query = b.query.Set(column+" = ?", value)
+		b.query = b.query.Set(column+" = ?", common.ConvertSliceForBun(value))
 	}
 	return b
 }
diff --git a/pkg/common/handler_utils.go b/pkg/common/handler_utils.go
index 6e1ee12..b687dec 100644
--- a/pkg/common/handler_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/common/handler_utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package common
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/logger"
@@ -261,3 +262,48 @@ func GetTableNameFromModel(model interface{}) string {
 	// This handles cases like "MasterTaskItem" -> "mastertaskitem"
 	return strings.ToLower(modelType.Name())
 }
+
+// ConvertSliceForBun converts []interface{} values to PostgreSQL array literal strings.
+// BUN's fallback appender for []interface{} is JSON encoding, which produces "[]" —
+// invalid PostgreSQL array syntax. PostgreSQL expects "{}" for empty arrays and
+// "{elem1,elem2}" for non-empty ones. All other value types are returned unchanged.
+func ConvertSliceForBun(value interface{}) interface{} {
+	arr, ok := value.([]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		return value
+	}
+	if len(arr) == 0 {
+		return "{}"
+	}
+	parts := make([]string, len(arr))
+	for i, elem := range arr {
+		switch e := elem.(type) {
+		case string:
+			needsQuote := e == "" || strings.ContainsAny(e, `,"\\{}`+"\t\n\r ")
+			if needsQuote {
+				e = strings.ReplaceAll(e, `\`, `\\`)
+				e = strings.ReplaceAll(e, `"`, `""`)
+				parts[i] = `"` + e + `"`
+			} else {
+				parts[i] = e
+			}
+		case float64:
+			if e == float64(int64(e)) {
+				parts[i] = strconv.FormatInt(int64(e), 10)
+			} else {
+				parts[i] = strconv.FormatFloat(e, 'f', -1, 64)
+			}
+		case bool:
+			if e {
+				parts[i] = "t"
+			} else {
+				parts[i] = "f"
+			}
+		case nil:
+			parts[i] = "NULL"
+		default:
+			parts[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", e)
+		}
+	}
+	return "{" + strings.Join(parts, ",") + "}"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/common/handler_utils_test.go b/pkg/common/handler_utils_test.go
index 05d374f..8b90f10 100644
--- a/pkg/common/handler_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/handler_utils_test.go
@@ -106,3 +106,66 @@ func TestExtractTagValue(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConvertSliceForBun(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    interface{}
+		expected interface{}
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "empty slice produces empty pg array",
+			input:    []interface{}{},
+			expected: "{}",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string elements",
+			input:    []interface{}{"a", "b", "c"},
+			expected: "{a,b,c}",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string element needing quotes",
+			input:    []interface{}{"hello world", "ok"},
+			expected: `{"hello world",ok}`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string with comma",
+			input:    []interface{}{"a,b"},
+			expected: `{"a,b"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "integer elements (JSON float64)",
+			input:    []interface{}{float64(1), float64(2), float64(3)},
+			expected: "{1,2,3}",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "bool elements",
+			input:    []interface{}{true, false},
+			expected: "{t,f}",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "nil input passthrough",
+			input:    nil,
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string input passthrough",
+			input:    "hello",
+			expected: "hello",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "int input passthrough",
+			input:    42,
+			expected: 42,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := ConvertSliceForBun(tt.input)
+			if result != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("ConvertSliceForBun(%v) = %v; want %v", tt.input, result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/common/recursive_crud.go b/pkg/common/recursive_crud.go
index 572d353..f52b5e3 100644
--- a/pkg/common/recursive_crud.go
+++ b/pkg/common/recursive_crud.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (p *NestedCUDProcessor) processInsert(
 	query := p.db.NewInsert().Table(tableName)
 
 	for key, value := range data {
-		query = query.Value(key, value)
+		query = query.Value(key, ConvertSliceForBun(value))
 	}
 	pkName := reflection.GetPrimaryKeyName(tableName)
 	// Add RETURNING clause to get the inserted ID
diff --git a/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go b/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
index 73be572..6654f68 100644
--- a/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleCreate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, dat
 		// Standard processing without nested relations
 		query := h.db.NewInsert().Table(tableName)
 		for key, value := range v {
-			query = query.Value(key, value)
+			query = query.Value(key, common.ConvertSliceForBun(value))
 		}
 		result, err := query.Exec(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleCreate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, dat
 			for _, item := range v {
 				txQuery := tx.NewInsert().Table(tableName)
 				for key, value := range item {
-					txQuery = txQuery.Value(key, value)
+					txQuery = txQuery.Value(key, common.ConvertSliceForBun(value))
 				}
 				if _, err := txQuery.Exec(ctx); err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleCreate(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, dat
 				if itemMap, ok := item.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
 					txQuery := tx.NewInsert().Table(tableName)
 					for key, value := range itemMap {
-						txQuery = txQuery.Value(key, value)
+						txQuery = txQuery.Value(key, common.ConvertSliceForBun(value))
 					}
 					if _, err := txQuery.Exec(ctx); err != nil {
 						return err