diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql b/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql
index ae5cd07788..e687c7c3b1 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ CREATE TABLE Persons (
     City varchar(255),
     PRIMARY KEY (PersonID)
 );
+CREATE TABLE Person (
+    PersonID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    Name varchar(255),
+    PRIMARY KEY (PersonID)
+);
 CREATE TABLE Tasks (
     TaskID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
     PersonID INT,
@@ -27,6 +32,7 @@ CREATE TABLE Products (
 );
 INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age, Address, City, CreatedAt) VALUES ('Mike', 'Hughes', 28.2, '123 Fake Street', 'Belfast', '2021-01-19 03:14:07');
 INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age, Address, City, CreatedAt) VALUES ('Dave', 'Johnson', 29, '124 Fake Street', 'Belfast', '2022-04-01 00:11:11');
+INSERT INTO Person (Name) VALUES ('Elf');
 INSERT INTO Tasks (PersonID, TaskName, CreatedAt) VALUES (1, 'assembling', '2020-01-01');
 INSERT INTO Tasks (PersonID, TaskName, CreatedAt) VALUES (2, 'processing', '2019-12-31');
 INSERT INTO Products (name, updated) VALUES ('Meat', '11:00:22'), ('Fruit', '10:00:00');
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts
index 9658a0d638..46b090bb97 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/alias.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ export default class AliasTables {
         if (idx === -1 || idx > 1) {
           return
         }
-        return Math.abs(tableName.length - name.length) <= 2
+        // this might look a bit mad, but the idea is if the field is wrapped, say in "", `` or []
+        // then the idx of the table name will be 1, and we should allow for it ending in a closing
+        // character - otherwise it should be the full length if the index is zero
+        const allowedCharacterDiff = idx * 2
+        return Math.abs(tableName.length - name.length) <= allowedCharacterDiff
       })
       if (foundTableName) {
         const aliasedTableName = tableName.replace(
@@ -107,57 +111,55 @@ export default class AliasTables {
   }
 
   async queryWithAliasing(json: QueryJson): DatasourcePlusQueryResponse {
-    json = cloneDeep(json)
-    const aliasTable = (table: Table) => ({
-      ...table,
-      name: this.getAlias(table.name),
-    })
-    // run through the query json to update anywhere a table may be used
-    if (json.resource?.fields) {
-      json.resource.fields = json.resource.fields.map(field =>
-        this.aliasField(field)
-      )
-    }
-    if (json.filters) {
-      for (let [filterKey, filter] of Object.entries(json.filters)) {
-        if (typeof filter !== "object") {
-          continue
-        }
-        const aliasedFilters: typeof filter = {}
-        for (let key of Object.keys(filter)) {
-          aliasedFilters[this.aliasField(key)] = filter[key]
-        }
-        json.filters[filterKey as keyof SearchFilters] = aliasedFilters
+    const fieldLength = json.resource?.fields?.length
+    const aliasingEnabled = fieldLength && fieldLength > 0
+    if (aliasingEnabled) {
+      json = cloneDeep(json)
+      // run through the query json to update anywhere a table may be used
+      if (json.resource?.fields) {
+        json.resource.fields = json.resource.fields.map(field =>
+          this.aliasField(field)
+        )
       }
-    }
-    if (json.relationships) {
-      json.relationships = json.relationships.map(relationship => ({
-        ...relationship,
-        aliases: this.aliasMap([
-          relationship.through,
-          relationship.tableName,
-          json.endpoint.entityId,
-        ]),
-      }))
-    }
-    if (json.meta?.table) {
-      json.meta.table = aliasTable(json.meta.table)
-    }
-    if (json.meta?.tables) {
-      const aliasedTables: Record<string, Table> = {}
-      for (let [tableName, table] of Object.entries(json.meta.tables)) {
-        aliasedTables[this.getAlias(tableName)] = aliasTable(table)
+      if (json.filters) {
+        for (let [filterKey, filter] of Object.entries(json.filters)) {
+          if (typeof filter !== "object") {
+            continue
+          }
+          const aliasedFilters: typeof filter = {}
+          for (let key of Object.keys(filter)) {
+            aliasedFilters[this.aliasField(key)] = filter[key]
+          }
+          json.filters[filterKey as keyof SearchFilters] = aliasedFilters
+        }
       }
-      json.meta.tables = aliasedTables
+      if (json.meta?.table) {
+        this.getAlias(json.meta.table.name)
+      }
+      if (json.meta?.tables) {
+        Object.keys(json.meta.tables).forEach(tableName =>
+          this.getAlias(tableName)
+        )
+      }
+      if (json.relationships) {
+        json.relationships = json.relationships.map(relationship => ({
+          ...relationship,
+          aliases: this.aliasMap([
+            relationship.through,
+            relationship.tableName,
+            json.endpoint.entityId,
+          ]),
+        }))
+      }
+      // invert and return
+      const invertedTableAliases: Record<string, string> = {}
+      for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(this.tableAliases)) {
