diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/popovers/GroupByPopover.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/popovers/GroupByPopover.svelte
index 36fde06d77..8c3b81dd53 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/popovers/GroupByPopover.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/popovers/GroupByPopover.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import { Button, Input, Select } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { backendUiStore } from "builderStore"
   import { notifier } from "builderStore/store/notifications"
+  import { FIELDS } from "constants/backend"
 
   export let view = {}
   export let onClosed
@@ -9,7 +10,11 @@
   $: viewTable = $backendUiStore.tables.find(
     ({ _id }) => _id === $backendUiStore.selectedView.tableId
   )
-  $: fields = viewTable && Object.keys(viewTable.schema)
+  $: fields =
+    viewTable &&
+    Object.entries(viewTable.schema)
+      .filter(entry => entry[1].type !== FIELDS.LINK.type)
+      .map(([key]) => key)
 
   function saveView() {
     backendUiStore.actions.views.save(view)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row.js
index 54f4e4508e..4ce664413e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row.js
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ exports.fetchView = async function(ctx) {
 
   const db = new CouchDB(appId)
   const { calculation, group, field } = ctx.query
+  const designDoc = await db.get("_design/database")
+  const viewInfo = designDoc.views[viewName]
+  if (!viewInfo) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "View does not exist.")
+  }
   const response = await db.query(`database/${viewName}`, {
     include_docs: !calculation,
     group,
@@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ exports.fetchView = async function(ctx) {
     response.rows = response.rows.map(row => row.doc)
     let table
     try {
-      table = await db.get(ctx.params.tableId)
+      table = await db.get(viewInfo.meta.tableId)
     } catch (err) {
       table = {
         schema: {},
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.js b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.js
index 411ea181ed..af1a1baf92 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const SCHEMA = {
 class MySQLIntegration {
   constructor(config) {
     this.config = config
-    if (Object.keys(config.ssl) === 0) {
+    if (Object.keys(config.ssl).length === 0) {
       delete config.ssl
     }
     this.client = mysql.createConnection(config)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js
index 362f7e8820..32c488aed7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ exports.coerce = (row, type) => {
  */
 exports.inputProcessing = (user, table, row) => {
   let clonedRow = cloneDeep(row)
+  // need to copy the table so it can be differenced on way out
+  const copiedTable = cloneDeep(table)
   for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(clonedRow)) {
     const field = table.schema[key]
     if (!field) {
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ exports.inputProcessing = (user, table, row) => {
     clonedRow[key] = exports.coerce(value, field.type)
   }
   // handle auto columns - this returns an object like {table, row}
-  return processAutoColumn(user, table, clonedRow)
+  return processAutoColumn(user, copiedTable, clonedRow)
 }
 
 /**