diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 44ce75d1..1d8676b3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.22.1
+## 2.23.1
 
 Released 2016-mm-dd
 
 
+## 2.23.0
+
+Released 2016-02-10
+
+Improvements:
+- Support for overviews
+
+
 ## 2.22.0
 
 Released 2016-02-08
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_metadata_api.js b/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_metadata_api.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3568f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_metadata_api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+function OverviewsMetadataApi(pgQueryRunner) {
+   this.pgQueryRunner = pgQueryRunner;
+}
+
+module.exports = OverviewsMetadataApi;
+
+// TODO: share this with QueryTablesApi? ... or maintain independence?
+var affectedTableRegexCache = {
+    bbox: /!bbox!/g,
+    scale_denominator: /!scale_denominator!/g,
+    pixel_width: /!pixel_width!/g,
+    pixel_height: /!pixel_height!/g
+};
+
+function prepareSql(sql) {
+    return sql
+        .replace(affectedTableRegexCache.bbox, 'ST_MakeEnvelope(0,0,0,0)')
+        .replace(affectedTableRegexCache.scale_denominator, '0')
+        .replace(affectedTableRegexCache.pixel_width, '1')
+        .replace(affectedTableRegexCache.pixel_height, '1')
+    ;
+}
+
+OverviewsMetadataApi.prototype.getOverviewsMetadata = function (username, sql, callback) {
+    var query = 'SELECT * FROM CDB_Overviews(CDB_QueryTablesText($windshaft$' + prepareSql(sql) + '$windshaft$))';
+    this.pgQueryRunner.run(username, query, function handleOverviewsRows(err, rows) {
+        if (err){
+            var msg = err.message ? err.message : err;
+            callback(new Error('could not get overviews metadata: ' + msg));
+            return;
+        }
+        var metadata = {};
+        rows.forEach(function(row) {
+            var table = row.base_table;
+            var table_metadata = metadata[table];
+            if ( !table_metadata ) {
+              table_metadata = metadata[table] = {};
+            }
+            table_metadata[row.z] = { table: row.overview_table };
+        });
+        return callback(null, metadata);
+    });
+
+};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
index ac3ac11c..9945ff5a 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ module.exports.findStatusCode = findStatusCode;
 
 function statusFromErrorMessage(errMsg) {
     // Find an appropriate statusCode based on message
+    // jshint maxcomplexity:7
     var statusCode = 400;
     if ( -1 !== errMsg.indexOf('permission denied') ) {
         statusCode = 403;
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@ function statusFromErrorMessage(errMsg) {
     else if ( -1 !== errMsg.indexOf('does not exist') ) {
         if ( -1 !== errMsg.indexOf(' role ') ) {
             statusCode = 403; // role 'xxx' does not exist
+        } else if ( errMsg.match(/function .* does not exist/) ) {
+            statusCode = 400; // invalid SQL (SQL function does not exist)
         } else {
             statusCode = 404;
         }
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
index dad77dbd..a7613c2d 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ var TablesCacheEntry = require('../cache/model/database_tables_entry');
 var MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter = require('../models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter');
 var NamedMapMapConfigProvider = require('../models/mapconfig/named_map_provider');
 var CreateLayergroupMapConfigProvider = require('../models/mapconfig/create_layergroup_provider');
+var MapConfigOverviewsAdapter = require('../models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter');
 
 /**
  * @param {AuthApi} authApi
@@ -26,12 +27,14 @@ var CreateLayergroupMapConfigProvider = require('../models/mapconfig/create_laye
  * @param {MapBackend} mapBackend
  * @param metadataBackend
  * @param {QueryTablesApi} queryTablesApi
+ * @param {OverviewsMetadataApi} overviewsMetadataApi
  * @param {SurrogateKeysCache} surrogateKeysCache
  * @param {UserLimitsApi} userLimitsApi
  * @param {LayergroupAffectedTables} layergroupAffectedTables
  * @constructor
  */
-function MapController(authApi, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadataBackend, queryTablesApi,
+function MapController(authApi, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadataBackend,
+                       queryTablesApi, overviewsMetadataApi,
                        surrogateKeysCache, userLimitsApi, layergroupAffectedTables) {
 
     BaseController.call(this, authApi, pgConnection);
@@ -41,11 +44,13 @@ function MapController(authApi, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadata
     this.mapBackend = mapBackend;
     this.metadataBackend = metadataBackend;
     this.queryTablesApi = queryTablesApi;
+    this.overviewsMetadataApi = overviewsMetadataApi;
     this.surrogateKeysCache = surrogateKeysCache;
     this.userLimitsApi = userLimitsApi;
     this.layergroupAffectedTables = layergroupAffectedTables;
 
     this.namedLayersAdapter = new MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter(templateMaps);
+    this.overviewsAdapter = new MapConfigOverviewsAdapter(this.overviewsMetadataApi);
 }
 
 util.inherits(MapController, BaseController);
@@ -148,6 +153,22 @@ MapController.prototype.create = function(req, res, prepareConfigFn) {
                 }
             );
         },
+        function addOverviewsInformation(err, requestMapConfig, datasource) {
+          assert.ifError(err);
+          var next = this;
+          self.overviewsAdapter.getLayers(req.context.user, requestMapConfig.layers,
+              function(err, layers) {
+                  if (err) {
+                      return next(err);
+                  }
+
+                  if (layers) {
+                      requestMapConfig.layers = layers;
+                  }
+                  return next(null, requestMapConfig, datasource);
+              }
+          );
+        },
         function createLayergroup(err, requestMapConfig, datasource) {
             assert.ifError(err);
             mapConfig = new MapConfig(requestMapConfig, datasource || Datasource.EmptyDatasource());
@@ -203,7 +224,23 @@ MapController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, prepareParamsFn
             );
             mapConfigProvider.getMapConfig(this);
         },
-        function createLayergroup(err, mapConfig_, rendererParams/*, context*/) {
+        function addOverviewsInformation(err, requestMapConfig, rendererParams/*, context*/) {
+          assert.ifError(err);
+          var next = this;
+          self.overviewsAdapter.getLayers(req.context.user, requestMapConfig.layers,
+              function(err, layers) {
+                  if (err) {
+                      return next(err);
+                  }
+
+                  if (layers) {
+                      requestMapConfig.layers = layers;
+                  }
+                  return next(null, requestMapConfig, rendererParams);
+              }
+          );
+        },
+        function createLayergroup(err, mapConfig_, rendererParams) {
             assert.ifError(err);
             mapConfig = mapConfig_;
             self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70a02dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+var queue = require('queue-async');
+var _ = require('underscore');
+
+function MapConfigOverviewsAdapter(overviewsMetadataApi) {
+    this.overviewsMetadataApi = overviewsMetadataApi;
+}
+
+module.exports = MapConfigOverviewsAdapter;
+
+MapConfigOverviewsAdapter.prototype.getLayers = function(username, layers, callback) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  if (!layers || layers.length === 0) {
+      return callback(null, layers);
+  }
+
+  var augmentLayersQueue = queue(layers.length);
+
+  function augmentLayer(layer, done) {
+      if ( layer.type !== 'mapnik' && layer.type !== 'cartodb' ) {
+          return done(null, layer);
+      }
+      self.overviewsMetadataApi.getOverviewsMetadata(username, layer.options.sql, function(err, metadata){
+           if (err) {
+               done(err, layer);
+           } else {
+               if ( !_.isEmpty(metadata) ) {
+                   layer = _.extend({}, layer);
+                   layer.options = _.extend({}, layer.options, { query_rewrite_data: { overviews: metadata } });
+               }
+               done(null, layer);
+           }
+      });
+  }
+
+  function layersAugmentQueueFinish(err, layers) {
+    if (err) {
+        return callback(err);
+    }
+
+    if (!layers || layers.length === 0) {
+        return callback(new Error('Missing layers array from layergroup config'));
+    }
+
+    return callback(null, layers);
+  }
+
+  layers.forEach(function(layer) {
+      augmentLayersQueue.defer(augmentLayer, layer);
+  });
+  augmentLayersQueue.awaitAll(layersAugmentQueueFinish);
+
+};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server.js b/lib/cartodb/server.js
index f4205676..9f9d9f69 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var mapnik = windshaft.mapnik;
 
