diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index a4828a9f4a..76d554d211 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
 
     const alias = this.getTableName(table)
     const schema = this.table.schema
-    if (!this.isFullSelectStatementRequired()) {
+    if (this.isFullSelectStatementRequired()) {
       return [this.knex.raw("??", [`${alias}.*`])]
     }
     // get just the fields for this table
@@ -1543,9 +1543,6 @@ class InternalBuilder {
 
     // start building the query
     let query = this.qualifiedKnex()
-    if (resource?.fields) {
-      query = query.columns(resource?.fields)
-    }
 
     // handle pagination
     let foundOffset: number | null = null
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils/sqlUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils/sqlUtils.ts
index af696c0758..9729018bf7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils/sqlUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/utils/sqlUtils.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ export async function buildSqlFieldList(
   let table: Table
   if (sdk.views.isView(source)) {
     table = await sdk.views.getTable(source.id)
+    fields = fields.filter(f => table.schema[f].type !== FieldType.LINK)
   } else {
     table = source
   }