diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa2499457..df3a9eed2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - Better value validation for `state` parameter of `fetch_*_table()` methods ([#1616](https://github.com/neptune-ai/neptune-client/pull/1616))
 - Parse `datetime` attribute values in `fetch_runs_table()` ([#1634](https://github.com/neptune-ai/neptune-client/pull/1634))
 - Better handle limit in `fetch_*_table()` methods ([#1644](https://github.com/neptune-ai/neptune-client/pull/1644))
+- Fix pagination handling in table fetching ([#1651](https://github.com/neptune-ai/neptune-client/pull/1651))
 
 ### Changes
 - Use literals instead of str for Mode typing ([#1586](https://github.com/neptune-ai/neptune-client/pull/1586))
diff --git a/src/neptune/api/searching_entries.py b/src/neptune/api/searching_entries.py
index 99c479fec..b728d0270 100644
--- a/src/neptune/api/searching_entries.py
+++ b/src/neptune/api/searching_entries.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 
 from bravado.client import construct_request  # type: ignore
 from bravado.config import RequestConfig  # type: ignore
+from typing_extensions import (
+    Literal,
+    TypeAlias,
+)
 
 from neptune.internal.backends.api_model import (
     AttributeType,
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@
 
 SUPPORTED_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES = {item.value for item in AttributeType}
 
+SORT_BY_COLUMN_TYPE: TypeAlias = Literal["string", "datetime", "integer", "boolean", "float"]
+
 
 class NoLimit(int):
     def __gt__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
@@ -83,17 +89,18 @@ def get_single_page(
     limit: int,
     offset: int,
     sort_by: Optional[str] = None,
-    sort_by_column_type: Optional[str] = None,
+    sort_by_column_type: Optional[SORT_BY_COLUMN_TYPE] = None,
     ascending: bool = False,
     types: Optional[Iterable[str]] = None,
     query: Optional["NQLQuery"] = None,
     searching_after: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> Any:
     normalized_query = query or NQLEmptyQuery()
+    sort_by_column_type = sort_by_column_type if sort_by_column_type else AttributeType.STRING.value
     if sort_by and searching_after:
         sort_by_as_nql = NQLQueryAttribute(
             name=sort_by,
-            type=NQLAttributeType.STRING,
+            type=NQLAttributeType(sort_by_column_type),
             operator=NQLAttributeOperator.GREATER_THAN,
             value=searching_after,
         )
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ def iter_over_pages(
     limit: Optional[int] = None,
     sort_by: str = "sys/id",
     max_offset: int = MAX_SERVER_OFFSET,
-    sort_by_column_type: Optional[str] = None,
+    sort_by_column_type: Optional[SORT_BY_COLUMN_TYPE] = None,
     ascending: bool = False,
     progress_bar: Optional[ProgressBarType] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
@@ -223,8 +230,7 @@ def iter_over_pages(
                 if offset == 0 and last_page is not None:
                     total += result.get("matchingItemCount", 0)
 
-                if total > limit:
-                    total = limit
+                total = min(total, limit)
 
                 page = _entries_from_page(result)
                 extracted_records += len(page)
diff --git a/src/neptune/internal/backends/nql.py b/src/neptune/internal/backends/nql.py
index 1435ecd11..f324a7097 100644
--- a/src/neptune/internal/backends/nql.py
+++ b/src/neptune/internal/backends/nql.py
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class NQLAttributeType(str, Enum):
     STRING_SET = "stringSet"
     EXPERIMENT_STATE = "experimentState"
     BOOLEAN = "bool"
+    DATETIME = "datetime"
+    INTEGER = "integer"
+    FLOAT = "float"
 
 
 @dataclass