3 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/glv8/database.gleam b/src/glv8/database.gleam
index a31ef88..3f0a6a8 100644
--- a/src/glv8/database.gleam
+++ b/src/glv8/database.gleam
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import gleam/dynamic/decode.{type Decoder}
 import gleam/javascript/array.{type Array}
 import gleam/result
 import glv8.{type DBError, type DecodeErrors}
+import glv8/util.{from}
 
 pub type Row {
   Row
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn shift_as(
   shift(rs)
   |> result.try(fn(t) {
     t.0
-    |> dynamic.from
+    |> from
     |> f
     |> result.map_error(glv8.DBErrorDecode)
   })
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn decode(
 ) -> Result(Array(a), DBError) {
   rs
   |> array.to_list
-  |> dynamic.from
+  |> from
   |> decode.run(decode.list(f))
   |> result.map(array.from_list)
   |> result.map_error(glv8.DBErrorDecode)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ pub fn decode0(
   decoder f: fn(Dynamic) -> Result(a, DecodeErrors),
 ) -> Result(a, DBError) {
   r
-  |> dynamic.from
+  |> from
   |> f
   |> result.map_error(glv8.DBErrorDecode)
 }
diff --git a/src/glv8/util.gleam b/src/glv8/util.gleam
index d869358..a3029b4 100644
--- a/src/glv8/util.gleam
+++ b/src/glv8/util.gleam
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import glv8.{
 ///
 ///
 ///
+@external(javascript, "../glv8_ffi.mjs", "identity")
+pub fn from(a: anything) -> Dynamic
+
+///
+///
+///
 @external(javascript, "../glv8_ffi.mjs", "object")
 pub fn object() -> JsObject
 
diff --git a/src/glv8_ffi.mjs b/src/glv8_ffi.mjs
index 5ed6fac..d84e739 100644
--- a/src/glv8_ffi.mjs
+++ b/src/glv8_ffi.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { Ok, Error } from "./gleam.mjs"
 import { DBErrorJson } from "./glv8.mjs"
 import { NilRow } from "./glv8/database.mjs"
 
+export function identity(x) {
+  return x;
+}
+
 export function object() {
   return {};
 }