diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
index 79a598edf0..74d48cb93e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ export class ExternalRequest {
         table,
       },
     }
+
     // can't really use response right now
     const response = await getDatasourceAndQuery(json)
     // handle many to many relationships now if we know the ID (could be auto increment)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
index c722891910..6871d7b0ba 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
@@ -415,9 +415,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     if (opts.disableReturning) {
       return query.insert(parsedBody)
     } else {
-      return query
-        .insert(parsedBody)
-        .returning(generateSelectStatement(json, knex))
+      return query.insert(parsedBody).returning("*")
     }
   }