diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/permissions.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/permissions.spec.ts
index 1eabf6edbb..af7a2a578e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/permissions.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/permissions.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   ViewV2,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import * as setup from "./utilities"
-import { mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
+import { generator, mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 
 const { basicRow } = setup.structures
 const { BUILTIN_ROLE_IDS } = roles
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ describe("/permission", () => {
 
     table = (await config.createTable()) as typeof table
     row = await config.createRow()
-    view = await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId: table._id })
+    view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+      tableId: table._id!,
+      name: generator.guid(),
+    })
     perms = await config.api.permission.add({
       roleId: STD_ROLE_ID,
       resourceId: table._id,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index 371045687b..86577ecd73 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ tk.freeze(timestamp)
 jest.unmock("mysql2")
 jest.unmock("mysql2/promise")
 jest.unmock("mssql")
+jest.unmock("pg")
 
 describe.each([
   ["internal", undefined],
@@ -152,8 +153,8 @@ describe.each([
     table = await config.api.table.save(defaultTable())
   })
 
-  describe("save, load, update", () => {
-    it("returns a success message when the row is created", async () => {
+  describe("create", () => {
+    it("creates a new row successfully", async () => {
       const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
       const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
         name: "Test Contact",
@@ -163,7 +164,44 @@ describe.each([
       await assertRowUsage(rowUsage + 1)
     })
 
-    it("Increment row autoId per create row request", async () => {
+    it("fails to create a row for a table that does not exist", async () => {
+      const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
+      await config.api.row.save("1234567", {}, { status: 404 })
+      await assertRowUsage(rowUsage)
+    })
+
+    it("fails to create a row if required fields are missing", async () => {
+      const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
+      const table = await config.api.table.save(
+        saveTableRequest({
+          schema: {
+            required: {
+              type: FieldType.STRING,
+              name: "required",
+              constraints: {
+                type: "string",
+                presence: true,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      )
+      await config.api.row.save(
+        table._id!,
+        {},
+        {
+          status: 500,
+          body: {
+            validationErrors: {
+              required: ["can't be blank"],
+            },
+          },
+        }
+      )
+      await assertRowUsage(rowUsage)
+    })
+
+    it("increment row autoId per create row request", async () => {
       const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
 
       const newTable = await config.api.table.save(
@@ -198,52 +236,6 @@ describe.each([
       await assertRowUsage(rowUsage + 10)
     })
 
-    it("updates a row successfully", async () => {
-      const existing = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
-      const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
-
-      const res = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
-        _id: existing._id,
-        _rev: existing._rev,
-        name: "Updated Name",
-      })
-
-      expect(res.name).toEqual("Updated Name")
-      await assertRowUsage(rowUsage)
-    })
-
-    it("should load a row", async () => {
-      const existing = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
-
-      const res = await config.api.row.get(table._id!, existing._id!)
-
-      expect(res).toEqual({
-        ...existing,
-        ...defaultRowFields,
-      })
-    })
-
-    it("should list all rows for given tableId", async () => {
-      const table = await config.api.table.save(defaultTable())
-      const rows = await Promise.all([
-        config.api.row.save(table._id!, {}),
-        config.api.row.save(table._id!, {}),
-      ])
-
-      const res = await config.api.row.fetch(table._id!)
-      expect(res.map(r => r._id)).toEqual(
-        expect.arrayContaining(rows.map(r => r._id))
-      )
-    })
-
-    it("load should return 404 when row does not exist", async () => {
-      const table = await config.api.table.save(defaultTable())
-      await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
-      await config.api.row.get(table._id!, "1234567", {
-        status: 404,
-      })
-    })
-
     isInternal &&
       it("row values are coerced", async () => {
         const str: FieldSchema = {
@@ -296,8 +288,6 @@ describe.each([
         }
         const table = await config.api.table.save(
           saveTableRequest({
-            name: "TestTable2",
-            type: "table",
             schema: {
               name: str,
               stringUndefined: str,
@@ -404,53 +394,60 @@ describe.each([
       })
   })
 
-  describe("view save", () => {
-    it("views have extra data trimmed", async () => {
-      const table = await config.api.table.save(
-        saveTableRequest({
-          name: "orders",
-          schema: {
-            Country: {
-              type: FieldType.STRING,
-              name: "Country",
-            },
-            Story: {
-              type: FieldType.STRING,
-              name: "Story",
-            },
-          },
-        })
-      )
+  describe("get", () => {
+    it("reads an existing row successfully", async () => {
+      const existing = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
 
-      const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-        tableId: table._id!,
-        name: uuid.v4(),
-        schema: {
-          Country: {
-            visible: true,
-          },
-        },
-      })
+      const res = await config.api.row.get(table._id!, existing._id!)
 