 var TemplateMaps = require('./backends/template_maps.js');
 var QueryTablesApi = require('./api/query_tables_api');
+var OverviewsMetadataApi = require('./api/overviews_metadata_api');
 var UserLimitsApi = require('./api/user_limits_api');
 var AuthApi = require('./api/auth_api');
 var LayergroupAffectedTablesCache = require('./cache/layergroup_affected_tables');
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports = function(serverOptions) {
     var pgConnection = new PgConnection(metadataBackend);
     var pgQueryRunner = new PgQueryRunner(pgConnection);
     var queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi(pgQueryRunner);
+    var overviewsMetadataApi = new OverviewsMetadataApi(pgQueryRunner);
     var userLimitsApi = new UserLimitsApi(metadataBackend, {
         limits: {
             cacheOnTimeout: serverOptions.renderer.mapnik.limits.cacheOnTimeout || false,
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ module.exports = function(serverOptions) {
         mapBackend,
         metadataBackend,
         queryTablesApi,
+        overviewsMetadataApi,
         surrogateKeysCache,
         userLimitsApi,
         layergroupAffectedTablesCache
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index 2a859d2e..f1a70889 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 var os = require('os');
 var _ = require('underscore');
+var OverviewsQueryRewriter = require('./utils/overviews_query_rewriter');
+
+var overviewsQueryRewriter = new OverviewsQueryRewriter({
+  zoom_level: 'CDB_ZoomFromScale(!scale_denominator!)'
+});
 
 var rendererConfig = _.defaults(global.environment.renderer || {}, {
     cache_ttl: 60000, // milliseconds
@@ -15,6 +20,8 @@ var rendererConfig = _.defaults(global.environment.renderer || {}, {
     http: {}
 });
 
