fix: Pre-query normalization with custom SQL (#30389)

superset/connectors/sqla/models.py

@@ -1688,10 +1688,10 @@ class SqlaTable(
         if isinstance(value, np.generic):
             value = value.item()
 
-        column_ = columns_by_name[dimension]
+        column_ = columns_by_name.get(dimension)
         db_extra: dict[str, Any] = self.database.get_extra()
 
-        if column_.type and column_.is_temporal and isinstance(value, str):
+        if column_ and column_.type and column_.is_temporal and isinstance(value, str):
             sql = self.db_engine_spec.convert_dttm(
                 column_.type, dateutil.parser.parse(value), db_extra=db_extra
             )

tests/unit_tests/connectors/sqla/models_test.py

@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
-from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable
+from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable, TableColumn
 from superset.daos.dataset import DatasetDAO
 from superset.exceptions import OAuth2RedirectError
 from superset.models.core import Database
@@ -263,3 +264,26 @@ def test_dataset_uniqueness(session: Session) -> None:
         database,
         Table("table", "schema", "some_catalog"),
     )
+
+
+def test_normalize_prequery_result_type_custom_sql() -> None:
+    """
+    Test that the `_normalize_prequery_result_type` can hanndle custom SQL.
+    """
+    sqla_table = SqlaTable(
+        table_name="my_sqla_table",
+        columns=[],
+        metrics=[],
+        database=Database(database_name="my_db", sqlalchemy_uri="sqlite://"),
+    )
+    row: pd.Series = {
+        "custom_sql": "Car",
+    }
+    dimension: str = "custom_sql"
+    columns_by_name: dict[str, TableColumn] = {
+        "product_line": TableColumn(column_name="product_line"),
+    }
+    assert (
+        sqla_table._normalize_prequery_result_type(row, dimension, columns_by_name)
+        == "Car"
+    )