-      const createRowResponse = await config.api.row.save(
-        createViewResponse.id,
-        {
-          Country: "Aussy",
-          Story: "aaaaa",
-        }
-      )
-
-      const row = await config.api.row.get(table._id!, createRowResponse._id!)
-      expect(row.Story).toBeUndefined()
-      expect(row).toEqual({
+      expect(res).toEqual({
+        ...existing,
         ...defaultRowFields,
-        Country: "Aussy",
-        id: createRowResponse.id,
-        _id: createRowResponse._id,
-        _rev: createRowResponse._rev,
-        tableId: table._id,
       })
     })
+
+    it("returns 404 when row does not exist", async () => {
+      const table = await config.api.table.save(defaultTable())
+      await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+      await config.api.row.get(table._id!, "1234567", {
+        status: 404,
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("fetch", () => {
+    it("fetches all rows for given tableId", async () => {
+      const table = await config.api.table.save(defaultTable())
+      const rows = await Promise.all([
+        config.api.row.save(table._id!, {}),
+        config.api.row.save(table._id!, {}),
+      ])
+
+      const res = await config.api.row.fetch(table._id!)
+      expect(res.map(r => r._id)).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining(rows.map(r => r._id))
+      )
+    })
+
+    it("returns 404 when table does not exist", async () => {
+      await config.api.row.fetch("1234567", { status: 404 })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("update", () => {
+    it("updates an existing row successfully", async () => {
+      const existing = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+      const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
+
+      const res = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
+        _id: existing._id,
+        _rev: existing._rev,
+        name: "Updated Name",
+      })
+
+      expect(res.name).toEqual("Updated Name")
+      await assertRowUsage(rowUsage)
+    })
   })
 
   describe("patch", () => {
@@ -947,6 +944,7 @@ describe.each([
         const table = await config.api.table.save(await userTable())
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
           schema: {
             name: { visible: true },
             surname: { visible: true },
@@ -984,6 +982,7 @@ describe.each([
         const tableId = table._id!
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: tableId,
+          name: generator.guid(),
           schema: {
             name: { visible: true },
             address: { visible: true },
@@ -1026,6 +1025,7 @@ describe.each([
         const tableId = table._id!
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: tableId,
+          name: generator.guid(),
           schema: {
             name: { visible: true },
             address: { visible: true },
@@ -1049,6 +1049,7 @@ describe.each([
         const tableId = table._id!
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: tableId,
+          name: generator.guid(),
           schema: {
             name: { visible: true },
             address: { visible: true },
@@ -1109,6 +1110,7 @@ describe.each([
 
         const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
         })
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
 
@@ -1155,6 +1157,7 @@ describe.each([
 
         const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
           query: [
             { operator: SearchQueryOperators.EQUAL, field: "age", value: 40 },
           ],
@@ -1279,6 +1282,7 @@ describe.each([
           async (sortParams, expected) => {
             const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
               tableId: table._id!,
+              name: generator.guid(),
               sort: sortParams,
               schema: viewSchema,
             })
@@ -1299,6 +1303,7 @@ describe.each([
           async (sortParams, expected) => {
             const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
               tableId: table._id!,
+              name: generator.guid(),
               sort: {
                 field: "name",
                 order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
@@ -1339,6 +1344,7 @@ describe.each([
 
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
           schema: { name: { visible: true } },
         })
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(view.id)
@@ -1361,6 +1367,7 @@ describe.each([
         const table = await config.api.table.save(await userTable())
         const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
         })
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
         expect(response.rows).toHaveLength(0)
@@ -1376,6 +1383,7 @@ describe.each([
 
         const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
         })
         const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id, {
           limit,
@@ -1392,6 +1400,7 @@ describe.each([
         )
         const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
           tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
         })
         const rows = (await config.api.viewV2.search(view.id)).rows
 
