Fixing issue with SQL tables and automations updating a row, also making error handling better across automations to make sure some sort of error message is always returned.

packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.js

@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ const {
   BudibaseInternalDB,
 } = require("../../../db/utils")
 const { FieldTypes } = require("../../../constants")
-const { TableSaveFunctions, getExternalTable } = require("./utils")
-const {
-  isExternalTable,
-  breakExternalTableId,
-} = require("../../../integrations/utils")
+const { TableSaveFunctions, getTable } = require("./utils")
 
 exports.fetch = async function (ctx) {
   const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
@@ -48,14 +44,8 @@ exports.fetch = async function (ctx) {
 }
 
 exports.find = async function (ctx) {
-  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.appId)
   const tableId = ctx.params.id
-  if (isExternalTable(tableId)) {
-    let { datasourceId, tableName } = breakExternalTableId(tableId)
-    ctx.body = await getExternalTable(ctx.appId, datasourceId, tableName)
-  } else {
-    ctx.body = await db.get(ctx.params.id)
-  }
+  ctx.body = await getTable(ctx.appId, tableId)
 }
 
 exports.save = async function (ctx) {

packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ const { isEqual } = require("lodash/fp")
 const { AutoFieldSubTypes, FieldTypes } = require("../../../constants")
 const { inputProcessing } = require("../../../utilities/rowProcessor")
 const { USERS_TABLE_SCHEMA } = require("../../../constants")
+const {
+  isExternalTable,
+  breakExternalTableId,
+} = require("../../../integrations/utils")
 
 exports.checkForColumnUpdates = async (db, oldTable, updatedTable) => {
   let updatedRows = []
@@ -223,4 +227,14 @@ exports.getExternalTable = async (appId, datasourceId, tableName) => {
   return entities[tableName]
 }
 
+exports.getTable = async (appId, tableId) => {
+  const db = new CouchDB(appId)
+  if (isExternalTable(tableId)) {
+    let { datasourceId, tableName } = breakExternalTableId(tableId)
+    return exports.getExternalTable(appId, datasourceId, tableName)
+  } else {
+    return db.get(tableId)
+  }
+}
+
 exports.TableSaveFunctions = TableSaveFunctions

packages/server/src/automations/automationUtils.js

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-const CouchDB = require("../db")
-const {
-  isExternalTable,
-  breakExternalTableId,
-} = require("../integrations/utils")
-const { getExternalTable } = require("../api/controllers/table/utils")
+const { getTable } = require("../api/controllers/table/utils")
 
 /**
  * When values are input to the system generally they will be of type string as this is required for template strings.
@@ -21,7 +16,7 @@ const { getExternalTable } = require("../api/controllers/table/utils")
  * @returns {object} The inputs object which has had all the various types supported by this function converted to their
  * primitive types.
  */
-module.exports.cleanInputValues = (inputs, schema) => {
+exports.cleanInputValues = (inputs, schema) => {
   if (schema == null) {
     return inputs
   }
@@ -63,30 +58,11 @@ module.exports.cleanInputValues = (inputs, schema) => {
  * @param {object} row The input row structure which requires clean-up after having been through template statements.
  * @returns {Promise<Object>} The cleaned up rows object, will should now have all the required primitive types.
  */
-module.exports.cleanUpRow = async (appId, tableId, row) => {
-  const db = new CouchDB(appId)
-  let table
-  if (isExternalTable(tableId)) {
-    const { datasourceId, tableName } = breakExternalTableId(tableId)
-    table = await getExternalTable(appId, datasourceId, tableName)
-  } else {
-    table = await db.get(tableId)
-  }
-
-  return module.exports.cleanInputValues(row, { properties: table.schema })
+exports.cleanUpRow = async (appId, tableId, row) => {
+  let table = await getTable(appId, tableId)
+  return exports.cleanInputValues(row, { properties: table.schema })
 }
 
-/**
- * A utility function for the cleanUpRow, which can be used if only the row ID is known (not the table ID) to clean
- * up a row after template statements have been replaced. This is specifically useful for the update row action.
- *
- * @param {string} appId The instance which the Table/Table is contained under.
- * @param {string} rowId The ID of the row from which the tableId will be extracted, to get the Table/Table schema.
- * @param {object} row The input row structure which requires clean-up after having been through template statements.
- * @returns {Promise<Object>} The cleaned up rows object, which will now have all the required primitive types.
- */
-module.exports.cleanUpRowById = async (appId, rowId, row) => {
-  const db = new CouchDB(appId)
-  const foundRow = await db.get(rowId)
-  return module.exports.cleanUpRow(appId, foundRow.tableId, row)
+exports.getError = err => {
+  return typeof err !== "string" ? err.toString() : err
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/bash.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { execSync } = require("child_process")
 const { processStringSync } = require("@budibase/string-templates")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   name: "Bash Scripting",
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, context }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.js

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const rowController = require("../../api/controllers/row")
 const env = require("../../environment")
 const usage = require("../../utilities/usageQuota")
 const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   description: "Delete a row from your database",
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeQuery.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const queryController = require("../../api/controllers/query")
 const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   name: "External Data Connector",
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeScript.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const scriptController = require("../../api/controllers/script")
 const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   name: "JS Scripting",
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, context, emitter }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/outgoingWebhook.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const fetch = require("node-fetch")
 const { getFetchResponse } = require("./utils")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 const RequestType = {
   POST: "POST",
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs }) {
     /* istanbul ignore next */
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/queryRows.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const rowController = require("../../api/controllers/row")
 const tableController = require("../../api/controllers/table")
 const { FieldTypes } = require("../../constants")
 const { buildCtx } = require("./utils")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 const SortOrders = {
   ASCENDING: "ascending",
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/sendSmtpEmail.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { sendSmtpEmail } = require("../../utilities/workerRequests")
+const automationUtils = require("../automationUtils")
 
 exports.definition = {
   description: "Send an email using SMTP",
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.js

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
       },
     }
   }
+  const tableId = inputs.row.tableId
 
   // clear any falsy properties so that they aren't updated
   for (let propKey of Object.keys(inputs.row)) {
@@ -80,15 +81,14 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
     },
     params: {
       rowId: inputs.rowId,
+      tableId: tableId,
     },
   })
 
   try {
-    inputs.row = await automationUtils.cleanUpRowById(
-      appId,
-      inputs.rowId,
-      inputs.row
-    )
+    if (tableId) {
+      inputs.row = await automationUtils.cleanUpRow(appId, tableId, inputs.row)
+    }
     await rowController.patch(ctx)
     return {
       row: ctx.body,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs, appId, emitter }) {
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       success: false,
-      response: err,
+      response: automationUtils.getError(err),
     }
   }
 }