From 3ee95938c3bc1713b895e872469e8c7f80da258b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adria Navarro <adria@budibase.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:51:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow bb_refs to externals

---
 .../backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte           | 3 +++
 packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts              | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
index dad5660c8e..62cd7e413e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@
       if (!external || table.sql) {
         fields = [...fields, FIELDS.LINK, FIELDS.ARRAY]
       }
+      if (fieldDefinitions.USER) {
+        fields.push(fieldDefinitions.USER)
+      }
       return fields
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
index 47b09dadee..4383167f4a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function generateSchema(
       case FieldTypes.OPTIONS:
       case FieldTypes.LONGFORM:
       case FieldTypes.BARCODEQR:
+      case FieldTypes.BB_REFERENCE:
         schema.text(key)
         break
       case FieldTypes.NUMBER: