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so, im trying to get a column from a table that's selected ```js
async function user_salt(user) {
  let database = await supabase
    .from("user")
    .select("user_salt")
    .eq("email", user.email);

    return database.user_salt;
}
```
but its  returning a Promise

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It's likely to be returning an array of objects, since you didn't qualify it with `.single()` or `.maybeSingle()`

okay, i just set it to single() and its still saying Promise when i console.log(database.user_salt);

```js
const supabase = createClient(
  "https://vxjkjerxycfkqrlvtidc.supabase.co",
);
async function user_salt(user) {
  let database = await supabase
    .from("user")
    .select("user_salt")
    .eq("email", user.email).single();

    return database.user_salt;
}
async function create_account(user,ws) {
  let user_salt = Math.floor(Math.random() * 999999);
  await supabase.from("user").insert([
    {
      user_salt: user_salt,
      email: user.email,
      first_name: user.first_name,
      last_name: user.last_name,
      password: Utility.encrypt_password(
        user.password1,
        user_salt
      ),
      last_four: user.last_four,
      mailing_address: user.mailing_address,
    },
  ]);
  ws.send("Account Created");
}
function login(user, ws) {  
  let user_db =  supabase
  .from("user")
  .select("password")
  .eq("email", user.email);
  console.log(user_salt(user));
  if ( user_db.password == Utility.encrypt_password(user.password,user_salt(user))) {
    ws.send("Correct Password");
  } else 
    ws.send("Incorrect Password");
}```

am i supposed to await every supabase call?

Yes. Every function marked as `async` needs to be called with `await`, otherwise a promise is returned instead.

maybe this is a javascript question more than a supabase question

<@390648685836500993>  even when you sort that you will have an issue in that database = await supabase.....  is going to return an complex object with error,data, status,etc.  You will then need to use database.data.user_salt if you use .single().  Normally you will see in the guides using const {data,error} = await ... to pull out the data object directly.