@@ -1466,6 +1475,7 @@ describe.each([
 
           view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
             tableId: table._id!,
+            name: generator.guid(),
           })
         })
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
index 77704a0408..4321f012aa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import * as uuid from "uuid"
 
 import tk from "timekeeper"
-import { mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
+import { generator, mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import { TableToBuild } from "../../../tests/utilities/TestConfiguration"
 
 tk.freeze(mocks.date.MOCK_DATE)
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ describe("/tables", () => {
     it("should fetch views", async () => {
       const tableId = config.table!._id!
       const views = [
-        await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId }),
-        await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId }),
+        await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId, name: generator.guid() }),
+        await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId, name: generator.guid() }),
       ]
 
       const res = await request
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ describe("/tables", () => {
         },
       }))
 
-      await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId })
+      await config.api.viewV2.create({ tableId, name: generator.guid() })
       await config.createLegacyView()
 
       const res = await config.api.table.fetch()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index 5198e63338..ded5e08d29 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import * as setup from "./utilities"
 import {
   CreateViewRequest,
+  Datasource,
   FieldSchema,
   FieldType,
   INTERNAL_TABLE_SOURCE_ID,
+  SaveTableRequest,
   SearchQueryOperators,
   SortOrder,
   SortType,
@@ -14,65 +16,88 @@ import {
   ViewV2,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
-import { generateDatasourceID } from "../../../db/utils"
+import * as uuid from "uuid"
+import { databaseTestProviders } from "../../../integrations/tests/utils"
+import merge from "lodash/merge"
 
-function priceTable(): Table {
-  return {
-    name: "table",
-    type: "table",
-    sourceId: INTERNAL_TABLE_SOURCE_ID,
-    sourceType: TableSourceType.INTERNAL,
-    schema: {
-      Price: {
-        type: FieldType.NUMBER,
-        name: "Price",
-        constraints: {},
-      },
-      Category: {
-        type: FieldType.STRING,
-        name: "Category",
-        constraints: {
-          type: "string",
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  }
-}
-
-const config = setup.getConfig()
-
-beforeAll(async () => {
-  await config.init()
-})
+jest.unmock("mysql2")
+jest.unmock("mysql2/promise")
+jest.unmock("mssql")
+jest.unmock("pg")
 
 describe.each([
-  ["internal ds", () => config.createTable(priceTable())],
-  [
-    "external ds",
-    async () => {
-      const datasource = await config.createDatasource({
-        datasource: {
-          ...setup.structures.basicDatasource().datasource,
-          plus: true,
-          _id: generateDatasourceID({ plus: true }),
-        },
-      })
+  ["internal", undefined],
+  ["postgres", databaseTestProviders.postgres],
+  ["mysql", databaseTestProviders.mysql],
+  ["mssql", databaseTestProviders.mssql],
+  ["mariadb", databaseTestProviders.mariadb],
+])("/v2/views (%s)", (_, dsProvider) => {
+  const config = setup.getConfig()
 
-      return config.createExternalTable({
-        ...priceTable(),
-        sourceId: datasource._id,
-        sourceType: TableSourceType.EXTERNAL,
-      })
-    },
-  ],
-])("/v2/views (%s)", (_, tableBuilder) => {
   let table: Table
+  let datasource: Datasource
+
+  function saveTableRequest(
+    ...overrides: Partial<SaveTableRequest>[]
+  ): SaveTableRequest {
+    const req: SaveTableRequest = {
+      name: uuid.v4().substring(0, 16),
+      type: "table",
+      sourceType: datasource
+        ? TableSourceType.EXTERNAL
+        : TableSourceType.INTERNAL,
+      sourceId: datasource ? datasource._id! : INTERNAL_TABLE_SOURCE_ID,
+      primary: ["id"],
+      schema: {
+        id: {
+          type: FieldType.AUTO,
+          name: "id",
+          autocolumn: true,
+          constraints: {
+            presence: true,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    return merge(req, ...overrides)
+  }
+
+  function priceTable(): SaveTableRequest {
+    return saveTableRequest({
+      schema: {
+        Price: {
+          type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+          name: "Price",
+          constraints: {},
+        },
+        Category: {
+          type: FieldType.STRING,
+          name: "Category",
+          constraints: {
+            type: "string",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    })
+  }
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
-    table = await tableBuilder()
+    await config.init()
+
+    if (dsProvider) {
+      datasource = await config.createDatasource({
+        datasource: await dsProvider.datasource(),
+      })
+    }
+    table = await config.api.table.save(priceTable())
   })
 
