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Fixed #31657 -- Fixed ordering by attnames of self-referential ForeignKeys.
PR #13033 ↗ · django/django · · merged Jun 10, 2020 · +23 −1 · base a59de6e89e8d
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Self referencing foreign key doesn't correctly order by a relation "_id" field.
Description
Initially discovered on 2.2.10 but verified still happens on 3.0.6. Given the following models:
class OneModel(models.Model):
class Meta:
ordering = ("-id",)
id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True)
root = models.ForeignKey("OneModel", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
oneval = models.BigIntegerField(null=True)
class TwoModel(models.Model):
id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True)
record = models.ForeignKey(OneModel, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
twoval = models.BigIntegerField(null=True)
The following queryset gives unexpected results and appears to be an incorrect SQL query:
qs = TwoModel.objects.filter(record__oneval__in=[1,2,3])
qs = qs.order_by("record__root_id")
print(qs.query)
SELECT "orion_twomodel"."id", "orion_twomodel"."record_id", "orion_twomodel"."twoval" FROM "orion_twomodel" INNER JOIN "orion_onemodel" ON ("orion_twomodel"."record_id" = "orion_onemodel"."id") LEFT OUTER JOIN "orion_onemodel" T3 ON ("orion_onemodel"."root_id" = T3."id") WHERE "orion_onemodel"."oneval" IN (1, 2, 3) ORDER BY T3."id" DESC
The query has an unexpected DESCENDING sort. That appears to come from the default sort order on the OneModel class, but I would expect the order_by() to take prececence. The the query has two JOINS, which is unnecessary. It appears that, since OneModel.root is a foreign key to itself, that is causing it to do the unnecessary extra join. In fact, testing a model where root is a foreign key to a third model doesn't show the problem behavior.
Note also that the queryset with order_by("record__root") gives the exact same SQL.
This queryset gives correct results and what looks like a pretty optimal SQL:
qs = TwoModel.objects.filter(record__oneval__in=[1,2,3])
qs = qs.order_by("record__root__id")
print(qs.query)
SELECT "orion_twomodel"."id", "orion_twomodel"."record_id", "orion_twomodel"."twoval" FROM "orion_twomodel" INNER JOIN "orion_onemodel" ON ("orion_twomodel"."record_id" = "orion_onemodel"."id") WHERE "orion_onemodel"."oneval" IN (1, 2, 3) ORDER BY "orion_onemodel"."root_id" ASC
So is this a potential bug or a misunderstanding on my part?
Another queryset that works around the issue and gives a reasonable SQL query and expected results:
qs = TwoModel.objects.filter(record__oneval__in=[1,2,3])
qs = qs.annotate(root_id=F("record__root_id"))
qs = qs.order_by("root_id")
print(qs.query)
SELECT "orion_twomodel"."id", "orion_twomodel"."record_id", "orion_twomodel"."twoval" FROM "orion_twomodel" INNER JOIN "orion_onemodel" ON ("orion_twomodel"."record_id" = "orion_onemodel"."id") WHERE "orion_onemodel"."oneval" IN (1, 2, 3) ORDER BY "orion_onemodel"."zero_id" ASC
ASCENDING sort, and a single INNER JOIN, as I'd expect. That actually works for my use because I need that output column anyway.
One final oddity; with the original queryset but the inverted sort order_by():
qs = TwoModel.objects.filter(record__oneval__in=[1,2,3])
qs = qs.order_by("-record__root_id")
print(qs.query)
SELECT "orion_twomodel"."id", "orion_twomodel"."record_id", "orion_twomodel"."twoval" FROM "orion_twomodel" INNER JOIN "orion_onemodel" ON ("orion_twomodel"."record_id" = "orion_onemodel"."id") LEFT OUTER JOIN "orion_onemodel" T3 ON ("orion_onemodel"."root_id" = T3."id") WHERE "orion_onemodel"."oneval" IN (1, 2, 3) ORDER BY T3."id" ASC
One gets the query with the two JOINs but an ASCENDING sort order. I was not under the impression that sort orders are somehow relative to the class level sort order, eg: does specifing order_by("-record__root_id") invert the class sort order? Testing that on a simple case doesn't show that behavior at all.
Thanks for any assistance and clarification.
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