+rendererConfig.mapnik.queryRewriter = overviewsQueryRewriter;
+
 // Perform keyword substitution in statsd
 // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/153
 if ( global.environment.statsd ) {
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js b/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b6c592a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+var TableNameParser = require('./table_name_parser');
+
+function OverviewsQueryRewriter(options) {
+
+    this.options = options;
+}
+
+module.exports = OverviewsQueryRewriter;
+
+// TODO: some names are introudced in the queries, and the
+// '_vovw_' (for vector overviews) is used in them, but no check
+// is performed for conflicts with existing identifiers in the query.
+
+// Build UNION expression to replace table, using overviews metadata
+// overviews metadata: { 1: 'table_ov1', ... }
+// assume table and overview names include schema if necessary and are quoted as needed
+function overviews_view_for_table(table, overviews_metadata, indent) {
+    var condition, i, len, ov_table, overview_layers, selects, z_hi, z_lo;
+    var parsed_table = TableNameParser.parse(table);
+
+    var sorted_overviews = []; // [[1, 'table_ov1'], ...]
+
+    indent = indent || '    ';
+    for (var z in overviews_metadata) {
+        if (overviews_metadata.hasOwnProperty(z)) {
+            sorted_overviews.push([z, overviews_metadata[z].table]);
+        }
+    }
+    sorted_overviews.sort(function(a, b){ return a[0]-b[0]; });
+
+    overview_layers = [];
+    z_lo = null;
+    for (i = 0, len = sorted_overviews.length; i < len; i++) {
+        z_hi = parseInt(sorted_overviews[i][0]);
+        ov_table = sorted_overviews[i][1];
+        overview_layers.push([overview_z_condition(z_lo, z_hi), ov_table]);
+        z_lo = z_hi;
+    }
+    overview_layers.push(["_vovw_z > " + z_lo, table]);
+
+    selects = overview_layers.map(function(condition_table) {
+      condition = condition_table[0];
+      ov_table = TableNameParser.parse(condition_table[1]);
+      ov_table.schema = ov_table.schema || parsed_table.schema;
+      var ov_identifier = TableNameParser.table_identifier(ov_table);
+      return indent + "SELECT * FROM " + ov_identifier + ", _vovw_scale WHERE " + condition;
+    });
+
+    return selects.join("\n"+indent+"UNION ALL\n");
+}
+
+function overview_z_condition(z_lo, z_hi) {
+    if (z_lo !== null) {
+        if (z_lo === z_hi - 1) {
+            return "_vovw_z = " + z_hi;
+        } else {
+            return "_vovw_z > " + z_lo + " AND _vovw_z <= " + z_hi;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (z_hi === 0) {
+            return "_vovw_z = " + z_hi;
+        } else {
+            return "_vovw_z <= " + z_hi;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// name to be used for the view of the table using overviews
+function overviews_view_name(table) {
+    var parsed_table = TableNameParser.parse(table);
+    parsed_table.table = '_vovw_' + parsed_table.table;
+    parsed_table.schema = null;
+    return TableNameParser.table_identifier(parsed_table);
+}
+
+// replace a table name in a query by anoter name
+function replace_table_in_query(sql, old_table_name, new_table_name) {
+    var old_table = TableNameParser.parse(old_table_name);
+    var new_table = TableNameParser.parse(new_table_name);
+    var old_table_ident = TableNameParser.table_identifier(old_table);
+    var new_table_ident = TableNameParser.table_identifier(new_table);
+
+    // text that will be substituted by the table name pattern
+    var replacement = new_table_ident;
+
+    // regular expression prefix (beginning) to match a table name
+    function pattern_prefix(schema, identifier) {
+        if ( schema ) {
+            // to match a table name including schema prefix
+            // name should not be part of another name, so we require
+            // to start a at a word boundary
+            if ( identifier[0] !== '"' ) {
+                return '\\b';
+            } else {
+                return '';
+            }
+        } else {
+           // to match a table name without schema
+           // name should not begin right after a dot (i.e. have a explicit schema)
+           // nor be part of another name
+           // since the pattern matches the first character of the table
+           // it must be put back in the replacement text
+           replacement = '$01'+replacement;
+           return '([^\.a-z0-9_]|^)';
+        }
+    }
+
+    // regular expression suffix (ending) to match a table name
+    function pattern_suffix(identifier) {
+        // name shouldn't be the prefix of a longer name
+        if ( identifier[identifier.length-1] !== '"' ) {
+            return '\\b';
+        } else {
+            return '';
+        }
+    }
+
+    // regular expression to match a table name
+    var regexp = pattern_prefix(old_table.schema, old_table_ident) +
+                 old_table_ident +
+                 pattern_suffix(old_table_ident);
+
+    // replace all occurrences of the table pattern
+    return sql.replace(new RegExp(regexp, 'g'), replacement);
+}
+
+function overviews_query(query, overviews, zoom_level_expression) {
+    var replaced_query = query;
+    var sql = "WITH\n  _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT " + zoom_level_expression + " AS _vovw_z )";
+    for ( var table in overviews ) {
+        if (overviews.hasOwnProperty(table)) {
+            var table_overviews = overviews[table];
+            var table_view = overviews_view_name(table);
+            replaced_query = replace_table_in_query(replaced_query, table, table_view);
+            sql += ",\n  " + table_view + " AS (\n" + overviews_view_for_table(table, table_overviews) + "\n  )";
+        }
+    }
+    if ( replaced_query !== query ) {
+        sql += "\n";
+        sql += replaced_query;
+    } else {
+        sql = query;
+    }
+    return sql;
+}
+
+// Transform an SQL query so that it uses overviews.
+// overviews contains metadata about the overviews to be used:
+//     { 'table-name': {1: { table: 'overview-table-1' }, ... }, ... }
+//
+// For a given query `SELECT * FROM table`,  if any of tables in it
+// has overviews as defined by the provided metadat, the query will
+// be transform into something similar to this:
+//
+//     WITH _vovw_scale AS ( ... ), -- define scale level
+//     WITH _vovw_table AS ( ... ), -- define union of overviews and base table
+//     SELECT * FROM _vovw_table -- query with table replaced by _vovw_table
+//
+// This transformation can in principle be applied to arbitrary queries
+// (except for the case of queries that include the name of tables with
+// overviews inside text literals: at the current table name substitution
+// doesnn't prevent substitution inside literals).
+// But the transformation will currently only be applied to simple queries
+// of the form detected by the overviews_supported_query function.
+OverviewsQueryRewriter.prototype.query = function(query, data) {
+    var overviews = this.overviews_metadata(data);
+    if ( !overviews || !this.is_supported_query(query)) {
+        return query;
+    }
+    var zoom_level_expression = this.options.zoom_level || '0';
+    return overviews_query(query, overviews, zoom_level_expression);
+};
+
+OverviewsQueryRewriter.prototype.is_supported_query = function(sql) {
+  return !!sql.match(
+    /^\s*SELECT\s+[\*\.a-z0-9_,\s]+?\s+FROM\s+((\"[^"]+\"|[a-z0-9_]+)\.)?(\"[^"]+\"|[a-z0-9_]+)\s*;?\s*$/i
+  );
+};
+
+OverviewsQueryRewriter.prototype.overviews_metadata = function(data) {
+  return data && data.overviews;
+};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/utils/table_name_parser.js b/lib/cartodb/utils/table_name_parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f71c3f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/utils/table_name_parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Quote an PostgreSQL identifier if ncecessary
