executing sql queries fail if there is no the_geom

@javisantana commented on Fri Oct 07 2016

1. open a visualization and go to a layer
2. execute “select 1”

you look at network panel and you see sql api response error like this

{"error":["column \"the_geom\" does not exist"]}

Form my POV when there is not the_geom or the_geom_webmercator the map tab should be hidden and show data one

For reference, the old editor in that case updates the map (shows nothing) and the legends and not changed

As side effect of this is:

SELECT 'SRID=3857;POINT(0 0)' as the_geom_webmercator

raises the same error (and in that case the map could be rendered) #SMOKE_MG38

[javierarce]

Fine for me. I’ll start working in the three first points and see how difficult is to work on the last one.

[alonsogarciapablo]

Related https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/571 and https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/544.

Not sure when, but I’d be great if windshaft-cartodb included some error codes so that we don’t need to:

Parse message error and create a better one (as we did with some analyses errors).

And also, so that we can provide translations for these error messages.