Changing how counting is processed.

packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ import {
   isManyToMany,
   sqlOutputProcessing,
 } from "./utils"
-import { getDatasourceAndQuery } from "../../../sdk/app/rows/utils"
+import {
+  getDatasourceAndQuery,
+  processRowCountResponse,
+} from "../../../sdk/app/rows/utils"
 import { processObjectSync } from "@budibase/string-templates"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
@@ -670,18 +673,14 @@ export class ExternalRequest<T extends Operation> {
     }
 
     // aliasing can be disabled fully if desired
-    let response
     const aliasing = new sdk.rows.AliasTables(Object.keys(this.tables))
-    // if it's a counting operation there will be no more processing, just return the number
-    if (this.operation === Operation.COUNT) {
-      return (await aliasing.countWithAliasing(
-        json,
-        makeExternalQuery
-      )) as ExternalRequestReturnType<T>
-    } else {
-      response = env.SQL_ALIASING_DISABLE
+    let response = env.SQL_ALIASING_DISABLE
       ? await getDatasourceAndQuery(json)
       : await aliasing.queryWithAliasing(json, makeExternalQuery)
+
+    // if it's a counting operation there will be no more processing, just return the number
+    if (this.operation === Operation.COUNT) {
+      return processRowCountResponse(response) as ExternalRequestReturnType<T>
     }
 
     const responseRows = Array.isArray(response) ? response : []

packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS } from "../../../../db/utils"
 import AliasTables from "../sqlAlias"
 import { outputProcessing } from "../../../../utilities/rowProcessor"
 import pick from "lodash/pick"
+import { processRowCountResponse } from "../utils"
 
 const builder = new sql.Sql(SqlClient.SQL_LITE)
 
@@ -141,10 +142,11 @@ async function runSqlQuery(
     const db = context.getAppDB()
     return await db.sql<Row>(sql, bindings)
   }
+  const response = await alias.queryWithAliasing(json, processSQLQuery)
   if (opts?.countTotalRows) {
-    return await alias.countWithAliasing(json, processSQLQuery)
+    return processRowCountResponse(response)
   } else {
-    return await alias.queryWithAliasing(json, processSQLQuery)
+    return response
   }
 }
 

packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/sqlAlias.ts

@@ -242,19 +242,4 @@ export default class AliasTables {
       return response
     }
   }
-
-  // handles getting the count out of the query
-  async countWithAliasing(
-    json: QueryJson,
-    queryFn: PerformQueryFunction
-  ): Promise<number> {
-    json.endpoint.operation = Operation.COUNT
-    let response = await this.queryWithAliasing(json, queryFn)
-    if (response && response.length === 1 && "total" in response[0]) {
-      const total = response[0].total
-      return typeof total === "number" ? total : parseInt(total)
-    } else {
-      throw new Error("Unable to count rows in query - no count response")
-    }
-  }
 }

packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/utils.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ export function getSQLClient(datasource: Datasource): SqlClient {
   throw new Error("Unable to determine client for SQL datasource")
 }
 
+export function processRowCountResponse(
+  response: DatasourcePlusQueryResponse
+): number {
+  if (response && response.length === 1 && "total" in response[0]) {
+    const total = response[0].total
+    return typeof total === "number" ? total : parseInt(total)
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("Unable to count rows in query - no count response")
+  }
+}
+
 export async function getDatasourceAndQuery(
   json: QueryJson
 ): Promise<DatasourcePlusQueryResponse> {