Stop adding extra tree joins for relationships in QueryBuilder - #8559
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR renames query field parameters, centralizes query-field transformations, decomposes query construction into helpers, and changes tree-rank join caching to use table keys. Call sites and tests now use ChangesQuery execution and join handling
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant QueryView
participant execute
participant build_query
participant QueryConstruct
participant DefaultQueryProcessors
QueryView->>execute: pass query_fields
execute->>build_query: construct query
build_query->>QueryConstruct: build and cache joins
QueryConstruct-->>build_query: return query with fields and joins
build_query-->>execute: return query
execute->>DefaultQueryProcessors: process results
Suggested reviewers: Priority: ➖ Normal Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Some query modes can return incorrect predicate or tree-rank results. These correctness defects should be fixed before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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Full details: Out of Scope Changes checkExplanation The change removes the Full details: Testing InstructionsExplanation The instructions clearly cover the primary tree-join scenario, recordsets, synonyms, QueryBuilder, and Batch Edit. They do not explicitly cover other changed user-facing paths. The PR changes Resolution Add explicit steps and expected results for CSV, KML, Web Portal export, and ephemeral-query execution with tree fields. Add a regression check for relative full-date values and
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The testing instructions weren't ready yet 😅 , but maybe I can use that for the next PR 🚀 |
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In `@specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py`:
- Line 862: Materialize the single-pass query_fields iterable into a list at the
start of execute, before the build_query call, so transform_field_specs and the
later processing loops can all reuse the fields. Preserve the existing behavior
for list and other iterable inputs.
In `@specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/query_construct.py`:
- Line 42: Update the tree-rank cache key in the query construction flow to
include the ORM node or equivalent relationship-path identity alongside table
and TreeRanks. Ensure cached ancestor joins are reused only for the same node
context, preventing relationships such as Determination.taxon and
Determination.preferredTaxon from sharing tree-rank aliases.
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🟠 Major · Pass props.implicit_or to add_fields_to_query. · execution.py:1194-1200
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props.implicit_ortoadd_fields_to_query.This call uses the helper default
True. WhenBuildQueryProps(implicit_or=False)is used, predicates for the same field are still combined withORinstead ofAND. Passuse_implicit_ors=props.implicit_orto preserve the existing query option.Proposed fix
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In `@specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py`:
- Around line 1194-1200: Update the add_fields_to_query call to pass
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Testing instructions
- On Specify
v7.12.1.1, import the aboveToo Many JoinsQuery into the QueryBuilder - Run the Query and ensure an error happens
- In the same database on this branch, import the above
Too Many JoinsQuery into the QueryBuilder (or use the existing Query from the aforementioned step) - Run the Query and ensure no error happens
Query Builder General Testing
- Ensure that Querying within a Recordset still operates as expected
- Ensure that Querying on Synonyms still operates as expected
- Please also do some general testing for the QueryBuilder! You can focus on Queries related to trees.
- Please also do some testing for the Data Set construction when doing Batch Edit on a Query (you do not have to test BatchEdit matching, updating, etc. Just that Data Set has the right columns and right data in the Data Set corresponding to the Query Results)
- Ensure that Querying on Synonyms still operates as expected
- May or may not be relevant but...I wrote up an issue recently highlighting a bug related to queries where determinations would not appear in results when searching by a synonym: #8543
- However, in my testing of this issue, I found that when querying with Search Synonyms scoped via the Query Builder through the navigation menu, fewer results populated compared to running the same query in Record Sets; the two databases I tested on (ojsmnh and auburn) gave results that increased by a multiple of two when queried in Record Sets
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Testing instructions
If needed, the following Query can be imported and used for testing!
It should cause the "to many tables in JOIN" error in most databases that is present in v7.12.1 but should be fixed in this PR:
Too Many Joins.json
- On Specify
v7.12.1.1, import the aboveToo Many JoinsQuery into the QueryBuilder - Run the Query and ensure an error happens
- If an error does not occur, you can add a few more relationships to the Query until it does cause an error
- If any Tree Rank is unmapped, map it to an existing Rank in the database
- In the same database on this branch, import the above
Too Many JoinsQuery into the QueryBuilder (or use the existing Query from the aforementioned step) - Run the Query and ensure no error happens
- (Optional) You can build and use your own Query in place of and/or in addition to the above test. Ensure it causes the "too many tables" error on
v7.12.1.1and does not error on this branch. Some tips for building the Query:- Add as many ranks as possible to a Taxon tree, and/or include more than one Taxon tree in the same Discipline within the Query
- Include at least one mapping to a specific rank of as many Taxon relationships as possible:
- Determination -> taxon
- Determination -> preferredTaxon
- CollectingEventAttribute -> HostTaxon
Query Builder General Testing
- Ensure that Querying within a Recordset still operates as expected
- Ensure that Querying on Synonyms still operates as expected
- Please also do some general testing for the QueryBuilder! You can focus on Queries related to trees.
