diff --git a/pkg/common/json_condition.go b/pkg/common/json_condition.go
index 2809b96..efabe31 100644
--- a/pkg/common/json_condition.go
+++ b/pkg/common/json_condition.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/reflection"
 )
 
@@ -72,6 +73,15 @@ func ResolveJSONColumnExpr(model interface{}, tableAlias, token string) (expr st
 func ApplySelectColumns(query SelectQuery, model interface{}, tableAlias string, columns []string) SelectQuery {
 	for _, col := range columns {
 		if expr, args, alias, ok := ResolveJSONColumnExpr(model, tableAlias, col); ok {
+			if !reflection.HasColumn(model, alias) {
+				// No matching scan target on the model (e.g. no
+				// `bun:"<alias>,scanonly"` field declared for this JSON
+				// path) - bun would fail to scan the row with "does not
+				// have column X". Drop the expression rather than erroring;
+				// the rest of the requested columns still get selected.
+				logger.Warn("Skipping JSON select column %q: model has no scan target for alias %q", col, alias)
+				continue
+			}
 			query = query.ColumnExpr(expr+" AS "+QuoteIdent(alias), args...)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/common/json_condition_test.go b/pkg/common/json_condition_test.go
index 920931b..2775856 100644
--- a/pkg/common/json_condition_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/json_condition_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/spectypes"
@@ -162,3 +163,43 @@ func TestBuildJSONFilterCondition_QualifiedAndInjectionSafe(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("args = %#v", args)
 	}
 }
+
+// selectCapQuery is a minimal SelectQuery that records Column/ColumnExpr calls
+// so ApplySelectColumns' behaviour can be asserted without a real DB.
+type selectCapQuery struct {
+	SelectQuery
+	columns     []string
+	columnExprs []string
+}
+
+func (m *selectCapQuery) Column(cols ...string) SelectQuery {
+	m.columns = append(m.columns, cols...)
+	return m
+}
+func (m *selectCapQuery) ColumnExpr(q string, args ...interface{}) SelectQuery {
+	m.columnExprs = append(m.columnExprs, q)
+	return m
+}
+
+// jsonSelectModel has a real JSON column (Data) but only ONE pre-declared
+// scanonly field for a computed JSON path ("data_city"); "data_age" has no
+// matching scan target.
+type jsonSelectModel struct {
+	ID       int64              `json:"id" bun:"id,pk"`
+	Data     spectypes.SqlJSONB `json:"data" bun:"data"`
+	DataCity string             `json:"-" bun:"data_city,scanonly"`
+}
+
+func TestApplySelectColumns_SkipsJSONColumnWithoutScanTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	m := jsonSelectModel{}
+	q := &selectCapQuery{}
+
+	ApplySelectColumns(q, m, "", []string{"id", "data.city", "data.age"})
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(q.columns, []string{"id"}) {
+		t.Errorf("columns = %#v, want [id]", q.columns)
+	}
+	if len(q.columnExprs) != 1 || !strings.Contains(q.columnExprs[0], `AS "data_city"`) {
+		t.Errorf("columnExprs = %#v, want exactly one expr aliased data_city", q.columnExprs)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/reflection/model_utils.go b/pkg/reflection/model_utils.go
index 1d9fb26..dc0ccbc 100644
--- a/pkg/reflection/model_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/model_utils.go
@@ -439,6 +439,63 @@ func GetSQLModelColumns(model any) []string {
 	return columns
 }
 
+// HasColumn reports whether the model has a struct field that bun/gorm would
+// scan a column named columnName into. Unlike GetSQLModelColumns, this
+// includes scanonly fields (e.g. a `bun:"jsonvalue_product_cost,scanonly"`
+// field added specifically to receive a computed/JSON-path SELECT expression)
+// since those are legitimate scan targets even though they are not writable.
+// Matching is case-insensitive against the resolved bun/gorm/json column name
+// and against the bare Go field name.
+func HasColumn(model any, columnName string) bool {
+	if columnName == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	modelType := reflect.TypeOf(model)
+	for modelType != nil && (modelType.Kind() == reflect.Pointer || modelType.Kind() == reflect.Slice || modelType.Kind() == reflect.Array) {
+		modelType = modelType.Elem()
+	}
+	if modelType == nil || modelType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return hasColumnInType(modelType, columnName)
+}
+
+func hasColumnInType(typ reflect.Type, columnName string) bool {
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := typ.Field(i)
+		if !field.IsExported() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		bunTag := field.Tag.Get("bun")
+		gormTag := field.Tag.Get("gorm")
+
+		if field.Anonymous {
+			fieldType := field.Type
+			if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+				fieldType = fieldType.Elem()
+			}
+			if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+				if hasColumnInType(fieldType, columnName) {
+					return true
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		if bunTag == "-" || gormTag == "-" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if strings.EqualFold(getColumnNameFromField(field), columnName) || strings.EqualFold(field.Name, columnName) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // collectSQLColumnsFromType recursively collects SQL column names from a struct type
 // scanOnlyEmbedded indicates if we're inside a scan-only embedded struct
 func collectSQLColumnsFromType(typ reflect.Type, columns *[]string, scanOnlyEmbedded bool) {
diff --git a/pkg/reflection/model_utils_test.go b/pkg/reflection/model_utils_test.go
index 99ade55..2ef7706 100644
--- a/pkg/reflection/model_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reflection/model_utils_test.go
@@ -411,6 +411,23 @@ func TestGetModelColumnsWithEmbedded(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHasColumn(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ModelWithEmbedded{}
+
+	for _, col := range []string{"name", "description", "rid_base", "created_at", "cql1", "cql2"} {
+		if !HasColumn(m, col) {
+			t.Errorf("HasColumn(%q) = false, want true", col)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if HasColumn(m, "nonexistent_column") {
+		t.Error("HasColumn(nonexistent_column) = true, want false")
+	}
+	if HasColumn(m, "") {
+		t.Error("HasColumn(\"\") = true, want false")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsColumnWritableWithEmbedded(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
diff --git a/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go b/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
index 4211fe0..5bc7f25 100644
--- a/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/resolvespec/handler.go
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ func (h *Handler) handleRead(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id st
 			logger.Debug("Selecting columns: %v", options.Columns)
 			for _, col := range options.Columns {
 				if expr, jargs, alias, ok := common.ResolveJSONColumnExpr(model, "", col); ok {
+					if !reflection.HasColumn(model, alias) {
+						logger.Warn("Skipping JSON select column %q: model has no scan target for alias %q", col, alias)
+						continue
+					}
 					query = query.ColumnExpr(expr+" AS "+common.QuoteIdent(alias), jargs...)
 					continue
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go b/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
index e3349ef..d04040d 100644
--- a/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/handler.go
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ func (h *Handler) handleRead(ctx context.Context, w common.ResponseWriter, id st
 				// JSON sub-field selection (data->>'x', data.x, data#>>'{a,b}'):
 				// emit a parameterised expression aliased to a stable name.
 				if expr, jargs, alias, ok := common.ResolveJSONColumnExpr(model, selectAlias, col); ok {
+					if !reflection.HasColumn(model, alias) {
+						logger.Warn("Skipping JSON select column %q: model has no scan target for alias %q", col, alias)
+						continue
+					}
 					query = query.ColumnExpr(expr+" AS "+common.QuoteIdent(alias), jargs...)
 					continue
 				}