Merge pull request #7279 from nocodb/nc-fix/formula-concat

fix: Formula followup bugs

packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/formulaHelpers.ts

@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ export const formulas: Record<string, FormulaMeta> = {
     validation: {
       args: {
         min: 1,
-        type: FormulaDataTypes.STRING,
       },
     },
     description: 'Concatenated string of input parameters',
@@ -1428,7 +1427,10 @@ export async function validateFormulaAndExtractTreeWithType({
     if (parsedTree.type === JSEPNode.CALL_EXP) {
       const calleeName = parsedTree.callee.name.toUpperCase();
       // validate function name
-      if (!formulas[calleeName] || sqlUI?.getUnsupportedFnList().includes(calleeName)) {
+      if (
+        !formulas[calleeName] ||
+        sqlUI?.getUnsupportedFnList().includes(calleeName)
+      ) {
         throw new FormulaError(
           FormulaErrorType.INVALID_FUNCTION_NAME,
           {},
@@ -1505,15 +1507,20 @@ export async function validateFormulaAndExtractTreeWithType({
             argPt.dataType !== FormulaDataTypes.UNKNOWN
           ) {
             if (argPt.type === JSEPNode.IDENTIFIER) {
+              const name =
+                columns?.find(
+                  (c) => c.id === argPt.name || c.title === argPt.name
+                )?.title || argPt.name;
+
               throw new FormulaError(
                 FormulaErrorType.INVALID_ARG,
                 {
                   key: 'msg.formula.columnWithTypeFoundButExpected',
-                  columnName: parsedTree.name,
-                  columnType: parsedTree.dataType,
+                  columnName: name,
+                  columnType: argPt.dataType,
                   expectedType: expectedArgType,
                 },
-                `Field ${parsedTree.name} with ${parsedTree.dataType} type is found but ${expectedArgType} type is expected`
+                `Field ${name} with ${argPt.dataType} type is found but ${expectedArgType} type is expected`
               );
             } else {
               let key = '',

packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts

@@ -5909,7 +5909,7 @@ function getCompositePk(primaryKeys: Column[], row) {
   return primaryKeys.map((c) => row[c.title]).join('___');
 }
 
-function haveFormulaColumn(columns: Column[]) {
+export function haveFormulaColumn(columns: Column[]) {
   return columns.some((c) => c.uidt === UITypes.Formula);
 }
 

packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/formulaQueryBuilderv2.ts

@@ -1057,8 +1057,10 @@ export default async function formulaQueryBuilderv2(
   const knex = baseModelSqlv2.dbDriver;
   // register jsep curly hook once only
   jsep.plugins.register(jsepCurlyHook);
+  let qb;
+  try {
     // generate qb
-  const qb = await _formulaQueryBuilder(
+    qb = await _formulaQueryBuilder(
       baseModelSqlv2,
       _tree,
       alias,
@@ -1073,7 +1075,6 @@ export default async function formulaQueryBuilderv2(
 
     if (!validateFormula) return qb;
 
-  try {
     // dry run qb.builder to see if it will break the grid view or not
     // if so, set formula error and show empty selectQb instead
     await baseModelSqlv2.execAndParse(
@@ -1095,6 +1096,8 @@ export default async function formulaQueryBuilderv2(
       }
     }
   } catch (e) {
+    if (!validateFormula) throw e;
+
     console.error(e);
     if (column) {
       const formula = await column.getColOptions<FormulaColumn>();