From d97b5b1f6c4a67a97bb552835976a4de8d064c75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gani Georgiev <gani.georgiev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:47:22 +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

---
 CHANGELOG.md        | 3 +++
 apis/record_crud.go | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22364c9b..f22d0cb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ## v0.27.2 (WIP)
 
+- Added workers pool when cascade deleting record files to minimize _"thread exhaustion"_ errors ([#6780](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6780)).
+
 - Updated the excerpt modifier to properly account for multibyte characters ([#6778](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6778)).
 
 
+
 ## v0.27.1
 
 - Updated example `geoPoint` API preview body data.
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 {