+function quote_identifier_if_needed(txt) {
+    if ( txt && !txt.match(/^[a-z_][a-z_0-9]*$/)) {
+        return '"' + txt.replace(/\"/g, '""') + '"';
+    } else {
+        return txt;
+    }
+}
+
+// Parse PostgreSQL table name (possibly quoted and with optional schema).+
+// Returns { schema: 'schema_name', table: 'table_name' }
+function parse_table_name(table) {
+
+    function split_as_quoted_parts(table_name) {
+      // parse table into 'parts' that may be quoted, each part
+      // in the parts array being an object { part: 'text', quoted: false/true }
+     var parts = [];
+     var splitted = table_name.split(/\"/);
+     for (var i=0; i<splitted.length; i++ ) {
+       if ( splitted[i] === '' ) {
+         if ( parts.length > 0 && i < splitted.length-1 ) {
+             i++;
+             parts[parts.length - 1].part += '"' + splitted[i];
+         }
+       }
+       else {
+         var is_quoted = (i > 0 && splitted[i-1] === '') ||
+                         (i < splitted.length - 1 && splitted[i+1] === '');
+             parts.push({ part: splitted[i], quoted: is_quoted });
+       }
+     }
+     return parts;
+    }
+
+    var parts = split_as_quoted_parts(table);
+
+    function split_single_part(part) {
+        var schema_part = null;
+        var table_part = null;
+        if ( part.quoted ) {
+            table_part = part.part;
+        } else {
+            var parts = part.part.split('.');
+            if ( parts.length === 1 ) {
+                schema_part = null;
+                table_part = parts[0];
+            } else if ( parts.length === 2 ) {
+                schema_part = parts[0];
+                table_part = parts[1];
+            } // else invalid table name
+        }
+        return {
+            schema: schema_part,
+            table:  table_part
+        };
+    }
+
+    function split_two_parts(part1, part2) {
+        var schema_part = null;
+        var table_part = null;
+        if ( part1.quoted && !part2.quoted ) {
+            if ( part2.part[0] === '.' ) {
+                schema_part = part1.part;
+                table_part = part2.part.slice(1);
+            } // else invalid table name (missing dot)
+        } else if ( !part1.quoted && part2.quoted ) {
+            if ( part1.part[part1.part.length - 1] === '.' ) {
+                schema_part = part1.part.slice(0, -1);
+                table_part = part2.part;
+            } // else invalid table name (missing dot)
+        } // else invalid table name (missing dot)
+        return {
+            schema: schema_part,
+            table:  table_part
+        };
+    }
+
+    if ( parts.length === 1 ) {
+        return split_single_part(parts[0]);
+    } else if ( parts.length === 2 ) {
+        return split_two_parts(parts[0], parts[1]);
+    } else if ( parts.length === 3 && parts[1].part === '.' ) {
+        return {
+            schema: parts[0].part,
+            table:  parts[2].part
+        };
+    } // else invalid table name
+}
+
+function table_identifier(parsed_name) {
+    if ( parsed_name && parsed_name.table ) {
+        if ( parsed_name.schema ) {
+            return quote_identifier_if_needed(parsed_name.schema) + '.' + quote_identifier_if_needed(parsed_name.table);
+        } else {
+            return quote_identifier_if_needed(parsed_name.table);
+        }
+    } else {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  parse: parse_table_name,
+  quote: quote_identifier_if_needed,
+  table_identifier: table_identifier
+};
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index b545d61d..70e7c50e 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-  "version": "2.22.0",
+  "version": "2.23.1",
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": {
       "version": "1.14.2",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             },
             "mime-types": {
               "version": "2.1.9",
-              "from": "mime-types@>=2.1.2 <2.2.0",
+              "from": "mime-types@>=2.1.9 <2.2.0",
               "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.9.tgz",
               "dependencies": {
                 "mime-db": {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
           "dependencies": {
             "mime-types": {
               "version": "2.1.9",
-              "from": "mime-types@>=2.1.9 <2.2.0",
+              "from": "mime-types@>=2.1.6 <2.2.0",
               "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.9.tgz",
               "dependencies": {
                 "mime-db": {
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
             },
             "mime-types": {
               "version": "2.1.9",
-              "from": "mime-types@>=2.1.9 <2.2.0",
+              "from": "mime-types@>=2.1.6 <2.2.0",
               "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.9.tgz",
               "dependencies": {
                 "mime-db": {
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
                 },
                 "inherits": {
                   "version": "2.0.1",
-                  "from": "inherits@>=2.0.0 <3.0.0",
+                  "from": "inherits@>=2.0.1 <2.1.0",
                   "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits/-/inherits-2.0.1.tgz"
                 },
                 "isarray": {
@@ -830,9 +830,8 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/-/underscore-1.6.0.tgz"
     },
     "windshaft": {
-      "version": "1.8.3",
-      "from": "windshaft@1.8.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windshaft/-/windshaft-1.8.3.tgz",
+      "version": "1.9.0",
+      "from": "windshaft@1.9.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "mapnik": {
           "version": "1.4.15-cdb6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb9c996a..e31e26ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "private": true,
     "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-    "version": "2.22.1",
+    "version": "2.23.1",
     "description": "A map tile server for CartoDB",
     "keywords": [
       "cartodb"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         "node-statsd": "~0.0.7",
         "underscore"  : "~1.6.0",
         "dot": "~1.0.2",
-        "windshaft": "1.8.3",
+        "windshaft": "1.9.0",
         "step": "~0.0.6",
         "queue-async": "~1.0.7",
         "request": "~2.62.0",
diff --git a/test/acceptance/multilayer.js b/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
index 2611bb7f..d4e06e52 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe(suiteName, function() {
         version: '1.0.0',
         layers: [
            { options: {
-               sql: 'select 1 as cartodb_id, !pixel_height! as h' +
+               sql: 'select 1 as cartodb_id, !pixel_height! as h,' +
                    'ST_Buffer(!bbox!, -32*greatest(!pixel_width!,!pixel_height!)) as the_geom_webmercator',
                cartocss: '#layer { polygon-fit:red; }',
                cartocss_version: '2.0.1'
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ describe(suiteName, function() {
           headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
           data: JSON.stringify(layergroup)
       }, {}, function(res) {
-          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 404, res.statusCode + ": " + res.body);
+          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 400, res.statusCode + ": " + res.body);
           var parsed = JSON.parse(res.body);
           var msg = parsed.errors[0];
           assert.ok(msg.match(/bogus.*exist/), msg);
@@ -1319,6 +1319,39 @@ describe(suiteName, function() {
         );
     });
 
