Adding the ability to disable SQL aliasing if necessary.

packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { processDates, processFormulas } from "../../../utilities/rowProcessor"
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import AliasTables from "./alias"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
+import env from "../../../environment"
 
 export interface ManyRelationship {
   tableId?: string
@@ -884,12 +885,20 @@ export class ExternalRequest<T extends Operation> {
       },
     }
 
-    const aliasing = new AliasTables(Object.keys(this.tables))
     // remove any relationships that could block deletion
     if (operation === Operation.DELETE && id) {
       await this.removeRelationshipsToRow(table, generateRowIdField(id))
     }
-    const response = await aliasing.queryWithAliasing(json)
+
+    // aliasing can be disabled fully if desired
+    let response
+    if (!env.SQL_ALIASING_DISABLE) {
+      const aliasing = new AliasTables(Object.keys(this.tables))
+      response = await aliasing.queryWithAliasing(json)
+    } else {
+      response = await getDatasourceAndQuery(json)
+    }
+
     // handle many-to-many relationships now if we know the ID (could be auto increment)
     if (operation !== Operation.READ) {
       await this.handleManyRelationships(

packages/server/src/environment.ts

@@ -76,13 +76,16 @@ const environment = {
     DEFAULTS.AUTOMATION_THREAD_TIMEOUT > QUERY_THREAD_TIMEOUT
       ? DEFAULTS.AUTOMATION_THREAD_TIMEOUT
       : QUERY_THREAD_TIMEOUT,
-  SQL_MAX_ROWS: process.env.SQL_MAX_ROWS,
   BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL: process.env.BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL,
   BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD: process.env.BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD,
   PLUGINS_DIR: process.env.PLUGINS_DIR || DEFAULTS.PLUGINS_DIR,
   OPENAI_API_KEY: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
   MAX_IMPORT_SIZE_MB: process.env.MAX_IMPORT_SIZE_MB,
   SESSION_EXPIRY_SECONDS: process.env.SESSION_EXPIRY_SECONDS,
+  // SQL
+  SQL_MAX_ROWS: process.env.SQL_MAX_ROWS,
+  SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE: process.env.SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE,
+  SQL_ALIASING_DISABLE: process.env.SQL_ALIASING_DISABLE,
   // flags
   ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS: process.env.ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS,
   DISABLE_THREADING: process.env.DISABLE_THREADING,
@@ -90,7 +93,6 @@ const environment = {
   DISABLE_RATE_LIMITING: process.env.DISABLE_RATE_LIMITING,
   MULTI_TENANCY: process.env.MULTI_TENANCY,
   ENABLE_ANALYTICS: process.env.ENABLE_ANALYTICS,
-  ENABLE_SQL_LOGGING: process.env.ENABLE_SQL_LOGGING,
   SELF_HOSTED: process.env.SELF_HOSTED,
   HTTP_MB_LIMIT: process.env.HTTP_MB_LIMIT,
   FORKED_PROCESS_NAME:

packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts

@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ class SqlQueryBuilder extends SqlTableQueryBuilder {
   }
 
   log(query: string, values?: any[]) {
-    if (!environment.ENABLE_SQL_LOGGING) {
+    if (!environment.SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE) {
       return
     }
     const sqlClient = this.getSqlClient()