diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.js b/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.js
index 1a29c8c2b0..7d54b881b1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ exports.closeDB = async db => {
     return
   }
   try {
-    return db.close()
+    // specifically await so that if there is an error, it can be ignored
+    return await db.close()
   } catch (err) {
     // ignore error, already closed
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.js b/packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.js
index 722913aa67..9c1ada8d76 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.js
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
 const PouchDB = require("pouchdb")
 const env = require("../environment")
 
-exports.getCouchUrl = () => {
-  if (!env.COUCH_DB_URL) return
-
-  // username and password already exist in URL
-  if (env.COUCH_DB_URL.includes("@")) {
-    return env.COUCH_DB_URL
-  }
-
-  const [protocol, ...rest] = env.COUCH_DB_URL.split("://")
-
-  if (!env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME || !env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD) {
-    throw new Error(
-      "CouchDB configuration invalid. You must provide a fully qualified CouchDB url, or the COUCH_DB_USER and COUCH_DB_PASSWORD environment variables."
-    )
-  }
-
-  return `${protocol}://${env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME}:${env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD}@${rest}`
-}
-
-exports.splitCouchUrl = url => {
+function getUrlInfo() {
+  let url = env.COUCH_DB_URL
+  let username, password, host
   const [protocol, rest] = url.split("://")
-  const [auth, host] = rest.split("@")
-  const [username, password] = auth.split(":")
+  if (url.includes("@")) {
+    const hostParts = rest.split("@")
+    host = hostParts[1]
+    const authParts = hostParts[0].split(":")
+    username = authParts[0]
+    password = authParts[1]
+  } else {
+    host = rest
+  }
   return {
     url: `${protocol}://${host}`,
     auth: {
@@ -33,32 +23,51 @@ exports.splitCouchUrl = url => {
   }
 }
 
+exports.getCouchInfo = () => {
+  const urlInfo = getUrlInfo()
+  let username
+  let password
+  if (env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME) {
+    // set from env
+    username = env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME
+  } else if (urlInfo.auth.username) {
+    // set from url
+    username = urlInfo.auth.username
+  } else if (!env.isTest()) {
+    throw new Error("CouchDB username not set")
+  }
+  if (env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD) {
+    // set from env
+    password = env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD
+  } else if (urlInfo.auth.password) {
+    // set from url
+    password = urlInfo.auth.password
+  } else if (!env.isTest()) {
+    throw new Error("CouchDB password not set")
+  }
+  const authCookie = Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64")
+  return {
+    url: urlInfo.url,
+    auth: {
+      username: username,
+      password: password,
+    },
+    cookie: `Basic ${authCookie}`,
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Return a constructor for PouchDB.
  * This should be rarely used outside of the main application config.
  * Exposed for exceptional cases such as in-memory views.
  */
 exports.getPouch = (opts = {}) => {
-  let auth = {
-    username: env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME,
-    password: env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
-  }
-  let url = exports.getCouchUrl() || "http://localhost:4005"
-  // need to update security settings
-  if (!auth.username || !auth.password || url.includes("@")) {
-    const split = exports.splitCouchUrl(url)
-    url = split.url
-    auth = split.auth
-  }
-
-  const authCookie = Buffer.from(`${auth.username}:${auth.password}`).toString(
-    "base64"
-  )
+  let { url, cookie } = exports.getCouchInfo()
   let POUCH_DB_DEFAULTS = {
     prefix: url,
     fetch: (url, opts) => {
       // use a specific authorization cookie - be very explicit about how we authenticate
-      opts.headers.set("Authorization", `Basic ${authCookie}`)
+      opts.headers.set("Authorization", cookie)
       return PouchDB.fetch(url, opts)
     },
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.js b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.js
index 9e2a06d065..1e2ba846de 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const {
 const { getTenantId, getGlobalDBName } = require("../tenancy")
 const fetch = require("node-fetch")
 const { doWithDB, allDbs } = require("./index")
-const { getCouchUrl } = require("./pouch")
+const { getCouchInfo } = require("./pouch")
 const { getAppMetadata } = require("../cache/appMetadata")
 const { checkSlashesInUrl } = require("../helpers")
 const {
@@ -169,8 +169,14 @@ exports.getAllDbs = async (opts = { efficient: false }) => {
     return allDbs()
   }
   let dbs = []
-  async function addDbs(url) {
-    const response = await fetch(checkSlashesInUrl(encodeURI(url)))
+  let { url, cookie } = getCouchInfo()
+  async function addDbs(couchUrl) {
+    const response = await fetch(checkSlashesInUrl(encodeURI(couchUrl)), {
+      method: "GET",
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: cookie,
+      },
+    })
     if (response.status === 200) {
       let json = await response.json()
       dbs = dbs.concat(json)
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ exports.getAllDbs = async (opts = { efficient: false }) => {
       throw "Cannot connect to CouchDB instance"
     }
   }
-  let couchUrl = `${getCouchUrl()}/_all_dbs`
+  let couchUrl = `${url}/_all_dbs`
   let tenantId = getTenantId()
   if (!env.MULTI_TENANCY || (!efficient && tenantId === DEFAULT_TENANT_ID)) {
     // just get all DBs when:
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.js b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.js
index 8a92e39469..26e0d486f7 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function isTest() {
 
