Updating how aliasing is handled.

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

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export default class AliasTables {
       }
       json.meta.tables = aliasedTables
     }
-    json.endpoint.alias = this.getAlias(json.endpoint.entityId)
+    json.tableAliases = this.tableAliases
     const response = await getDatasourceAndQuery(json)
     return this.reverse(response)
   }

packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts

@@ -129,8 +129,13 @@ class InternalBuilder {
   addFilters(
     query: KnexQuery,
     filters: SearchFilters | undefined,
-    opts: { relationship?: boolean; tableName?: string }
+    tableName: string,
+    opts: { aliases?: Record<string, string>; relationship?: boolean }
   ): KnexQuery {
+    function getTableName(name: string) {
+      const alias = opts.aliases?.[name]
+      return alias || name
+    }
     function iterate(
       structure: { [key: string]: any },
       fn: (key: string, value: any) => void
@@ -139,10 +144,11 @@ class InternalBuilder {
         const updatedKey = dbCore.removeKeyNumbering(key)
         const isRelationshipField = updatedKey.includes(".")
         if (!opts.relationship && !isRelationshipField) {
-          fn(`${opts.tableName}.${updatedKey}`, value)
+          fn(`${getTableName(tableName)}.${updatedKey}`, value)
         }
         if (opts.relationship && isRelationshipField) {
-          fn(updatedKey, value)
+          const [filterTableName, property] = updatedKey.split(".")
+          fn(`${getTableName(filterTableName)}.${property}`, value)
         }
       }
     }
@@ -345,17 +351,15 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     query: KnexQuery,
     fromTable: string,
     relationships: RelationshipsJson[] | undefined,
-    schema: string | undefined
+    schema: string | undefined,
+    aliases?: Record<string, string>
   ): KnexQuery {
     if (!relationships) {
       return query
     }
     const tableSets: Record<string, [RelationshipsJson]> = {}
-    // add up all aliases
-    let aliases: Record<string, string> = {}
     // aggregate into table sets (all the same to tables)
     for (let relationship of relationships) {
-      aliases = { ...aliases, ...relationship.aliases }
       const keyObj: { toTable: string; throughTable: string | undefined } = {
         toTable: relationship.tableName,
         throughTable: undefined,
@@ -372,9 +376,9 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     }
     for (let [key, relationships] of Object.entries(tableSets)) {
       const { toTable, throughTable } = JSON.parse(key)
-      const toAlias = aliases[toTable] || toTable,
+      const toAlias = aliases?.[toTable] || toTable,
-        throughAlias = aliases[throughTable] || throughTable,
+        throughAlias = aliases?.[throughTable] || throughTable,
-        fromAlias = aliases[fromTable] || fromTable
+        fromAlias = aliases?.[fromTable] || fromTable
       let toTableWithSchema = this.tableNameWithSchema(toTable, {
         alias: toAlias,
         schema,
@@ -423,22 +427,23 @@ class InternalBuilder {
 
   knexWithAlias(
     knex: Knex,
-    endpoint: { entityId: string; alias?: string; schema?: string }
+    endpoint: QueryJson["endpoint"],
-  ): { query: KnexQuery; aliased: string } {
+    aliases?: QueryJson["tableAliases"]
+  ): KnexQuery {
     const tableName = endpoint.entityId
-    const alias = endpoint.alias
+    const tableAliased = aliases?.[tableName]
-    const aliased = alias ? alias : tableName
+      ? `${tableName} as ${aliases?.[tableName]}`
-    const tableAliased = alias ? `${tableName} as ${alias}` : tableName
+      : tableName
     let query = knex(tableAliased)
     if (endpoint.schema) {
       query = query.withSchema(endpoint.schema)
     }
-    return { query, aliased }
+    return query
   }
 
   create(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson, opts: QueryOptions): KnexQuery {
     const { endpoint, body } = json
-    let { query } = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
+    let query = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
     const parsedBody = parseBody(body)
     // make sure no null values in body for creation
     for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(parsedBody)) {
@@ -457,7 +462,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
 
   bulkCreate(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson): KnexQuery {
     const { endpoint, body } = json
-    let { query } = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
+    let query = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
     if (!Array.isArray(body)) {
       return query
     }
@@ -466,8 +471,10 @@ class InternalBuilder {
   }
 
   read(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson, limit: number): KnexQuery {
-    let { endpoint, resource, filters, paginate, relationships } = json
+    let { endpoint, resource, filters, paginate, relationships, tableAliases } =
+      json
 