- Please also do some testing for the Data Set construction when doing Batch Edit on a Query (you do not have to test BatchEdit matching, updating, etc. Just that Data Set has the right columns and right data in the Data Set corresponding to the Query Results)
The too_many_joins.json file worked as expected when I was on 7.12.1.1 (in the naturakundmuseum database), but I did get the error with another query that I had created when testing this issue originally. When I used this query in this PR, it resulted in the same error, both with and without the NONE SELECTED warning on the a Taxon mapping.
I then ran the too_many_joins.json file in another database (pri) and in 7.12.1.1, the query refused to load, but did eventually give me a 504 Error. My other query gave me the expected error. When I went to this PR's instance, I did not get an issue with either query, so I have no clue if that error was database specific or just a weird quirk.
Just to verify this outcome, I did the test again in another database (ojsmhh), which gave me the 504 error when using too_many_joins.json, but this time wthe second query worked without issue, when I removed the NONE SELECTED error. In this PR, too_many_joins.json worked just fine and the second query worked when I removed the NONE SELECTED error, as expected.
Overall, the Query Builder seems to function just fine in this PR, but I'm not sure if the issue is actually fixed. All of these tests were in mammal-based collections, so that could also have something to do with the issue? Label Query1 Copy.json is the query I used, if that helps in further testing.
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Testing instructions
- Run the Query and ensure an error happens
- Run the Query and ensure no error happens
Query Builder General Testing
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Ensure that Querying within a Recordset still operates as expected
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Ensure that Querying on Synonyms still operates as expected
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Please also do some general testing for the QueryBuilder! You can focus on Queries related to trees.
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Please also do some testing for the Data Set construction when doing Batch Edit on a Query (you do not have to test BatchEdit matching, updating, etc. Just that Data Set has the right columns and right data in the Data Set corresponding to the Query Results)
On 7.12.1.1, the test panel instance got OOM killed, and locally it consumed ~81 GiB of memory before it errored with your query. On this branch it executed fine in ~3 s.
I was able to determine @JDAM2k4's problem on naturkundemuseum, paleocontext was causing the error, which I have experienced before in non-paleo collections. I think this isn't an issue because when I tested in a paleo collection there was no error.
I also encountered @kwhuber's error with synonyms, but since it is now a known issue, I will leave it up to @melton-jason & @kwhuber to determine if it is in the scope of this pr. I did not try to reproduce his last bullet point.
Overall, it looks good, I think if the synonyms get fixed here, even better, but I personally think that can be left for another pr.
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Thank you all for testing! Given the extent of changes that would be needed to be made to get "Search Synonyms" operating as expected, I think it might be best to push those changes to a future milestone assuming this PR hasn't made any changes to the Search Synonyms functionality.
Were those differences in counts also apparent in @JDAM2k4
If you have a local Specify instance, here's how you can get around 504 ErrorsYou can increase the NGINX response timeout limit (see a setting like proxy_read_timeout), or try increasing the amount of resources given to MariaDB (e.g., such as increasing innodb_buffer_pool_size). You could also check the status of the Query and see whether it is finished optimizing or not: see the statement SHOW PROCESSLIST. I tested a copy of each of those databases locally (taken from the test panel around Sept. 21 9:30 AM) and was able to pass the testing instructions of this PR on PRI and OJSMNH with the "Too Many Joins" Query (I did not check naturkundemuseum). See the above comment by @g1rly-c0d3r (#8559 (review)) for why your Query doesn't work on non-paleo/geo collections 👀 |
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Fixes #8529
For a little more background on the Issue, see #8529 (comment).
Specify was adding a significant amount of JOINs to the underlying Query when there was more than one relationship mapped to the same Tree (through ranks that are not
(any rank)).This dramatically limited the number of relationships one could have in a Query when there was more than one relationship mapped to the same Tree through ranks that are not
(any rank).Specifically, Specify would a number of JOINs to a Query equal to the number of ranks in the tree for each relationship mapped to the Tree.
Thus, the more ranks in a tree you had, the more common/egregious this problem if a Query had more than relationship to that tree mapped.
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Testing instructions
If needed, the following Query can be imported and used for testing!
It should cause the "to many tables in JOIN" error in most databases that is present in
v7.12.1but should be fixed in this PR:Too Many Joins.json
v7.12.1.1, import the aboveToo Many JoinsQuery into the QueryBuilderToo Many JoinsQuery into the QueryBuilder (or use the existing Query from the aforementioned step)v7.12.1.1and does not error on this branch. Some tips for building the Query:Query Builder General Testing
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