+    it('should response to empty layers mapconfig', function(done) {
+        var layergroup =  {
+            layers: []
+        };
+
+        assert.response(
+            server,
+            {
+                url: '/api/v1/map',
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: {
+                    host: 'localhost',
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                },
+                data: JSON.stringify(layergroup)
+            },
+            {
+                status: 200
+            },
+            function(res, err) {
+                assert.ok(!err);
+
+                var parsedBody = JSON.parse(res.body);
+                assert.ok(parsedBody.layergroupid);
+
+                keysToDelete['map_cfg|' + LayergroupToken.parse(parsedBody.layergroupid).token] = 0;
+                keysToDelete['user:localhost:mapviews:global'] = 5;
+
+                done();
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
 });
 
 });
diff --git a/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js b/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js
index e43070f1..544aea6c 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js
@@ -332,13 +332,9 @@ describe('tests from old api translated to multilayer', function() {
 
                 assert.ok(!res.headers.hasOwnProperty('x-cache-channel'));
 
-                // TODO when affected tables query makes the request to fail layergroup should be removed
-                keysToDelete['map_cfg|4fb7bd7008322ce66f22d20aebba1ab0'] = 0;
-                keysToDelete['user:localhost:mapviews:global'] = 5;
-
                 var parsed = JSON.parse(res.body);
                 assert.deepEqual(parsed, {
-                    errors: ["Error: could not fetch affected tables or last updated time: fake error message"]
+                    errors: ["could not get overviews metadata: fake error message"]
                 });
 
                 done();
diff --git a/test/acceptance/overviews_metadata.js b/test/acceptance/overviews_metadata.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fa99bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/acceptance/overviews_metadata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+var test_helper = require('../support/test_helper');
+
+var assert = require('../support/assert');
+var CartodbWindshaft = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/server');
+var serverOptions = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/server_options');
+var server = new CartodbWindshaft(serverOptions);
+
+var LayergroupToken = require('../../lib/cartodb/models/layergroup_token');
+
+var RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');
+
+var step = require('step');
+
+var windshaft = require('windshaft');
+
+
+describe('overviews metadata', function() {
+    // configure redis pool instance to use in tests
+    var redisPool = new RedisPool(global.environment.redis);
+
+    var overviews_layer = {
+        type: 'cartodb',
+        options: {
+            sql: 'SELECT * FROM test_table_overviews',
+            cartocss: '#layer { marker-fill: black; }',
+            cartocss_version: '2.3.0'
+        }
+    };
+
+    var non_overviews_layer = {
+        type: 'cartodb',
+        options: {
+            sql: 'SELECT * FROM test_table',
+            cartocss: '#layer { marker-fill: black; }',
+            cartocss_version: '2.3.0'
+        }
+    };
+
+    var keysToDelete;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        keysToDelete = {};
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function(done) {
+        test_helper.deleteRedisKeys(keysToDelete, done);
+    });
+
+    it("layers with and without overviews", function(done) {
+
+      var layergroup =  {
+        version: '1.0.0',
+        layers: [overviews_layer, non_overviews_layer]
+      };
+
+      var layergroup_url = '/api/v1/map';
+
+      var expected_token;
+      step(
+        function do_post()
+        {
+          var next = this;
+          assert.response(server, {
+              url: layergroup_url,
+              method: 'POST',
+              headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+              data: JSON.stringify(layergroup)
+          }, {}, function(res) {
+              assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.body);
+              var parsedBody = JSON.parse(res.body);
+              assert.equal(res.headers['x-layergroup-id'], parsedBody.layergroupid);
+              expected_token = parsedBody.layergroupid;
+              next(null, res);
+          });
+        },
+        function do_get_mapconfig(err)
+        {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            var next = this;
+
+            var mapStore  = new windshaft.storage.MapStore({
+                pool: redisPool,
+                expire_time: 500000
+            });
+            mapStore.load(LayergroupToken.parse(expected_token).token, function(err, mapConfig) {
+              assert.ifError(err);
+              assert.deepEqual(non_overviews_layer, mapConfig._cfg.layers[1]);
+              assert.equal(mapConfig._cfg.layers[0].type, 'cartodb');
+              assert.ok(mapConfig._cfg.layers[0].options.query_rewrite_data);
+              var expected_data = {
+                overviews: {
+                  test_table_overviews: {
+                    1: { table: '_vovw_1_test_table_overviews' },
+                    2: { table: '_vovw_2_test_table_overviews' }
+                  }
+                }
+              };
+              assert.deepEqual(mapConfig._cfg.layers[0].options.query_rewrite_data, expected_data);
+            });
+
+            next(err);
+        },
+        function finish(err) {
+            keysToDelete['map_cfg|' + LayergroupToken.parse(expected_token).token] = 0;
+            keysToDelete['user:localhost:mapviews:global'] = 5;
+            done(err);
+        }
+      );
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/acceptance/overviews_queries.js b/test/acceptance/overviews_queries.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8024ba72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/acceptance/overviews_queries.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+var testHelper = require('../support/test_helper');
+var assert = require('../support/assert');
+
+var cartodbServer = require('../../lib/cartodb/server');
+var ServerOptions = require('./ported/support/ported_server_options');
+var testClient = require('./ported/support/test_client');
+var BaseController = require('../../lib/cartodb/controllers/base');
+
+describe('overviews_queries', function() {
+
+    var server = cartodbServer(ServerOptions);
+    server.setMaxListeners(0);
+
+    var IMAGE_EQUALS_TOLERANCE_PER_MIL = 2;
+
+    var req2paramsFn;
+    before(function() {
+        req2paramsFn = BaseController.prototype.req2params;
+        BaseController.prototype.req2params = ServerOptions.req2params;
+    });
+
+    after(function() {
+        BaseController.prototype.req2params = req2paramsFn;
+
+        testHelper.rmdirRecursiveSync(global.environment.millstone.cache_basedir);
+    });
+
+    function imageCompareFn(fixture, done) {
+        return function(err, tile) {
+            if (err) {
+                return done(err);
+            }
+            assert.imageEqualsFile(tile.body, './test/fixtures/' + fixture, IMAGE_EQUALS_TOLERANCE_PER_MIL, done);
+        };
+    }
+
+    it("should not use overview for tables without overviews", function(done){
+      testClient.getTile(testClient.defaultTableMapConfig('test_table'), 1, 0, 0,
+          imageCompareFn('test_table_1_0_0.png', done)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should not use overview for tables without overviews at z=2", function(done){
+      testClient.getTile(testClient.defaultTableMapConfig('test_table'), 2, 1, 1,
+          imageCompareFn('test_table_2_1_1.png', done)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should not use overview for tables without overviews at z=2", function(done){
+      testClient.getTile(testClient.defaultTableMapConfig('test_table'), 3, 3, 3,
+          imageCompareFn('test_table_3_3_3.png', done)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should use overview for zoom level 1", function(done){
+      testClient.getTile(testClient.defaultTableMapConfig('test_table_overviews'), 1, 0, 0,
+          imageCompareFn('_vovw_1_test_table_1_0_0.png', done)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should use overview for zoom level 1", function(done){
+      testClient.getTile(testClient.defaultTableMapConfig('test_table_overviews'), 2, 1, 1,
+          imageCompareFn('_vovw_2_test_table_2_1_1.png', done)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should not use overview for zoom level 3", function(done){
+      testClient.getTile(testClient.defaultTableMapConfig('test_table_overviews'), 3, 3, 3,
+          imageCompareFn('test_table_3_3_3.png', done)
+      );
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js b/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js
index 7894c0a9..1cc5331f 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ var _ = require('underscore');
 var serverOptions = require('../../../../lib/cartodb/server_options');
 var LayergroupToken = require('../../../../lib/cartodb/models/layergroup_token');
 var mapnik = require('windshaft').mapnik;
+var OverviewsQueryRewriter = require('../../../../lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter');
+var overviewsQueryRewriter = new OverviewsQueryRewriter({
+  zoom_level: 'CDB_ZoomFromScale(!scale_denominator!)'
+});
 
