diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
index 6c2e16dcc4..b7e9c7c80a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ export async function search(
       paginate: paginateObj as PaginationJson,
       includeSqlRelationships: IncludeRelationship.INCLUDE,
     }
-    const requests: Promise<Row[] | number>[] = []
-    requests.push(handleRequest(Operation.READ, tableId, parameters))
+    const queries: Promise<Row[] | number>[] = []
+    queries.push(handleRequest(Operation.READ, tableId, parameters))
     if (countRows) {
-      requests.push(handleRequest(Operation.COUNT, tableId, parameters))
+      queries.push(handleRequest(Operation.COUNT, tableId, parameters))
     }
-    const responses = await Promise.all(requests)
+    const responses = await Promise.all(queries)
     let rows = responses[0] as Row[]
     const totalRows = responses[1] ? (responses[1] as number) : undefined
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
index a93ae174b0..5b71b3c6f3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,19 @@ export async function search(
   }
 
   try {
-    const rows = await runSqlQuery(request, allTables)
+    const queries: Promise<Row[] | number>[] = []
+    queries.push(runSqlQuery(request, allTables))
+    if (options.countRows) {
+      // get the total count of rows
+      queries.push(
+        runSqlQuery(request, allTables, {
+          countTotalRows: true,
+        })
+      )
+    }
+    const responses = await Promise.all(queries)
+    let rows = responses[0] as Row[]
+    const totalRows = responses[1] ? (responses[1] as number) : undefined
 
     // process from the format of tableId.column to expected format also
     // make sure JSON columns corrected
@@ -231,14 +243,6 @@ export async function search(
       nextRow = processed.pop()
     }
 
-    let totalRows: number | undefined
-    if (options.countRows) {
-      // get the total count of rows
-      totalRows = await runSqlQuery(request, allTables, {
-        countTotalRows: true,
-      })
-    }
-
     // get the rows
     let finalRows = await outputProcessing<Row[]>(table, processed, {
       preserveLinks: true,