diff --git a/app/models/formats/ogr.js b/app/models/formats/ogr.js
index 3e392907..8f6d1992 100644
--- a/app/models/formats/ogr.js
+++ b/app/models/formats/ogr.js
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ OgrFormat.prototype.toOGR = function(options, out_format, out_filename, callback
          + " port=" + dbport
          + " user=" + dbuser
          + " dbname=" + dbname
-         + " password=" + dbpass
-         + " tables=fake" // trick to skip query to geometry_columns (private)
-                          // in turn breaks knowing SRID with gdal-0.10.1:
-                          // http://github.com/CartoDB/CartoDB-SQL-API/issues/110
-         + "",
+         + " password=" + dbpass,
         '-sql', ogrsql
       ];
 
diff --git a/test/acceptance/app.auth.test.js b/test/acceptance/app.auth.test.js
index 83e5d75e..bfcda48c 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/app.auth.test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/app.auth.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ suite('app.auth', function() {
             url: "/api/v1/sql?api_key=1234&q=INSERT%20INTO%20private_table%20(name)%20VALUES%20('app_auth_test1')",
             statusCode: 200
         }
+        ,{
+            desc: 'valid api key should allow delete in protected tables',
+            url: "/api/v1/sql?api_key=1234&q=DELETE%20FROM%20private_table%20WHERE%20name%3d'app_auth_test1'",
+            statusCode: 200
+        }
         ,{
             desc: 'invalid api key should NOT allow insert in protected tables',
             url: "/api/v1/sql?api_key=RAMBO&q=INSERT%20INTO%20private_table%20(name)%20VALUES%20('RAMBO')",
diff --git a/test/acceptance/app.test.js b/test/acceptance/app.test.js
index 77a0e375..94c33137 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/app.test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/app.test.js
@@ -962,7 +962,8 @@ var systemQueriesSuitesToTest = [
             'SELECT * FROM pg_attribute',
             'SELECT * FROM PG_attribute',
             'SELECT * FROM "pg_attribute"',
-            'SELECT a.* FROM untitle_table_4 a,pg_attribute'
+            'SELECT a.* FROM untitle_table_4 a,pg_attribute',
+            'SELECT * FROM geometry_columns'
         ],
         api_key_works: true,
         no_api_key_works: false
diff --git a/test/acceptance/export/kml.js b/test/acceptance/export/kml.js
index 6abcdf4a..d74e600b 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/export/kml.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/export/kml.js
@@ -337,4 +337,53 @@ test('check point coordinates, authenticated', function(done){
     });
 });
 
+    test('expects 1000 placemarks in public table', function(done){
+        var numberOfRowsInPublicTable = 6,
+            seriesLimit = 200,
+            expectedRows = numberOfRowsInPublicTable * seriesLimit;
+
+        assert.response(app, {
+                url: '/api/v1/sql',
+                data: querystring.stringify({
+                    q: "SELECT x, untitle_table_4.* FROM untitle_table_4, generate_series(1," + seriesLimit + ") x",
+                    format: 'kml'
+                }),
+                headers: {host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
+                method: 'POST'
+            },
+            {
+                status: 200
+            },
+            function(res) {
+                assert.equal(res.body.match(/<Placemark>/g).length, expectedRows);
+                done();
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    test('expects 1000 placemarks in private table using the API KEY', function(done){
+        var numberOfRowsInPrivateTable = 5,
+            seriesLimit = 200,
+            expectedRows = numberOfRowsInPrivateTable * seriesLimit;
+
+        assert.response(app, {
+                url: '/api/v1/sql',
+                data: querystring.stringify({
+                    q: "SELECT x, private_table.* FROM private_table, generate_series(1," + seriesLimit + ") x",
+                    api_key: 1234,
+                    format: 'kml'
+                }),
+                headers: {host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
+                method: 'POST'
+            },
+            {
+                status: 200
+            },
+            function(res) {
+                assert.equal(res.body.match(/<Placemark>/g).length, expectedRows);
+                done();
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/test.sql b/test/test.sql
index 7f3f0d76..292e1f49 100644
--- a/test/test.sql
+++ b/test/test.sql
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ GRANT ALL ON TABLE spatial_ref_sys TO :TESTUSER, :PUBLICUSER;
 
 REVOKE ALL ON geometry_columns FROM public;
 GRANT ALL ON geometry_columns TO :TESTUSER;
+GRANT ALL ON geography_columns TO :TESTUSER;
+GRANT ALL ON geometry_columns TO :PUBLICUSER;
+GRANT ALL ON geography_columns TO :PUBLICUSER;
 
 -- For https://github.com/CartoDB/CartoDB-SQL-API/issues/118
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS cpg_test;