+        invertedTableAliases[value] = key
+      }
+      json.tableAliases = invertedTableAliases
     }
-    // invert and return
-    const invertedTableAliases: Record<string, string> = {}
-    for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(this.tableAliases)) {
-      invertedTableAliases[value] = key
-    }
-    json.tableAliases = invertedTableAliases
     const response = await getDatasourceAndQuery(json)
-    if (Array.isArray(response)) {
+    if (Array.isArray(response) && aliasingEnabled) {
       return this.reverse(response)
     } else {
       return response
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
index 6605052598..c8acb606b3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import environment from "../../environment"
 
+type QueryFunction = (query: Knex.SqlNative, operation: Operation) => any
+
 const envLimit = environment.SQL_MAX_ROWS
   ? parseInt(environment.SQL_MAX_ROWS)
   : null
@@ -322,15 +324,18 @@ class InternalBuilder {
   addSorting(query: Knex.QueryBuilder, json: QueryJson): Knex.QueryBuilder {
     let { sort, paginate } = json
     const table = json.meta?.table
+    const aliases = json.tableAliases
+    const aliased =
+      table?.name && aliases?.[table.name] ? aliases[table.name] : table?.name
     if (sort && Object.keys(sort || {}).length > 0) {
       for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(sort)) {
         const direction =
           value.direction === SortDirection.ASCENDING ? "asc" : "desc"
-        query = query.orderBy(`${table?.name}.${key}`, direction)
+        query = query.orderBy(`${aliased}.${key}`, direction)
       }
     } else if (this.client === SqlClient.MS_SQL && paginate?.limit) {
       // @ts-ignore
-      query = query.orderBy(`${table?.name}.${table?.primary[0]}`)
+      query = query.orderBy(`${aliased}.${table?.primary[0]}`)
     }
     return query
   }
@@ -605,7 +610,7 @@ class SqlQueryBuilder extends SqlTableQueryBuilder {
     return query.toSQL().toNative()
   }
 
-  async getReturningRow(queryFn: Function, json: QueryJson) {
+  async getReturningRow(queryFn: QueryFunction, json: QueryJson) {
     if (!json.extra || !json.extra.idFilter) {
       return {}
     }
@@ -617,7 +622,7 @@ class SqlQueryBuilder extends SqlTableQueryBuilder {
       resource: {
         fields: [],
       },
-      filters: json.extra.idFilter,
+      filters: json.extra?.idFilter,
       paginate: {
         limit: 1,
       },
@@ -646,7 +651,7 @@ class SqlQueryBuilder extends SqlTableQueryBuilder {
   // this function recreates the returning functionality of postgres
   async queryWithReturning(
     json: QueryJson,
-    queryFn: Function,
+    queryFn: QueryFunction,
     processFn: Function = (result: any) => result
   ) {
     const sqlClient = this.getSqlClient()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts
index 9b3f6a1b38..fe9798aaa0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlAlias.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Sql from "../base/sql"
 import { SqlClient } from "../utils"
 import AliasTables from "../../api/controllers/row/alias"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
+import { Knex } from "knex"
 
 function multiline(sql: string) {
   return sql.replace(/\n/g, "").replace(/ +/g, " ")
@@ -160,6 +161,28 @@ describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("returning (everything bar Postgres)", () => {
+    it("should be able to handle row returning", () => {
+      const queryJson = getJson("createSimple.json")
+      const SQL = new Sql(SqlClient.MS_SQL, limit)
+      let query = SQL._query(queryJson, { disableReturning: true })
+      expect(query).toEqual({
+        sql: "insert into [people] ([age], [name]) values (@p0, @p1)",
+        bindings: [22, "Test"],
+      })
+
+      // now check returning
+      let returningQuery: Knex.SqlNative = { sql: "", bindings: [] }
+      SQL.getReturningRow((input: Knex.SqlNative) => {
+        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]",
+        bindings: [1, "Test", 22],
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("check max character aliasing", () => {
     it("should handle over 'z' max character alias", () => {
       const tableNames = []
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/basicFetchWithRelationships.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/basicFetchWithRelationships.json
index 3445f5fe67..ba7fa4ef9b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/basicFetchWithRelationships.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/basicFetchWithRelationships.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "personid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "persons",
       "schema": {
         "year": {
           "type": "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createSimple.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createSimple.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a88d30e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createSimple.json
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  "endpoint": {
+    "datasourceId": "datasource_plus_0ed5835e5552496285df546030f7c4ae",
+    "entityId": "people",
+    "operation": "CREATE"
+  },
+  "resource": {
