diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index db0a1d59fa..9488ebe3a0 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
       "loadEnvFiles": false
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts
index 3b5f951dca..9cf114f4e5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/exporters.ts
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ export function isFormat(format: any): format is Format {
 }
 
 export function parseCsvExport<T>(value: string) {
-  return JSON.parse(value?.replace(/'/g, '"')) as T
+  return JSON.parse(value) as T
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
index 5de788dc9c..aac43874a0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { tableForDatasource } from "../../../tests/utilities/structures"
 import { DatabaseName, getDatasource } from "../../../integrations/tests/utils"
-import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { db as dbCore, utils } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 import * as setup from "./utilities"
 import {
@@ -87,21 +87,67 @@ describe.each([
   class SearchAssertion {
     constructor(private readonly query: RowSearchParams) {}
 
-    private popRow(expectedRow: any, foundRows: any[]) {
-      const row = foundRows.find(foundRow => _.isMatch(foundRow, expectedRow))
+    // We originally used _.isMatch to compare rows, but found that when
+    // comparing arrays it would return true if the source array was a subset of
+    // the target array. This would sometimes create false matches. This
+    // function is a more strict version of _.isMatch that only returns true if
+    // the source array is an exact match of the target.
+    //
+    // _.isMatch("100", "1") also returns true which is not what we want.
+    private isMatch<T extends Record<string, any>>(expected: T, found: T) {
+      if (!expected) {
+        throw new Error("Expected is undefined")
+      }
+      if (!found) {
+        return false
+      }
+
+      for (const key of Object.keys(expected)) {
+        if (Array.isArray(expected[key])) {
+          if (!Array.isArray(found[key])) {
+            return false
+          }
+          if (expected[key].length !== found[key].length) {
+            return false
+          }
+          if (!_.isMatch(found[key], expected[key])) {
+            return false
+          }
+        } else if (typeof expected[key] === "object") {
+          if (!this.isMatch(expected[key], found[key])) {
+            return false
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (expected[key] !== found[key]) {
+            return false
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return true
+    }
+
+    // This function exists to ensure that the same row is not matched twice.
+    // When a row gets matched, we make sure to remove it from the list of rows
+    // we're matching against.
+    private popRow<T extends { [key: string]: any }>(
+      expectedRow: T,
+      foundRows: T[]
+    ): NonNullable<T> {
+      const row = foundRows.find(row => this.isMatch(expectedRow, row))
       if (!row) {
         const fields = Object.keys(expectedRow)
         // To make the error message more readable, we only include the fields
         // that are present in the expected row.
         const searchedObjects = foundRows.map(row => _.pick(row, fields))
         throw new Error(
-          `Failed to find row: ${JSON.stringify(
-            expectedRow
-          )} in ${JSON.stringify(searchedObjects)}`
+          `Failed to find row:\n\n${JSON.stringify(
+            expectedRow,
+            null,
+            2
+          )}\n\nin\n\n${JSON.stringify(searchedObjects, null, 2)}`
         )
       }
 
-      // Ensuring the same row is not matched twice
       foundRows.splice(foundRows.indexOf(row), 1)
       return row
     }
@@ -1055,6 +1101,7 @@ describe.each([
       describe("notEqual", () => {
         it("successfully finds a row", () =>
           expectQuery({ notEqual: { time: T_1000 } }).toContainExactly([
+            { timeid: NULL_TIME__ID },
             { time: "10:45:00" },
             { time: "12:00:00" },
             { time: "15:30:00" },
@@ -1064,6 +1111,7 @@ describe.each([
         it("return all when requesting non-existing", () =>
           expectQuery({ notEqual: { time: UNEXISTING_TIME } }).toContainExactly(
             [
+              { timeid: NULL_TIME__ID },
               { time: "10:00:00" },
               { time: "10:45:00" },
               { time: "12:00:00" },
@@ -1530,14 +1578,169 @@ describe.each([
       await createRows([{ "1:name": "bar" }, { "1:name": "foo" }])
     })
 
