diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index faedd55ccb..df0fbd8dfc 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
-  "version": "3.4.1",
+  "version": "3.4.2",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "concurrency": 20,
   "command": {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index 334f1efdd4..7791ecb28b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
       }
     }
 
-    if (typeof input === "string") {
+    if (typeof input === "string" && schema.type === FieldType.DATETIME) {
       if (isInvalidISODateString(input)) {
         return null
       }
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Actions/click_outside.ts b/packages/bbui/src/Actions/click_outside.ts
index 248a03039e..0c2eb036bc 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Actions/click_outside.ts
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Actions/click_outside.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let candidateTarget: HTMLElement | undefined
 // Processes a "click outside" event and invokes callbacks if our source element
 // is valid
 const handleClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
-  const target = e.target as HTMLElement
+  const target = (e.target || e.relatedTarget) as HTMLElement
 
   // Ignore click if this is an ignored class
   if (target.closest('[data-ignore-click-outside="true"]')) {
@@ -91,9 +91,19 @@ const handleMouseDown = (e: MouseEvent) => {
   document.addEventListener("click", handleMouseUp, true)
 }
 
+// Handle iframe clicks by detecting a loss of focus on the main window
+const handleBlur = () => {
+  if (document.activeElement?.tagName === "IFRAME") {
+    handleClick(
+      new MouseEvent("click", { relatedTarget: document.activeElement })
+    )
+  }
+}
+
 // Global singleton listeners for our events
 document.addEventListener("mousedown", handleMouseDown)
 document.addEventListener("contextmenu", handleClick)
+window.addEventListener("blur", handleBlur)
 
 /**
  * Adds or updates a click handler
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
index c3b274d5f4..ee372914d7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
@@ -1040,6 +1040,12 @@ if (descriptions.length) {
                     string: { name: "FO" },
                   }).toContainExactly([{ name: "foo" }])
                 })
+
+                it("should not coerce string to date for string columns", async () => {
+                  await expectQuery({
+                    string: { name: "2020-01-01" },
+                  }).toFindNothing()
+                })
               })
 
               describe("range", () => {