+    "fields": [
+      "a.name",
+      "a.age"
+    ]
+  },
+  "filters": {},
+  "relationships": [],
+  "body": {
+    "name": "Test",
+    "age": 22
+  },
+  "extra": {
+    "idFilter": {
+      "equal": {
+        "name": "Test",
+        "age": 22
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "meta": {
+    "table": {
+      "_id": "datasource_plus_0ed5835e5552496285df546030f7c4ae__people",
+      "type": "table",
+      "sourceId": "datasource_plus_0ed5835e5552496285df546030f7c4ae",
+      "sourceType": "external",
+      "primary": [
+        "name",
+        "age"
+      ],
+      "name": "people",
+      "schema": {
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "externalType": "varchar",
+          "autocolumn": false,
+          "name": "name",
+          "constraints": {
+            "presence": true
+          }
+        },
+        "age": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "externalType": "int",
+          "autocolumn": false,
+          "name": "age",
+          "constraints": {
+            "presence": false
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "primaryDisplay": "name"
+    }
+  },
+  "tableAliases": {
+    "people": "a"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createWithRelationships.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createWithRelationships.json
index 20331b949a..82d85c417b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createWithRelationships.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/createWithRelationships.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "personid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "persons",
       "schema": {
         "year": {
           "type": "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/deleteSimple.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/deleteSimple.json
index 2266b8c8be..d6e099c4b6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/deleteSimple.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/deleteSimple.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "keypartone",
         "keyparttwo"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "compositetable",
       "schema": {
         "keyparttwo": {
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/enrichRelationship.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/enrichRelationship.json
index ee658aed18..d71f0552c6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/enrichRelationship.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/enrichRelationship.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "taskid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "tasks",
       "schema": {
         "executorid": {
           "type": "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/fetchManyToMany.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/fetchManyToMany.json
index 682ebaab2d..cec2fdb025 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/fetchManyToMany.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/fetchManyToMany.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "productid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "products",
       "schema": {
         "productname": {
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/filterByRelationship.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/filterByRelationship.json
index eb1025f382..399cb0f4d2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/filterByRelationship.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/filterByRelationship.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "productid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "products",
       "schema": {
         "productname": {
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/manyRelationshipFilters.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/manyRelationshipFilters.json
index afa0889450..2b5d156546 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/manyRelationshipFilters.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/manyRelationshipFilters.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "taskid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "tasks",
       "schema": {
         "executorid": {
           "type": "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateRelationship.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateRelationship.json
index 01e795bd6c..42c2a44335 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateRelationship.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateRelationship.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "personid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "persons",
       "schema": {
         "year": {
           "type": "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateSimple.json b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateSimple.json
index 01e795bd6c..42c2a44335 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateSimple.json
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/updateSimple.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       "primary": [
         "personid"
       ],
-      "name": "a",
+      "name": "persons",
       "schema": {
         "year": {
           "type": "number",