-  afterAll(setup.afterAll)
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (dsProvider) {
+      await dsProvider.stop()
+    }
+    setup.afterAll()
+  })
 
   describe("create", () => {
     it("persist the view when the view is successfully created", async () => {
@@ -186,9 +211,12 @@ describe.each([
     let view: ViewV2
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
-      table = await tableBuilder()
+      table = await config.api.table.save(priceTable())
 
-      view = await config.api.viewV2.create({ name: "View A" })
+      view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+        tableId: table._id!,
+        name: "View A",
+      })
     })
 
     it("can update an existing view data", async () => {
@@ -247,6 +275,9 @@ describe.each([
           ...updatedData,
           schema: {
             ...table.schema,
+            id: expect.objectContaining({
+              visible: false,
+            }),
             Category: expect.objectContaining({
               visible: false,
             }),
@@ -320,23 +351,27 @@ describe.each([
     })
 
     it("cannot update views v1", async () => {
-      const viewV1 = await config.createLegacyView()
-      await config.api.viewV2.update(
-        {
-          ...viewV1,
-        },
-        {
+      const viewV1 = await config.api.legacyView.save({
+        tableId: table._id!,
+        name: generator.guid(),
+        filters: [],
+        schema: {},
+      })
+
+      await config.api.viewV2.update(viewV1 as unknown as ViewV2, {
+        status: 400,
+        body: {
+          message: "Only views V2 can be updated",
           status: 400,
-          body: {
-            message: "Only views V2 can be updated",
-            status: 400,
-          },
-        }
-      )
+        },
+      })
     })
 
     it("cannot update the a view with unmatching ids between url and body", async () => {
-      const anotherView = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+      const anotherView = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+        tableId: table._id!,
+        name: generator.guid(),
+      })
       const result = await config
         .request!.put(`/api/v2/views/${anotherView.id}`)
         .send(view)
@@ -411,7 +446,10 @@ describe.each([
     let view: ViewV2
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
-      view = await config.api.viewV2.create()
+      view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+        tableId: table._id!,
+        name: generator.guid(),
+      })
     })
 
     it("can delete an existing view", async () => {
@@ -448,4 +486,43 @@ describe.each([
       expect(viewSchema.Price?.visible).toEqual(false)
     })
   })
+
+  describe("read", () => {
+    it("views have extra data trimmed", async () => {
+      const table = await config.api.table.save(
+        saveTableRequest({
+          name: "orders",
+          schema: {
+            Country: {
+              type: FieldType.STRING,
+              name: "Country",
+            },
+            Story: {
+              type: FieldType.STRING,
+              name: "Story",
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      )
+
+      const view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+        tableId: table._id!,
+        name: uuid.v4(),
+        schema: {
+          Country: {
+            visible: true,
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      let row = await config.api.row.save(view.id, {
+        Country: "Aussy",
+        Story: "aaaaa",
+      })
+
+      row = await config.api.row.get(table._id!, row._id!)
+      expect(row.Story).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(row.Country).toEqual("Aussy")
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/tests/rows/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/tests/rows/search.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index feae5e7ee8..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/tests/rows/search.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import * as search from "../../app/rows/search"
-
-describe("removeEmptyFilters", () => {
-  it("0 should not be removed", () => {
-    const filters = search.removeEmptyFilters({
-      equal: {
-        column: 0,
-      },
-    })
-    expect((filters.equal as any).column).toBe(0)
-  })
-
-  it("empty string should be removed", () => {
-    const filters = search.removeEmptyFilters({
-      equal: {
-        column: "",
-      },
-    })
-    expect(Object.values(filters.equal as any).length).toBe(0)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
index d4539e00b1..bd6241b7cd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
@@ -11,21 +11,9 @@ import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 
 export class ViewV2API extends TestAPI {
   create = async (
-    viewData?: Partial<CreateViewRequest>,
+    view: CreateViewRequest,
     expectations?: Expectations
   ): Promise<ViewV2> => {
-    let tableId = viewData?.tableId
-    if (!tableId && !this.config.table) {
-      throw "Test requires table to be configured."
-    }
-
-    tableId = tableId || this.config.table!._id!
-    const view = {
-      tableId,
-      name: generator.guid(),
-      ...viewData,
-    }
-
     const exp: Expectations = {
       status: 201,
       ...expectations,