+    it("successfully finds a row", () =>
+      expectQuery({ equal: { "1:1:name": "bar" } }).toContainExactly([
+        { "1:name": "bar" },
+      ]))
+
+    it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+      expectQuery({ equal: { "1:1:name": "none" } }).toFindNothing())
+  })
+
+  describe("user", () => {
+    let user1: User
+    let user2: User
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      user1 = await config.createUser({ _id: `us_${utils.newid()}` })
+      user2 = await config.createUser({ _id: `us_${utils.newid()}` })
+
+      table = await createTable({
+        user: {
+          name: "user",
+          type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE_SINGLE,
+          subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType.USER,
+        },
+      })
+
+      await createRows([
+        { user: JSON.stringify(user1) },
+        { user: JSON.stringify(user2) },
+        { user: null },
+      ])
+    })
+
     describe("equal", () => {
       it("successfully finds a row", () =>
-        expectQuery({ equal: { "1:1:name": "bar" } }).toContainExactly([
-          { "1:name": "bar" },
+        expectQuery({ equal: { user: user1._id } }).toContainExactly([
+          { user: { _id: user1._id } },
         ]))
 
       it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
-        expectQuery({ equal: { "1:1:name": "none" } }).toFindNothing())
+        expectQuery({ equal: { user: "us_none" } }).toFindNothing())
+    })
+
+    describe("notEqual", () => {
+      it("successfully finds a row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ notEqual: { user: user1._id } }).toContainExactly([
+          { user: { _id: user2._id } },
+          {},
+        ]))
+
+      it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ notEqual: { user: "us_none" } }).toContainExactly([
+          { user: { _id: user1._id } },
+          { user: { _id: user2._id } },
+          {},
+        ]))
+    })
+
+    describe("oneOf", () => {
+      it("successfully finds a row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ oneOf: { user: [user1._id] } }).toContainExactly([
+          { user: { _id: user1._id } },
+        ]))
+
+      it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ oneOf: { user: ["us_none"] } }).toFindNothing())
+    })
+
+    describe("empty", () => {
+      it("finds empty rows", () =>
+        expectQuery({ empty: { user: null } }).toContainExactly([{}]))
+    })
+
+    describe("notEmpty", () => {
+      it("finds non-empty rows", () =>
+        expectQuery({ notEmpty: { user: null } }).toContainExactly([
+          { user: { _id: user1._id } },
+          { user: { _id: user2._id } },
+        ]))
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("multi user", () => {
+    let user1: User
+    let user2: User
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      user1 = await config.createUser({ _id: `us_${utils.newid()}` })
+      user2 = await config.createUser({ _id: `us_${utils.newid()}` })
+
+      table = await createTable({
+        users: {
+          name: "users",
+          type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE,
+          subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType.USER,
+          constraints: { type: "array" },
+        },
+        number: {
+          name: "number",
+          type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+        },
+      })
+
+      await createRows([
+        { number: 1, users: JSON.stringify([user1]) },
+        { number: 2, users: JSON.stringify([user2]) },
+        { number: 3, users: JSON.stringify([user1, user2]) },
+        { number: 4, users: JSON.stringify([]) },
+      ])
+    })
+
+    describe("contains", () => {
+      it("successfully finds a row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ contains: { users: [user1._id] } }).toContainExactly([
+          { users: [{ _id: user1._id }] },
+          { users: [{ _id: user1._id }, { _id: user2._id }] },
+        ]))
+
+      it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ contains: { users: ["us_none"] } }).toFindNothing())
+    })
+
+    describe("notContains", () => {
+      it("successfully finds a row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ notContains: { users: [user1._id] } }).toContainExactly([
+          { users: [{ _id: user2._id }] },
+          {},
+        ]))
+
+      it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ notContains: { users: ["us_none"] } }).toContainExactly([
+          { users: [{ _id: user1._id }] },
+          { users: [{ _id: user2._id }] },
+          { users: [{ _id: user1._id }, { _id: user2._id }] },
+          {},
+        ]))
+    })
+
+    describe("containsAny", () => {
+      it("successfully finds rows", () =>
+        expectQuery({
+          containsAny: { users: [user1._id, user2._id] },
+        }).toContainExactly([
+          { users: [{ _id: user1._id }] },
+          { users: [{ _id: user2._id }] },
+          { users: [{ _id: user1._id }, { _id: user2._id }] },
+        ]))
+
+      it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+        expectQuery({ containsAny: { users: ["us_none"] } }).toFindNothing())
+    })
+
+    describe("multi-column equals", () => {
+      it("successfully finds a row", () =>
+        expectQuery({
+          equal: { number: 1 },
+          contains: { users: [user1._id] },
+        }).toContainExactly([{ users: [{ _id: user1._id }], number: 1 }]))
+
+      it("fails to find nonexistent row", () =>
+        expectQuery({
+          equal: { number: 2 },
+          contains: { users: [user1._id] },
+        }).toFindNothing())
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
index c3dca2a39c..43e5961947 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     }
 