 module.exports = _.extend({}, serverOptions, {
     base_url: '/database/:dbname/table/:table',
@@ -26,7 +30,8 @@ module.exports = _.extend({}, serverOptions, {
             limits: {
                 render: 0,
                 cacheOnTimeout: true
-            }
+            },
+            queryRewriter: overviewsQueryRewriter
         },
         http: {
             timeout: 5000,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/_vovw_1_test_table_1_0_0.png b/test/fixtures/_vovw_1_test_table_1_0_0.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dd602df
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/_vovw_2_test_table_2_1_1.png b/test/fixtures/_vovw_2_test_table_2_1_1.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23aadb78
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/_vovw_2_test_table_2_1_1.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_table_1_0_0.png b/test/fixtures/test_table_1_0_0.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53028337
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/test_table_1_0_0.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_table_2_1_1.png b/test/fixtures/test_table_2_1_1.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..361c52b9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/test_table_2_1_1.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_table_3_3_3.png b/test/fixtures/test_table_3_3_3.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35a0059e
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/test_table_3_3_3.png differ
diff --git a/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js b/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..079575a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+require('../support/test_helper');
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');
+var cartodbRedis = require('cartodb-redis');
+var PgConnection = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/backends/pg_connection');
+var PgQueryRunner = require('../../lib/cartodb/backends/pg_query_runner');
+var OverviewsMetadataApi = require('../../lib/cartodb/api/overviews_metadata_api');
+var MapConfigOverviewsAdapter = require('../../lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter');
+
+// configure redis pool instance to use in tests
+var redisPool = new RedisPool(global.environment.redis);
+var pgConnection = new PgConnection(require('cartodb-redis')({ pool: redisPool }));
+
+var redisPool = new RedisPool(global.environment.redis);
+var metadataBackend = cartodbRedis({pool: redisPool});
+var pgConnection = new PgConnection(metadataBackend);
+var pgQueryRunner = new PgQueryRunner(pgConnection);
+var overviewsMetadataApi = new OverviewsMetadataApi(pgQueryRunner);
+
+
+var mapConfigOverviewsAdapter = new MapConfigOverviewsAdapter(overviewsMetadataApi);
+
+describe('MapConfigOverviewsAdapter', function() {
+
+    it('should not modify layers for which no overviews are available', function(done) {
+        var sql = 'SELECT * FROM test_table';
+        var cartocss = '#layer { marker-fill: black; }';
+        var cartocss_version = '2.3.0';
+        var layer_without_overviews = {
+            type: 'cartodb',
+            options: {
+                sql: sql,
+                cartocss: cartocss,
+                cartocss_version: cartocss_version
+            }
+        };
+
+        mapConfigOverviewsAdapter.getLayers('localhost', [layer_without_overviews], function(err, layers) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            assert.equal(layers.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].type, 'cartodb');
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.sql, sql);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.cartocss, cartocss);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.cartocss_version, cartocss_version);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.overviews, undefined);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+});
+
+describe('MapConfigOverviewsAdapter', function() {
+
+    it('should add overviews metadata for layers using tables with overviews', function(done) {
+        var sql = 'SELECT * FROM test_table_overviews';
+        var cartocss = '#layer { marker-fill: black; }';
+        var cartocss_version = '2.3.0';
+        var layer_without_overviews = {
+            type: 'cartodb',
+            options: {
+                sql: sql,
+                cartocss: cartocss,
+                cartocss_version: cartocss_version
+            }
+        };
+
+        mapConfigOverviewsAdapter.getLayers('localhost', [layer_without_overviews], function(err, layers) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            assert.equal(layers.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].type, 'cartodb');
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.sql, sql);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.cartocss, cartocss);
+            assert.equal(layers[0].options.cartocss_version, cartocss_version);
+            assert.ok(layers[0].options.query_rewrite_data);
+            var expected_data = {
+              overviews: {
+                test_table_overviews: {
+                  1: { table: '_vovw_1_test_table_overviews' },
+                  2: { table: '_vovw_2_test_table_overviews' }
+                }
+              }
+            };
+            assert.deepEqual(layers[0].options.query_rewrite_data, expected_data);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/overviews-metadata-api.js b/test/integration/overviews-metadata-api.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c054d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/overviews-metadata-api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+require('../support/test_helper');
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');
+var cartodbRedis = require('cartodb-redis');
+
+var PgConnection = require('../../lib/cartodb/backends/pg_connection');
+var PgQueryRunner = require('../../lib/cartodb/backends/pg_query_runner');
+var QueryTablesApi = require('../../lib/cartodb/api/query_tables_api');
+var OverviewsMetadataApi = require('../../lib/cartodb/api/overviews_metadata_api');
+
+
+describe('OverviewsMetadataApi', function() {
+
+    var queryTablesApi, overviewsMetadataApi;
+
+    before(function() {
+        var redisPool = new RedisPool(global.environment.redis);
+        var metadataBackend = cartodbRedis({pool: redisPool});
+        var pgConnection = new PgConnection(metadataBackend);
+        var pgQueryRunner = new PgQueryRunner(pgConnection);
+        queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi(pgQueryRunner);
+        overviewsMetadataApi = new OverviewsMetadataApi(pgQueryRunner);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an empty relation for tables that have no overviews', function(done) {
+        var query = 'select * from test_table';
+        overviewsMetadataApi.getOverviewsMetadata('localhost', query, function(err, result) {
+            assert.ok(!err, err);
+
+            assert.deepEqual(result, {});
+
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should return overviews metadata', function(done) {
+        var query = 'select * from test_table_overviews';
+        overviewsMetadataApi.getOverviewsMetadata('localhost', query, function(err, result) {
+            assert.ok(!err, err);
+
+            assert.deepEqual(result, {
+                'test_table_overviews': {
+                  1: { table: '_vovw_1_test_table_overviews' },
+                  2: { table: '_vovw_2_test_table_overviews' }
+                }
+            });
+
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+});
diff --git a/test/support/prepare_db.sh b/test/support/prepare_db.sh
index 8ade522f..10b34830 100755
--- a/test/support/prepare_db.sh
+++ b/test/support/prepare_db.sh
@@ -79,19 +79,12 @@ if test x"$PREPARE_PGSQL" = xyes; then
     psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 ${TEST_DB} || exit 1
 
