From 1a3efe96ac29686992b00f1c3034b699567904e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gani Georgiev <gani.georgiev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:55:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] [#6739] use rowid as count column for non-view collections to
 minimize the need of having the id field as covering index

---
 apis/record_crud.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apis/record_crud.go b/apis/record_crud.go
index dc1f83a6..18aa4d4e 100644
--- a/apis/record_crud.go
+++ b/apis/record_crud.go
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ func recordsList(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 
 	searchProvider := search.NewProvider(fieldsResolver).Query(query)
 
+	// use rowid when available to minimize the need of a covering index with the "id" field
+	if !collection.IsView() {
+		searchProvider.CountCol("_rowid_")
+	}
+
 	records := []*core.Record{}
 	result, err := searchProvider.ParseAndExec(e.Request.URL.Query().Encode(), &records)
 	if err != nil {