fix: load table even if formula error is present (#9299)

Co-authored-by: mertmit <mertmit99@gmail.com>

packages/nc-gui/composables/useViewData.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export function useViewData(
   viewMeta: Ref<ViewType | undefined> | ComputedRef<(ViewType & { id: string }) | undefined>,
   where?: ComputedRef<string | undefined>,
 ) {
-  const { activeTableId, activeTable } = storeToRefs(useTablesStore())
+  const tablesStore = useTablesStore()
+  const { activeTableId, activeTable } = storeToRefs(tablesStore)
 
   const meta = computed(() => _meta.value || activeTable.value)
   const metaId = computed(() => _meta.value?.id || activeTableId.value)
@@ -199,6 +200,16 @@ export function useViewData(
       if (error.code === 'ERR_CANCELED') {
         return
       }
+
+      // retry the request if the error is FORMULA_ERROR
+      if (error?.response?.data?.error === 'FORMULA_ERROR') {
+        message.error(await extractSdkResponseErrorMsg(error))
+
+        await tablesStore.reloadTableMeta(metaId.value as string)
+
+        return loadData(params, shouldShowLoading)
+      }
+
       console.error(error)
       return message.error(await extractSdkResponseErrorMsg(error))
     }

packages/nc-gui/store/tables.ts

@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ export const useTablesStore = defineStore('tablesStore', () => {
     return url.href
   }
 
+  const reloadTableMeta = async (tableId: string) => {
+    const { getMeta } = useMetas()
+
+    await getMeta(tableId, true)
+  }
+
   return {
     baseTables,
     loadProjectTables,
@@ -239,6 +245,7 @@ export const useTablesStore = defineStore('tablesStore', () => {
     activeTableId,
     navigateToTable,
     tableUrl,
+    reloadTableMeta,
   }
 })
 

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

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { convertDateFormatForConcat } from '~/helpers/formulaFnHelper';
 import FormulaColumn from '~/models/FormulaColumn';
 import { BaseUser, ButtonColumn } from '~/models';
 import { getRefColumnIfAlias } from '~/helpers';
+import { ExternalTimeout, NcError } from '~/helpers/catchError';
 
 const logger = new Logger('FormulaQueryBuilderv2');
 
@@ -1373,7 +1374,7 @@ export default async function formulaQueryBuilderv2(
         await NocoCache.update(`${CacheScope.COL_BUTTON}:${column.id}`, {
           error: e.message,
         });
-      } else {
+      } else if (!(e instanceof ExternalTimeout)) {
         // add formula error to show in UI
         await FormulaColumn.update(context, column.id, {
           error: e.message,
@@ -1385,7 +1386,7 @@ export default async function formulaQueryBuilderv2(
         });
       }
     }
-    throw new Error(`Formula error: ${e.message}`);
+    NcError.formulaError(e.message);
   }
   return qb;
 }

packages/nocodb/src/helpers/catchError.ts

@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ export class ExternalError extends NcBaseError {
   }
 }
 
+export class ExternalTimeout extends ExternalError {}
+
 export class UnprocessableEntity extends NcBaseError {}
 
 export class AjvError extends NcBaseError {
@@ -888,6 +890,13 @@ export class NcError {
     });
   }
 
+  static formulaError(message: string, args?: NcErrorArgs) {
+    throw new NcBaseErrorv2(NcErrorType.FORMULA_ERROR, {
+      params: message,
+      ...args,
+    });
+  }
+
   static notFound(message = 'Not found') {
     throw new NotFound(message);
   }