   psql -c "CREATE LANGUAGE plpythonu;" ${TEST_DB}
-  curl -L -s https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb-postgresql/raw/master/scripts-available/CDB_QueryStatements.sql -o sql/CDB_QueryStatements.sql
-  curl -L -s https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb-postgresql/raw/master/scripts-available/CDB_QueryTables.sql -o sql/CDB_QueryTables.sql
-  curl -L -s https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb-postgresql/raw/master/scripts-available/CDB_TableMetadata.sql -o sql/CDB_TableMetadata.sql
-  curl -L -s https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb-postgresql/raw/master/scripts-available/CDB_ForeignTable.sql -o sql/CDB_ForeignTable.sql
-  cat sql/CDB_QueryStatements.sql |
-      psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 ${TEST_DB} || exit 1
-  cat sql/CDB_QueryTables.sql |
-      psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 ${TEST_DB} || exit 1
-  cat sql/CDB_TableMetadata.sql|
-    psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 ${TEST_DB} || exit 1
-  cat sql/CDB_ForeignTable.sql|sed -e 's/cartodb\./public./g' \
-                                   -e "s/''cartodb''/''public''/g" |
-      psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 ${TEST_DB} || exit 1
+  for i in CDB_QueryStatements CDB_QueryTables CDB_CartodbfyTable CDB_TableMetadata CDB_ForeignTable CDB_UserTables CDB_ColumnNames CDB_ZoomFromScale CDB_Overviews
+  do
+    curl -L -s https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb-postgresql/raw/master/scripts-available/$i.sql -o sql/$i.sql
+    cat sql/$i.sql | sed -e 's/cartodb\./public./g' -e "s/''cartodb''/''public''/g" \
+        | psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 ${TEST_DB} || exit 1
+  done
 
 fi
 
diff --git a/test/support/sql/CDB_QueryStatements.sql b/test/support/sql/CDB_QueryStatements.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index bb4d10cf..00000000
--- a/test/support/sql/CDB_QueryStatements.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
--- Return an array of statements found in the given query text
---
--- Regexp curtesy of Hubert Lubaczewski (depesz)
--- Implemented in plpython for performance reasons
---
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CDB_QueryStatements(query text) 
-RETURNS SETOF TEXT AS $$
-  import re
-  pat = re.compile( r'''((?:[^'"$;]+|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|(\$[^$]*\$).*?\2)+)''', re.DOTALL )
-  for match in pat.findall(query):
-    cleaned = match[0].strip()
-    if ( cleaned ):
-      yield cleaned
-$$ language 'plpythonu' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
diff --git a/test/support/sql/CDB_QueryTables.sql b/test/support/sql/CDB_QueryTables.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index c7cfa64b..00000000
--- a/test/support/sql/CDB_QueryTables.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
--- Return an array of table names scanned by a given query
---
--- Requires PostgreSQL 9.x+
---
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CDB_QueryTablesText(query text)
-RETURNS text[]
-AS $$
-DECLARE
-  exp XML;
-  tables text[];
-  rec RECORD;
-  rec2 RECORD;
-BEGIN
-  
-  tables := '{}';
-
-  FOR rec IN SELECT CDB_QueryStatements(query) q LOOP
-
-    IF NOT ( rec.q ilike 'select%' or rec.q ilike 'with%' ) THEN
-        --RAISE WARNING 'Skipping %', rec.q;
-        CONTINUE;
-    END IF;
-
-    BEGIN
-      EXECUTE 'EXPLAIN (FORMAT XML, VERBOSE) ' || rec.q INTO STRICT exp;
-    EXCEPTION WHEN others THEN
-      -- TODO: if error is 'relation "xxxxxx" does not exist', take xxxxxx as
-      --       the affected table ?
-      RAISE WARNING 'CDB_QueryTables cannot explain query: % (%: %)', rec.q, SQLSTATE, SQLERRM;
-      RAISE EXCEPTION '%', SQLERRM;
-      CONTINUE;
-    END;
-
-    -- Now need to extract all values of <Relation-Name>
-
-    -- RAISE DEBUG 'Explain: %', exp;
-
-    FOR rec2 IN WITH
-      inp AS (
-        SELECT
-          xpath('//x:Relation-Name/text()', exp, ARRAY[ARRAY['x', 'http://www.postgresql.org/2009/explain']]) as x,
-          xpath('//x:Relation-Name/../x:Schema/text()', exp, ARRAY[ARRAY['x', 'http://www.postgresql.org/2009/explain']]) as s
-      )
-      SELECT unnest(x)::text as p, unnest(s)::text as sc from inp
-    LOOP
-      -- RAISE DEBUG 'tab: %', rec2.p;
-      -- RAISE DEBUG 'sc: %', rec2.sc;
-      tables := array_append(tables, format('%s.%s', quote_ident(rec2.sc), quote_ident(rec2.p)));
-    END LOOP;
-
-    -- RAISE DEBUG 'Tables: %', tables;
-
-  END LOOP;
-
-  -- RAISE DEBUG 'Tables: %', tables;
-
-  -- Remove duplicates and sort by name
-  IF array_upper(tables, 1) > 0 THEN
-    WITH dist as ( SELECT DISTINCT unnest(tables)::text as p ORDER BY p )
-       SELECT array_agg(p) from dist into tables;
-  END IF;
-
-  --RAISE DEBUG 'Tables: %', tables;
-
-  return tables;
-END
-$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE STRICT;
-
-
--- Keep CDB_QueryTables with same signature for backwards compatibility.
--- It should probably be removed in the future.
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CDB_QueryTables(query text)
-RETURNS name[]
-AS $$
-BEGIN
-  RETURN CDB_QueryTablesText(query)::name[];
-END
-$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE STRICT;
diff --git a/test/support/sql/windshaft.test.sql b/test/support/sql/windshaft.test.sql
index d72c748e..8a01903b 100644
--- a/test/support/sql/windshaft.test.sql
+++ b/test/support/sql/windshaft.test.sql
@@ -238,3 +238,97 @@ CREATE INDEX test_big_poly_the_geom_webmercator_idx ON test_big_poly USING gist
 