     const contains = (mode: object, any: boolean = false) => {
-      const fnc = allOr ? "orWhere" : "where"
-      const rawFnc = `${fnc}Raw`
+      const rawFnc = allOr ? "orWhereRaw" : "whereRaw"
       const not = mode === filters?.notContains ? "NOT " : ""
       function stringifyArray(value: Array<any>, quoteStyle = '"'): string {
         for (let i in value) {
@@ -245,24 +244,24 @@ class InternalBuilder {
       if (this.client === SqlClient.POSTGRES) {
         iterate(mode, (key: string, value: Array<any>) => {
           const wrap = any ? "" : "'"
-          const containsOp = any ? "\\?| array" : "@>"
+          const op = any ? "\\?| array" : "@>"
           const fieldNames = key.split(/\./g)
-          const tableName = fieldNames[0]
-          const columnName = fieldNames[1]
-          // @ts-ignore
+          const table = fieldNames[0]
+          const col = fieldNames[1]
           query = query[rawFnc](
-            `${not}"${tableName}"."${columnName}"::jsonb ${containsOp} ${wrap}${stringifyArray(
+            `${not}COALESCE("${table}"."${col}"::jsonb ${op} ${wrap}${stringifyArray(
               value,
               any ? "'" : '"'
-            )}${wrap}`
+            )}${wrap}, FALSE)`
           )
         })
       } else if (this.client === SqlClient.MY_SQL) {
         const jsonFnc = any ? "JSON_OVERLAPS" : "JSON_CONTAINS"
         iterate(mode, (key: string, value: Array<any>) => {
-          // @ts-ignore
           query = query[rawFnc](
-            `${not}${jsonFnc}(${key}, '${stringifyArray(value)}')`
+            `${not}COALESCE(${jsonFnc}(${key}, '${stringifyArray(
+              value
+            )}'), FALSE)`
           )
         })
       } else {
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
             }
             statement +=
               (statement ? andOr : "") +
-              `LOWER(${likeKey(this.client, key)}) LIKE ?`
+              `COALESCE(LOWER(${likeKey(this.client, key)}), '') LIKE ?`
           }
 
           if (statement === "") {
@@ -342,14 +341,34 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     }
     if (filters.equal) {
       iterate(filters.equal, (key, value) => {
-        const fnc = allOr ? "orWhere" : "where"
-        query = query[fnc]({ [key]: value })
+        const fnc = allOr ? "orWhereRaw" : "whereRaw"
+        if (this.client === SqlClient.MS_SQL) {
+          query = query[fnc](
+            `CASE WHEN ${likeKey(this.client, key)} = ? THEN 1 ELSE 0 END = 1`,
+            [value]
+          )
+        } else {
+          query = query[fnc](
+            `COALESCE(${likeKey(this.client, key)} = ?, FALSE)`,
+            [value]
+          )
+        }
       })
     }
     if (filters.notEqual) {
       iterate(filters.notEqual, (key, value) => {
-        const fnc = allOr ? "orWhereNot" : "whereNot"
-        query = query[fnc]({ [key]: value })
+        const fnc = allOr ? "orWhereRaw" : "whereRaw"
+        if (this.client === SqlClient.MS_SQL) {
+          query = query[fnc](
+            `CASE WHEN ${likeKey(this.client, key)} = ? THEN 1 ELSE 0 END = 0`,
+            [value]
+          )
+        } else {
+          query = query[fnc](
+            `COALESCE(${likeKey(this.client, key)} != ?, TRUE)`,
+            [value]
+          )
+        }
       })
     }
     if (filters.empty) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts
index 9b84409e92..302b61fc74 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe("SQL query builder", () => {
     )
     expect(query).toEqual({
       bindings: ["%20%", "%25%", `%"john"%`, `%"mary"%`, limit],
-      sql: `select * from (select * from (select * from "test" where (LOWER("test"."age") LIKE :1 AND LOWER("test"."age") LIKE :2) and (LOWER("test"."name") LIKE :3 AND LOWER("test"."name") LIKE :4)) where rownum <= :5) "test"`,
+      sql: `select * from (select * from (select * from "test" where (COALESCE(LOWER("test"."age"), '') LIKE :1 AND COALESCE(LOWER("test"."age"), '') LIKE :2) and (COALESCE(LOWER("test"."name"), '') LIKE :3 AND COALESCE(LOWER("test"."name"), '') LIKE :4)) where rownum <= :5) "test"`,
     })
 