+    const tableName = endpoint.entityId
     // select all if not specified
     if (!resource) {
       resource = { fields: [] }
@@ -493,19 +500,20 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     }
     // start building the query
 
-    let { query, aliased } = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
+    let query = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint, tableAliases)
     query = query.limit(foundLimit)
     if (foundOffset) {
       query = query.offset(foundOffset)
     }
-    query = this.addFilters(query, filters, { tableName: aliased })
+    query = this.addFilters(query, filters, tableName, {
+      aliases: tableAliases,
+    })
     // add sorting to pre-query
     query = this.addSorting(query, json)
-    // @ts-ignore
+    const alias = tableAliases?.[tableName] || tableName
-    let preQuery: KnexQuery = knex({
+    let preQuery = knex({
-      // @ts-ignore
+      [alias]: query,
-      [aliased]: query,
+    } as any).select(selectStatement) as any
-    }).select(selectStatement)
     // have to add after as well (this breaks MS-SQL)
     if (this.client !== SqlClient.MS_SQL) {
       preQuery = this.addSorting(preQuery, json)
@@ -513,18 +521,24 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     // handle joins
     query = this.addRelationships(
       preQuery,
-      aliased,
+      tableName,
       relationships,
-      endpoint.schema
+      endpoint.schema,
+      tableAliases
     )
-    return this.addFilters(query, filters, { relationship: true })
+    return this.addFilters(query, filters, tableName, {
+      relationship: true,
+      aliases: tableAliases,
+    })
   }
 
   update(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson, opts: QueryOptions): KnexQuery {
-    const { endpoint, body, filters } = json
+    const { endpoint, body, filters, tableAliases } = json
-    let { query, aliased } = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
+    let query = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint, tableAliases)
     const parsedBody = parseBody(body)
-    query = this.addFilters(query, filters, { tableName: aliased })
+    query = this.addFilters(query, filters, endpoint.entityId, {
+      aliases: tableAliases,
+    })
     // mysql can't use returning
     if (opts.disableReturning) {
       return query.update(parsedBody)
@@ -534,9 +548,11 @@ class InternalBuilder {
   }
 
   delete(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson, opts: QueryOptions): KnexQuery {
-    const { endpoint, filters } = json
+    const { endpoint, filters, tableAliases } = json
-    let { query, aliased } = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint)
+    let query = this.knexWithAlias(knex, endpoint, tableAliases)
-    query = this.addFilters(query, filters, { tableName: aliased })
+    query = this.addFilters(query, filters, endpoint.entityId, {
+      aliases: tableAliases,
+    })
     // mysql can't use returning
     if (opts.disableReturning) {
       return query.delete()

packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-const Sql = require("../base/sql").default
+import { SqlClient } from "../utils"
-const { SqlClient } = require("../utils")
+import Sql from "../base/sql"
+import { QueryJson } from "@budibase/types"
+import { join } from "path"
 
 const TABLE_NAME = "test"
 
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ function generateReadJson({
   filters,
   sort,
   paginate,
-}: any = {}) {
+}: any = {}): QueryJson {
   return {
     endpoint: endpoint(table || TABLE_NAME, "READ"),
     resource: {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ function generateReadJson({
       table: {
         name: table || TABLE_NAME,
         primary: ["id"],
-      },
+      } as any,
     },
   }
 }
@@ -687,102 +689,12 @@ describe("SQL query builder", () => {
 describe("Captures of real examples", () => {
   const limit = 5000
 