 GRANT ALL ON TABLE test_big_poly TO :TESTUSER;
 GRANT SELECT ON TABLE test_big_poly TO :PUBLICUSER;
+
+-- table with overviews
+
+CREATE TABLE test_table_overviews (
+    updated_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now(),
+    created_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now(),
+    cartodb_id integer NOT NULL,
+    name character varying,
+    address character varying,
+    the_geom geometry,
+    the_geom_webmercator geometry,
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_dims_the_geom CHECK ((st_ndims(the_geom) = 2)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_dims_the_geom_webmercator CHECK ((st_ndims(the_geom_webmercator) = 2)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom CHECK (((geometrytype(the_geom) = 'POINT'::text) OR (the_geom IS NULL))),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom_webmercator CHECK (((geometrytype(the_geom_webmercator) = 'POINT'::text) OR (the_geom_webmercator IS NULL))),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_srid_the_geom CHECK ((st_srid(the_geom) = 4326)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_srid_the_geom_webmercator CHECK ((st_srid(the_geom_webmercator) = 3857))
+);
+
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE test_table_overviews TO :TESTUSER;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE test_table_overviews TO :PUBLICUSER;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE test_table_overviews_cartodb_id_seq
+    START WITH 1
+    INCREMENT BY 1
+    NO MINVALUE
+    NO MAXVALUE
+    CACHE 1;
+
+ALTER SEQUENCE test_table_overviews_cartodb_id_seq OWNED BY test_table_overviews.cartodb_id;
+
+SELECT pg_catalog.setval('test_table_overviews_cartodb_id_seq', 60, true);
+
+ALTER TABLE test_table_overviews ALTER COLUMN cartodb_id SET DEFAULT nextval('test_table_overviews_cartodb_id_seq'::regclass);
+
+INSERT INTO test_table_overviews VALUES
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.314252', 1, 'Hawai', 'Calle de Pérez Galdós 9, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E6100000A6B73F170D990DC064E8D84125364440', '0101000020110F000076491621312319C122D4663F1DCC5241'),
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.319101', 2, 'El Estocolmo', 'Calle de la Palma 72, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E6100000C90567F0F7AB0DC0AB07CC43A6364440', '0101000020110F0000C4356B29423319C15DD1092DADCC5241'),
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.324', 3, 'El Rey del Tallarín', 'Plaza Conde de Toreno 2, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E610000021C8410933AD0DC0CB0EF10F5B364440', '0101000020110F000053E71AC64D3419C10F664E4659CC5241'),
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.329509', 4, 'El Lacón', 'Manuel Fernández y González 8, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E6100000BC5983F755990DC07D923B6C22354440', '0101000020110F00005DACDB056F2319C1EC41A980FCCA5241'),
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.334931', 5, 'El Pico', 'Calle Divino Pastor 12, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E61000003B6D8D08C6A10DC0371B2B31CF364440', '0101000020110F00005F716E91992A19C17DAAA4D6DACC5241');
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY test_table_overviews ADD CONSTRAINT test_table_overviews_pkey PRIMARY KEY (cartodb_id);
+
+CREATE INDEX test_table_overviews_the_geom_idx ON test_table_overviews USING gist (the_geom);
+CREATE INDEX test_table_overviews_the_geom_webmercator_idx ON test_table_overviews USING gist (the_geom_webmercator);
+
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE test_table_overviews TO :TESTUSER;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE test_table_overviews TO :PUBLICUSER;
+
+CREATE TABLE _vovw_1_test_table_overviews (
+    updated_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now(),
+    created_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now(),
+    cartodb_id integer NOT NULL,
+    name character varying,
+    address character varying,
+    the_geom geometry,
+    the_geom_webmercator geometry,
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_dims_the_geom CHECK ((st_ndims(the_geom) = 2)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_dims_the_geom_webmercator CHECK ((st_ndims(the_geom_webmercator) = 2)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom CHECK (((geometrytype(the_geom) = 'POINT'::text) OR (the_geom IS NULL))),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom_webmercator CHECK (((geometrytype(the_geom_webmercator) = 'POINT'::text) OR (the_geom_webmercator IS NULL))),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_srid_the_geom CHECK ((st_srid(the_geom) = 4326)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_srid_the_geom_webmercator CHECK ((st_srid(the_geom_webmercator) = 3857))
+);
+
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE _vovw_1_test_table_overviews TO :TESTUSER;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE _vovw_1_test_table_overviews TO :PUBLICUSER;
+
+CREATE TABLE _vovw_2_test_table_overviews (
+    updated_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now(),
+    created_at timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now(),
+    cartodb_id integer NOT NULL,
+    name character varying,
+    address character varying,
+    the_geom geometry,
+    the_geom_webmercator geometry,
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_dims_the_geom CHECK ((st_ndims(the_geom) = 2)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_dims_the_geom_webmercator CHECK ((st_ndims(the_geom_webmercator) = 2)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom CHECK (((geometrytype(the_geom) = 'POINT'::text) OR (the_geom IS NULL))),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom_webmercator CHECK (((geometrytype(the_geom_webmercator) = 'POINT'::text) OR (the_geom_webmercator IS NULL))),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_srid_the_geom CHECK ((st_srid(the_geom) = 4326)),
+    CONSTRAINT enforce_srid_the_geom_webmercator CHECK ((st_srid(the_geom_webmercator) = 3857))
+);
+
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE _vovw_2_test_table_overviews TO :TESTUSER;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE _vovw_2_test_table_overviews TO :PUBLICUSER;
+
+INSERT INTO _vovw_2_test_table_overviews VALUES
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.314252', 1, 'Hawai', 'Calle de Pérez Galdós 9, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E610000000000000000020C00000000000004440', '0101000020110F000076491621312319C122D4663F1DCC5241'),
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.319101', 2, 'El Estocolmo', 'Calle de la Palma 72, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E610000000000000009431C026043C75E7224340', '0101000020110F0000C4356B29423319C15DD1092DADCC5241');
+
+INSERT INTO _vovw_1_test_table_overviews VALUES
+('2011-09-21 14:02:21.358706', '2011-09-21 14:02:21.314252', 1, 'Hawai', 'Calle de Pérez Galdós 9, Madrid, Spain', '0101000020E610000000000000000020C00000000000004440', '0101000020110F000076491621312319C122D4663F1DCC5241');
diff --git a/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js b/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9adbe031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/cartodb/overviews_query_rewriter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,429 @@
+require('../../support/test_helper');
+
+var assert           = require('assert');
+var OverviewsQueryRewriter = require('../../../lib/cartodb/utils/overviews_query_rewriter');
+var overviewsQueryRewriter = new OverviewsQueryRewriter({
+  zoom_level: 'ZoomLevel()'
+});
+
+function normalize_whitespace(txt) {
+  return txt.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
+// compare SQL statements ignoring whitespace
+function assertSameSql(sql1, sql2) {
+    assert.equal(normalize_whitespace(sql1), normalize_whitespace(sql2));
+}
+
+describe('Overviews query rewriter', function() {
+
+  it('does not alter queries if no overviews data is present', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1";
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, {});
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, { overviews: {} });
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+
+  it('does not alter queries which don\'t use overviews', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table2: {
+              0: { table: 'table2_ov0' },
+              1: { table: 'table2_ov1' },
+              4: { table: 'table2_ov4' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  // jshint multistr:true
+
+  it('generates query with single overview layer for level 0', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              0: { table: 'table1_ov0' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov0, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 0\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 0\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query with single overview layer for level >0', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query with multiple overview layers for all levels up to N', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              0: { table: 'table1_ov0' },
+              1: { table: 'table1_ov1' },
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' },
+              3: { table: 'table1_ov3' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov0, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 0\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 1\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov3, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 3\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 3\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query with multiple overview layers for random levels', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              0: { table: 'table1_ov0' },
+              1: { table: 'table1_ov1' },
+              6: { table: 'table1_ov6' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov0, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 0\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z = 1\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov6, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 1 AND _vovw_z <= 6\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 6\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query for a table with explicit schema', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM public.table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            'public.table1': {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM public.table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM public.table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query for a table with explicit schema in the overviews info', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM public.table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            'public.table1': {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM public.table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM public.table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query for a table that needs quoting with explicit schema', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM public.\"table 1\"";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            'public."table 1"': {
+              2: { table: '"table 1_ov2"' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          \"_vovw_table 1\" AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM public.\"table 1_ov2\", _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM public.\"table 1\", _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM \"_vovw_table 1\"\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query for a table with explicit schema that needs quoting', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM \"user-1\".table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            '"user-1".table1': {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM \"user-1\".table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM \"user-1\".table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+
+  it('generates query for a table with explicit schema both needing quoting', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM \"user-1\".\"table 1\"";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            '"user-1"."table 1"': {
+              2: { table: '"table 1_ov2"' }
+
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          \"_vovw_table 1\" AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM \"user-1\".\"table 1_ov2\", _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM \"user-1\".\"table 1\", _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT * FROM \"_vovw_table 1\"\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+
+  it('generates query using overviews for queries with selected columns', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT column1, column2, column3 FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT column1, column2, column3 FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query using overviews for queries with selected columns and all columns', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT table1.*, column1, column2, column3 FROM table1";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT _vovw_table1.*, column1, column2, column3 FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query using overviews for queries with a semicolon', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT table1.*, column1, column2, column3 FROM table1;";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT _vovw_table1.*, column1, column2, column3 FROM _vovw_table1;\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('generates query using overviews for queries with extra whitespace', function(done){
+    var sql = "  SELECT  table1.* , column1,column2,  column3 FROM  table1  ";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    var expected_sql = "\
+        WITH\
+          _vovw_scale AS ( SELECT ZoomLevel() AS _vovw_z ),\
+          _vovw_table1 AS (\
+            SELECT * FROM table1_ov2, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z <= 2\
+            UNION ALL\
+            SELECT * FROM table1, _vovw_scale WHERE _vovw_z > 2\
+          )\
+        SELECT _vovw_table1.* , column1,column2, column3 FROM _vovw_table1\
+    ";
+    assertSameSql(overviews_sql, expected_sql);
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('does not alter queries which have not the simple supported form', function(done){
+    var sql = "SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE column1='x'";
+    var data = {
+        overviews: {
+            table1: {
+              2: { table: 'table1_ov2' }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "SELECT * FROM table1 JOIN table2 ON (table1.col1=table2.col1)";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "SELECT a+b AS c FROM table1";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "SELECT f(a) AS b FROM table1";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "SELECT * FROM table1 AS x";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "WITH a AS (1) SELECT * FROM table1";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE a=1";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    sql = "\
+        SELECT table1.* FROM table1 \
+               JOIN areas ON ST_Intersects(table1.the_geom, areas.the_geom) \
+               WHERE areas.name='A' \
+          ";
+    overviews_sql = overviewsQueryRewriter.query(sql, data);
+    assert.equal(overviews_sql, sql);
+
+    done();
+  });
+
+
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/cartodb/table_name_parser.js b/test/unit/cartodb/table_name_parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c08ebd8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/cartodb/table_name_parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+require('../../support/test_helper');
+
+var assert        = require('assert');
+var TableNameParser     = require('../../../lib/cartodb/utils/table_name_parser');
+
+describe('TableNameParser', function() {
+
+  it('parses table names with scheme and quotes', function(done){
+
+      var test_cases = [
+        ['xyz',             { schema: null,       table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"xyz"',           { schema: null,       table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"xy z"',          { schema: null,       table: 'xy z' }],
+        ['"xy.z"',          { schema: null,       table: 'xy.z' }],
+        ['"x.y.z"',         { schema: null,       table: 'x.y.z' }],
+        ['abc.xyz',         { schema: 'abc',      table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"abc".xyz',       { schema: 'abc',      table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['abc."xyz"',       { schema: 'abc',      table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"abc"."xyz"',     { schema: 'abc',      table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"a bc"."x yz"',   { schema: 'a bc',     table: 'x yz' }],
+        ['"a bc".xyz',      { schema: 'a bc',     table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"a.bc".xyz',      { schema: 'a.bc',     table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"a.b.c".xyz',     { schema: 'a.b.c',    table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"a.b.c.".xyz',    { schema: 'a.b.c.',   table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"a""bc".xyz',     { schema: 'a"bc',     table: 'xyz' }],
+        ['"a""bc"."x""yz"', { schema: 'a"bc',     table: 'x"yz' }],
+      ];
+
+      test_cases.forEach(function(test_case) {
+          var table_name = test_case[0];
+          var expected_result = test_case[1];
+          var result = TableNameParser.parse(table_name);
+          assert.deepEqual(result, expected_result);
+      });
+      done();
+  });
+
+  it('quotes identifiers that need quoting', function(done){
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x yz'), '"x yz"');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x-yz'), '"x-yz"');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x.yz'), '"x.yz"');
+      done();
+  });
+
+  it('doubles quotes', function(done){
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x"yz'), '"x""yz"');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x"y"z'), '"x""y""z"');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x""y"z'), '"x""""y""z"');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x "yz'), '"x ""yz"');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x"y-y"z'), '"x""y-y""z"');
+      done();
+  });
+
+  it('does not quote identifiers that don\'t need to be quoted', function(done){
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('xyz'), 'xyz');
+      assert.equal(TableNameParser.quote('x_z123'), 'x_z123');
+      done();
+  });
+
+});