     query = new Sql(SqlClient.ORACLE, limit)._query(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts
index 0de4d0a151..f907e1ab8e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
               "b"."completed" as "b.completed", "b"."qaid" as "b.qaid" 
               from (select * from "products" as "a" order by "a"."productname" asc nulls first limit $1) as "a" 
               left join "products_tasks" as "c" on "a"."productid" = "c"."productid" 
-              left join "tasks" as "b" on "b"."taskid" = "c"."taskid" where "b"."taskname" = $2 
+              left join "tasks" as "b" on "b"."taskid" = "c"."taskid" where COALESCE("b"."taskname" = $2, FALSE)
               order by "a"."productname" asc nulls first limit $3`),
       })
     })
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
              "c"."city" as "c.city", "c"."lastname" as "c.lastname", "c"."year" as "c.year", "c"."firstname" as "c.firstname", 
              "c"."personid" as "c.personid", "c"."address" as "c.address", "c"."age" as "c.age", "c"."type" as "c.type", 
              "c"."city" as "c.city", "c"."lastname" as "c.lastname" 
-             from (select * from "tasks" as "a" where not "a"."completed" = $1 
+             from (select * from "tasks" as "a" where COALESCE("a"."completed" != $1, TRUE)
              order by "a"."taskname" asc nulls first limit $2) as "a" 
              left join "products_tasks" as "d" on "a"."taskid" = "d"."taskid" 
              left join "products" as "b" on "b"."productid" = "d"."productid" 
              left join "persons" as "c" on "a"."executorid" = "c"."personid" or "a"."qaid" = "c"."personid" 
-             where "c"."year" between $3 and $4 and "b"."productname" = $5 order by "a"."taskname" asc nulls first limit $6`),
+             where "c"."year" between $3 and $4 and COALESCE("b"."productname" = $5, FALSE) order by "a"."taskname" asc nulls first limit $6`),
       })
     })
   })
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
       expect(query).toEqual({
         bindings: [1990, "C", "A Street", 34, "designer", "London", "B", 5],
         sql: multiline(`update "persons" as "a" set "year" = $1, "firstname" = $2, "address" = $3, "age" = $4, 
-             "type" = $5, "city" = $6, "lastname" = $7 where "a"."personid" = $8 returning *`),
+             "type" = $5, "city" = $6, "lastname" = $7 where COALESCE("a"."personid" = $8, FALSE) returning *`),
       })
     })
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
       expect(query).toEqual({
         bindings: [1990, "C", "A Street", 34, "designer", "London", "B", 5],
         sql: multiline(`update "persons" as "a" set "year" = $1, "firstname" = $2, "address" = $3, "age" = $4, 
-             "type" = $5, "city" = $6, "lastname" = $7 where "a"."personid" = $8 returning *`),
+             "type" = $5, "city" = $6, "lastname" = $7 where COALESCE("a"."personid" = $8, FALSE) returning *`),
       })
     })
   })
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
       let query = new Sql(SqlClient.POSTGRES, limit)._query(queryJson)
       expect(query).toEqual({
         bindings: ["ddd", ""],
-        sql: multiline(`delete from "compositetable" as "a" where "a"."keypartone" = $1 and "a"."keyparttwo" = $2 
-             returning "a"."keyparttwo" as "a.keyparttwo", "a"."keypartone" as "a.keypartone", "a"."name" as "a.name"`),
+        sql: multiline(`delete from "compositetable" as "a" 
+          where COALESCE("a"."keypartone" = $1, FALSE) and COALESCE("a"."keyparttwo" = $2, FALSE)
+          returning "a"."keyparttwo" as "a.keyparttwo", "a"."keypartone" as "a.keypartone", "a"."name" as "a.name"`),
       })
     })
   })
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
         returningQuery = input
       }, queryJson)
       expect(returningQuery).toEqual({
-        sql: "select * from (select top (@p0) * from [people] where [people].[name] = @p1 and [people].[age] = @p2 order by [people].[name] asc) as [people]",
+        sql: "select * from (select top (@p0) * from [people] where CASE WHEN [people].[name] = @p1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END = 1 and CASE WHEN [people].[age] = @p2 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END = 1 order by [people].[name] asc) as [people]",
         bindings: [1, "Test", 22],
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
index ec3ac08c2e..7e5ac94a66 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ export async function search(
       sql = sql.replace(/`doc2`.`rowId`/g, "`doc2.rowId`")
 
       const db = context.getAppDB()
-      return await db.sql<Row>(sql, bindings)
+      const rows = await db.sql<Row>(sql, bindings)
+      return rows
     })
 
     // process from the format of tableId.column to expected format