From 99dd5dc6be99b0ed5a2fb1e13c94e09b1605b77f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fendy Heryanto <fendy@nocodb.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:19:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix oss test for "will create a formula referencing lookup
 referencing formula"

---
 .../src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/select-object.ts    | 23 ++++++++++++++-----
 .../db/formulav2/lookup-or-ltar-builder.ts    |  3 ++-
 .../nocodb/tests/unit/formula/initModel.ts    |  8 +++++++
 .../formula/tests/formula-lookup-ltar.test.ts | 12 ++++++++--
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/select-object.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/select-object.ts
index e8d283ae14..4fad05bce6 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/select-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/select-object.ts
@@ -255,12 +255,23 @@ export const selectObject = (baseModel: IBaseModelSqlV2, logger: Logger) => {
                 validateFormula,
                 aliasToColumnBuilder,
               );
-              qb.select(
-                baseModel.dbDriver.raw(`?? as ??`, [
-                  selectQb.builder,
-                  getAs(column),
-                ]),
-              );
+
+              if ('toQuery' in selectQb.builder) {
+                const selectQbQuery = selectQb.builder.toQuery();
+                qb.select(
+                  baseModel.dbDriver.raw(
+                    `${selectQbQuery.replaceAll('?', '\\?')} as ??`,
+                    [getAs(column)],
+                  ),
+                );
+              } else {
+                qb.select(
+                  baseModel.dbDriver.raw(`?? as ??`, [
+                    selectQb.builder,
+                    getAs(column),
+                  ]),
+                );
+              }
             } catch (e) {
               logger.log(e);
               // return dummy select
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/lookup-or-ltar-builder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/lookup-or-ltar-builder.ts
index 7d583c4b91..180c8b5a05 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/lookup-or-ltar-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/formulav2/lookup-or-ltar-builder.ts
@@ -665,12 +665,13 @@ export const lookupOrLtarBuilder =
           break;
       }
 
-      if (selectQb)
+      if (selectQb) {
         return {
           builder:
             typeof selectQb === 'function'
               ? selectQb
               : knex.raw(selectQb as any).wrap('(', ')'),
         };
+      }
     }
   };
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/initModel.ts b/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/initModel.ts
index 97344b2ad8..686927271a 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/initModel.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/initModel.ts
@@ -530,6 +530,14 @@ export async function initFormulaLookupColumns(context: ITestContext) {
     relationColumnId: t3_OO_t1_Ltar.id,
   });
 
+  // referencing using formula field so it's populated in chunkList
+  await createColumn(context.context, context.tables.table3, {
+    title: 'table1FormulaTitleFormula',
+    uidt: UITypes.Formula,
+    formula: `{table1FormulaTitle}`,
+    formula_raw: `{table1FormulaTitle}`,
+  });
+
   for (const attr of t1SupportingLookupColumns) {
     await createLookupColumn(context.context, {
       base: context.base,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/tests/formula-lookup-ltar.test.ts b/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/tests/formula-lookup-ltar.test.ts
index ba65de7e16..25bfc099d4 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/tests/formula-lookup-ltar.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/tests/unit/formula/tests/formula-lookup-ltar.test.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ function formulaLookupLtarTests() {
       expect(parts[1]).to.contain(token);
     }
 
+    // referencing using formula field so it's populated in chunkList
+    await createColumn(_context, _tables.table1, {
+      title: 'table2FormulaTitleFormula',
+      uidt: UITypes.Formula,
+      formula: `{table2FormulaTitle}`,
+      formula_raw: `{table2FormulaTitle}`,
+    });
+
     const t1Rows = await chunkListRow({
       base: _base,
       table: _tables.table1,
@@ -318,9 +326,9 @@ function formulaLookupLtarTests() {
       table: _tables.table3,
       pks: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].map((k) => `${k}`),
     });
-    expect(t1Rows[0].table2FormulaTitle).to.eq('T2_001?');
+    expect(t1Rows[0].table2FormulaTitleFormula).to.eq('T2_001?');
     expect(t2Rows[0].table1FormulaTitleConcat).to.contain('T1_001?');
-    expect(t3Rows[0].table1FormulaTitle).to.eq('T1_001?');
+    expect(t3Rows[0].table1FormulaTitleFormula).to.eq('T1_001?');
   });
 
   it('will create a formula column assigned as display value accessed through ltar field', async () => {