 module.exports = {
   JWT_SECRET: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
-  COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL,
+  COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL || "http://localhost:4005",
   COUCH_DB_USERNAME: process.env.COUCH_DB_USER,
   COUCH_DB_PASSWORD: process.env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID,
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte
index 6a1befd7e4..1f461ebad3 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
           <TableFilterButton
             {schema}
             on:change={onFilter}
-            disabled={!hasCols || !hasRows}
+            disabled={!hasCols}
           />
         {/key}
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js b/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
index 2f5f26e476..922955591a 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ export const RelationshipTypes = {
   MANY_TO_ONE: "many-to-one",
 }
 
-export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS = [FIELDS.STRING, FIELDS.OPTIONS]
+export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS = [
+  FIELDS.STRING,
+  FIELDS.OPTIONS,
+  FIELDS.LONGFORM,
+]
 export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS.map(
   opt => opt.type
 )
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts
index 4e6d37765f..aa76dd403c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts
@@ -406,11 +406,14 @@ const destroyApp = async (ctx: any) => {
   if (!env.isTest() && !isUnpublish) {
     await deleteApp(appId)
   }
+  // automations only in production
   if (isUnpublish) {
     await cleanupAutomations(appId)
   }
-  // make sure the app/role doesn't stick around after the app has been deleted
-  await removeAppFromUserRoles(ctx, appId)
+  // remove app role when the dev app is deleted (no trace of app anymore)
+  else {
+    await removeAppFromUserRoles(ctx, appId)
+  }
   await appCache.invalidateAppMetadata(appId)
   return result
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
index ad95a25fc5..5f1dc25faa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { SearchIndexes } = require("../../../db/utils")
 const fetch = require("node-fetch")
-const { getCouchUrl } = require("@budibase/backend-core/db")
+const { getCouchInfo } = require("@budibase/backend-core/db")
 const { getAppId } = require("@budibase/backend-core/context")
 
 /**
@@ -242,11 +242,10 @@ class QueryBuilder {
 
   async run() {
     const appId = getAppId()
-    const url = `${getCouchUrl()}/${appId}/_design/database/_search/${
-      SearchIndexes.ROWS
-    }`
+    const { url, cookie } = getCouchInfo()
+    const fullPath = `${url}/${appId}/_design/database/_search/${SearchIndexes.ROWS}`
     const body = this.buildSearchBody()
-    return await runQuery(url, body)
+    return await runQuery(fullPath, body, cookie)
   }
 }
 