-  it("should handle filtering by relationship", () => {
+  function getJson(name: string): QueryJson {
-    const queryJson = {
+    return require(join(__dirname, "sqlQueryJson", name)) as QueryJson
-      endpoint: {
-        datasourceId: "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7",
-        entityId: "products",
-        operation: "READ",
-        alias: "a",
-      },
-      resource: {
-        fields: [
-          "a.productname",
-          "a.productid",
-          "b.executorid",
-          "b.taskname",
-          "b.taskid",
-          "b.completed",
-          "b.qaid",
-        ],
-      },
-      filters: {
-        equal: {
-          "1:tasks.taskname": "assembling",
-        },
-        onEmptyFilter: "all",
-      },
-      sort: {
-        productname: {
-          direction: "ASCENDING",
-        },
-      },
-      paginate: {
-        limit: 100,
-        page: 1,
-      },
-      relationships: [
-        {
-          tableName: "tasks",
-          column: "tasks",
-          through: "products_tasks",
-          from: "productid",
-          to: "taskid",
-          fromPrimary: "productid",
-          toPrimary: "taskid",
-          aliases: {
-            products_tasks: "c",
-            tasks: "b",
-            products: "a",
-          },
-        },
-      ],
-      meta: {
-        table: {
-          type: "table",
-          _id: "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7__products",
-          primary: ["productid"],
-          name: "a",
-          schema: {
-            productname: {
-              type: "string",
-              externalType: "character varying",
-              autocolumn: false,
-              name: "productname",
-              constraints: {
-                presence: false,
-              },
-            },
-            productid: {
-              type: "number",
-              externalType: "integer",
-              autocolumn: true,
-              name: "productid",
-              constraints: {
-                presence: false,
-              },
-            },
-            tasks: {
-              tableId:
-                "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7__tasks",
-              name: "tasks",
-              relationshipType: "many-to-many",
-              fieldName: "taskid",
-              through:
-                "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7__products_tasks",
-              throughFrom: "taskid",
-              throughTo: "productid",
-              type: "link",
-              main: true,
-              _id: "ca6862d9ba09146dd8a68e3b5b7055a09",
-            },
-          },
-          sourceId: "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7",
-          sourceType: "external",
-          primaryDisplay: "productname",
-        },
-      },
   }
+
+  it("should handle filtering by relationship", () => {
+    const queryJson = getJson(`filterByRelationship.json`)
     let query = new Sql(SqlClient.POSTGRES, limit)._query(queryJson)
     expect(query).toEqual({
       bindings: [100, "assembling", limit],

packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sqlQueryJson/filterByRelationship.json

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+  "endpoint": {
+    "datasourceId": "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7",
+    "entityId": "products",
+    "operation": "READ"
+  },
+  "resource": {
+    "fields": [
+      "a.productname",
+      "a.productid",
+      "b.executorid",
+      "b.taskname",
+      "b.taskid",
+      "b.completed",
+      "b.qaid"
+    ]
+  },
+  "filters": {
+    "equal": {
+      "1:tasks.taskname": "assembling"
+    },
+    "onEmptyFilter": "all"
+  },
+  "sort": {
+    "productname": {
+      "direction": "ASCENDING"
+    }
+  },
+  "paginate": {
+    "limit": 100,
+    "page": 1
+  },
+  "relationships": [
+    {
+      "tableName": "tasks",
+      "column": "tasks",
+      "through": "products_tasks",
+      "from": "productid",
+      "to": "taskid",
+      "fromPrimary": "productid",
+      "toPrimary": "taskid"
+    }
+  ],
+  "tableAliases": {
+    "products_tasks": "c",
+    "tasks": "b",
+    "products": "a"
+  },
+  "meta": {
+    "table": {
+      "type": "table",
+      "_id": "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7__products",
+      "primary": [
+        "productid"
+      ],
+      "name": "a",
+      "schema": {
+        "productname": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "externalType": "character varying",
+          "autocolumn": false,
+          "name": "productname",
+          "constraints": {
+            "presence": false
+          }
+        },
+        "productid": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "externalType": "integer",
+          "autocolumn": true,
+          "name": "productid",
+          "constraints": {
+            "presence": false
+          }
+        },
+        "tasks": {
+          "tableId": "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7__tasks",
+          "name": "tasks",
+          "relationshipType": "many-to-many",
+          "fieldName": "taskid",
+          "through": "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7__products_tasks",
+          "throughFrom": "taskid",
+          "throughTo": "productid",
+          "type": "link",
+          "main": true,
+          "_id": "ca6862d9ba09146dd8a68e3b5b7055a09"
+        }
+      },
+      "sourceId": "datasource_plus_8066e56456784eb2a00129d31be5c3e7",
+      "sourceType": "external",
+      "primaryDisplay": "productname"
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export interface RelationshipsJson {
   fromPrimary?: string
   toPrimary?: string
   tableName: string
-  aliases?: Record<string, string>
   column: string
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ export interface QueryJson {
   endpoint: {
     datasourceId: string
     entityId: string
-    alias?: string
     operation: Operation
     schema?: string
   }
@@ -96,6 +94,7 @@ export interface QueryJson {
     idFilter?: SearchFilters
   }
   relationships?: RelationshipsJson[]
+  tableAliases?: Record<string, string>
 }
 
 export interface SqlQuery {