diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 26c3363..8a176c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "google_bigquery_v2"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 google-bigquery2 = "5.0.2"
 serde_json = "1.0.95"
 tokio = "1.0.2"
-google_bigquery_v2_derive = { version = "0.0.1", path = "./google_bigquery_v2_derive" }
+google_bigquery_v2_derive = { version = "0.0.2", path = "./google_bigquery_v2_derive" }
 chrono = "0.4.24"
 nameof = "1.2.2"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/google_bigquery_v2_derive/src/lib.rs b/google_bigquery_v2_derive/src/lib.rs
index 36d856b..a151a8d 100644
--- a/google_bigquery_v2_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/google_bigquery_v2_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -217,9 +217,8 @@ fn implement_set_field_value(ast: &DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
     fn write_set_field_value(f: Field) -> TokenStream {
         let field_ident = f.field_ident;
         let local_name = f.local_name;
-        let field_type = f.ty;
         quote::quote! {
-            #local_name => self.#field_ident = #field_type::from_param(value)?,
+            #local_name => self.#field_ident = Self::from_param(value)?,
         }
     }
     let fields = get_fields_without_client(&ast.data);
@@ -263,10 +262,9 @@ fn implement_get_field_value(ast: &DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
 fn implement_from_query_result_row(ast: &DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
     fn set_field_value(f: Field) -> TokenStream {
         let field_ident = f.field_ident;
-        let field_type = f.ty;
         let db_name = f.db_name;
         quote::quote! {
-            #field_ident: #field_type::from_param(&row[#db_name])?,
+            #field_ident: Self::from_param(&row[#db_name])?,
         }
     }
     let client_ident = get_client_field(&ast.data).field_ident;
diff --git a/src/data/bigquery_table.rs b/src/data/bigquery_table.rs
index 22017ca..97aa1a5 100644
--- a/src/data/bigquery_table.rs
+++ b/src/data/bigquery_table.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ pub use google_bigquery2::api::{QueryParameterType, QueryParameterValue};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::client::BigqueryClient;
-use crate::data::param_conversion::{convert_value_to_string, BigDataValueType};
+use crate::data::param_conversion::{
+    convert_value_to_string, BigDataValueType, ConvertBigQueryParams,
+};
 use crate::data::query_builder::{
     NoClient, NoStartingData, QueryBuilder, QueryResultType, QueryTypeDelete, QueryTypeInsert,
     QueryTypeNoType, QueryTypeSelect, QueryTypeUpdate, QueryWasNotBuilt,
@@ -248,6 +250,23 @@ pub trait BigQueryTable: BigQueryTableBase {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// converts the value to Result<T> by using T::from_param(value)
+    ///
+    /// this is basically just a wrapper so we don't need to know the type
+    /// of the field in the derive macro (or at least we don't need to write it)
+    /// like this:
+    ///
+    /// self.info1 = Option::<String>::from_param(value)?
+    ///
+    /// instead we can just call:
+    ///
+    /// self.info1 = Self::from_param(value)?;
+    ///
+    /// and the types will be inferred
+    fn from_param<T: ConvertBigQueryParams>(value: &Value) -> Result<T> {
+        T::from_param(value)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> BigQueryTable for T where T: BigQueryTableBase {}
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 1017511..04c23e8 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::prelude::*;
 use nameof::name_of;
 
 use google_bigquery_v2::data::query_builder::QueryResultType;