@@ -254,12 +253,16 @@ class QueryBuilder {
  * Executes a lucene search query.
  * @param url The query URL
  * @param body The request body defining search criteria
+ * @param cookie The auth cookie for CouchDB
  * @returns {Promise<{rows: []}>}
  */
-const runQuery = async (url, body) => {
+const runQuery = async (url, body, cookie) => {
   const response = await fetch(url, {
     body: JSON.stringify(body),
     method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      Authorization: cookie,
+    },
   })
   const json = await response.json()
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/constants/index.js b/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
index 0d52eecb5b..60f3c981d6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/constants/index.js
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ exports.FieldTypes = {
 
 exports.CanSwitchTypes = [
   [exports.FieldTypes.JSON, exports.FieldTypes.ARRAY],
-  [exports.FieldTypes.STRING, exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS],
+  [
+    exports.FieldTypes.STRING,
+    exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS,
+    exports.FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
+  ],
   [exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN, exports.FieldTypes.NUMBER],
 ]
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts
index f7f18c6fb9..326b213bc7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ const SQL_STRING_TYPE_MAP = {
   nvarchar: FieldTypes.STRING,
   ntext: FieldTypes.STRING,
   enum: FieldTypes.STRING,
-  blob: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
-  long: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
-  text: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
+  blob: FieldTypes.STRING,
+  long: FieldTypes.STRING,
+  text: FieldTypes.STRING,
 }
 
 const SQL_BOOLEAN_TYPE_MAP = {
@@ -207,11 +207,20 @@ function shouldCopySpecialColumn(
   column: { type: string },
   fetchedColumn: { type: string } | undefined
 ) {
+  const specialTypes = [
+    FieldTypes.OPTIONS,
+    FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
+    FieldTypes.ARRAY,
+    FieldTypes.FORMULA,
+  ]
+  if (column && !fetchedColumn) {
+    return true
+  }
+  const fetchedIsNumber =
+    !fetchedColumn || fetchedColumn.type === FieldTypes.NUMBER
   return (
-    column.type === FieldTypes.OPTIONS ||
-    column.type === FieldTypes.ARRAY ||
-    ((!fetchedColumn || fetchedColumn.type === FieldTypes.NUMBER) &&
-      column.type === FieldTypes.BOOLEAN)
+    specialTypes.indexOf(column.type) !== -1 ||
+    (fetchedIsNumber && column.type === FieldTypes.BOOLEAN)
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/yarn.lock b/packages/server/yarn.lock
index 64f7be12e9..239b342eff 100644
--- a/packages/server/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/server/yarn.lock
@@ -1014,10 +1014,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bcoe/v8-coverage/-/v8-coverage-0.2.3.tgz#75a2e8b51cb758a7553d6804a5932d7aace75c39"
   integrity sha512-0hYQ8SB4Db5zvZB4axdMHGwEaQjkZzFjQiN9LVYvIFB2nSUHW9tYpxWriPrWDASIxiaXax83REcLxuSdnGPZtw==
 
-"@budibase/backend-core@1.0.124-alpha.0":
-  version "1.0.124-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/backend-core/-/backend-core-1.0.124-alpha.0.tgz#33a9408206088da49154710910dafc8088d864d2"
-  integrity sha512-0ZUkDeqaoXS9qyK91SjwokYEA1wUPhi48nFE0+UwBloF8i7zVDFp2kOX7VNUrUer4gLuND9BoihEdpqsdQDvAg==
+"@budibase/backend-core@1.0.127":
+  version "1.0.127"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/backend-core/-/backend-core-1.0.127.tgz#5d1f4b18b31436ddb770dc1ddf16f201ec95dda7"
+  integrity sha512-3INFkAIxL0Q8Sa65ELRGQqPs+4baykKyb1z/XuO1MyuDPnbFKXGOjl1V61EMy622gsmLk90IJL6aQfh3Grwhvw==
   dependencies:
     "@techpass/passport-openidconnect" "^0.3.0"
     aws-sdk "^2.901.0"
@@ -1091,12 +1091,12 @@
     svelte-flatpickr "^3.2.3"
     svelte-portal "^1.0.0"
 
-"@budibase/pro@1.0.124-alpha.0":
-  version "1.0.124-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/pro/-/pro-1.0.124-alpha.0.tgz#6287a51fa7c19754e44374c209c4aa3480fc3ac9"
-  integrity sha512-EgMuh+XSd/9tb3Ej9EZa4Y8hgiS6fHG+tuUwUcTuP6zvHbTijQGPb9075yImUbSc10bS3o41AP2qa2/ZdZKV2w==
+"@budibase/pro@1.0.127":
+  version "1.0.127"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/pro/-/pro-1.0.127.tgz#a8bcffb8ccc6afde64370b3a3dc22e2d0dd04f46"
+  integrity sha512-dj0SFTmO8JuMQ97/Ik6jVPQsh9AW7U5Wkgpa4yeNfwWw3DvSoktCxpeZ9mND6BR/DWTaeZljFKsQ6uk6nimzdQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@budibase/backend-core" "1.0.124-alpha.0"
+    "@budibase/backend-core" "1.0.127"
     node-fetch "^2.6.1"
 
 "@budibase/standard-components@^0.9.139":
diff --git a/packages/worker/yarn.lock b/packages/worker/yarn.lock
index 405845b896..dfdcc129d9 100644
--- a/packages/worker/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/worker/yarn.lock
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bcoe/v8-coverage/-/v8-coverage-0.2.3.tgz#75a2e8b51cb758a7553d6804a5932d7aace75c39"
   integrity sha512-0hYQ8SB4Db5zvZB4axdMHGwEaQjkZzFjQiN9LVYvIFB2nSUHW9tYpxWriPrWDASIxiaXax83REcLxuSdnGPZtw==
 
-"@budibase/backend-core@1.0.124-alpha.0":
-  version "1.0.124-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/backend-core/-/backend-core-1.0.124-alpha.0.tgz#33a9408206088da49154710910dafc8088d864d2"
-  integrity sha512-0ZUkDeqaoXS9qyK91SjwokYEA1wUPhi48nFE0+UwBloF8i7zVDFp2kOX7VNUrUer4gLuND9BoihEdpqsdQDvAg==
+"@budibase/backend-core@1.0.127":
+  version "1.0.127"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/backend-core/-/backend-core-1.0.127.tgz#5d1f4b18b31436ddb770dc1ddf16f201ec95dda7"
+  integrity sha512-3INFkAIxL0Q8Sa65ELRGQqPs+4baykKyb1z/XuO1MyuDPnbFKXGOjl1V61EMy622gsmLk90IJL6aQfh3Grwhvw==
   dependencies:
     "@techpass/passport-openidconnect" "^0.3.0"
     aws-sdk "^2.901.0"
@@ -321,12 +321,12 @@
     uuid "^8.3.2"
     zlib "^1.0.5"
 
-"@budibase/pro@1.0.124-alpha.0":
-  version "1.0.124-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/pro/-/pro-1.0.124-alpha.0.tgz#6287a51fa7c19754e44374c209c4aa3480fc3ac9"
-  integrity sha512-EgMuh+XSd/9tb3Ej9EZa4Y8hgiS6fHG+tuUwUcTuP6zvHbTijQGPb9075yImUbSc10bS3o41AP2qa2/ZdZKV2w==
+"@budibase/pro@1.0.127":
+  version "1.0.127"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/pro/-/pro-1.0.127.tgz#a8bcffb8ccc6afde64370b3a3dc22e2d0dd04f46"
+  integrity sha512-dj0SFTmO8JuMQ97/Ik6jVPQsh9AW7U5Wkgpa4yeNfwWw3DvSoktCxpeZ9mND6BR/DWTaeZljFKsQ6uk6nimzdQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@budibase/backend-core" "1.0.124-alpha.0"
+    "@budibase/backend-core" "1.0.127"
     node-fetch "^2.6.1"
 
 "@cspotcode/source-map-consumer@0.8.0":