Fix for issue with templated apps - some template apps are *very* old and therefore don't necessarily abide by the rules that are generally followed for new apps, this is something we should resolve, but for now adding an option that allows searching for only a specific document type.

packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { Knex, knex } from "knex"
 import * as dbCore from "../db"
-import { isIsoDateString, isValidFilter, getNativeSql } from "./utils"
+import {
+  isIsoDateString,
+  isValidFilter,
+  getNativeSql,
+  isExternalTable,
+} from "./utils"
 import { SqlStatements } from "./sqlStatements"
 import SqlTableQueryBuilder from "./sqlTable"
 import {
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   SqlClient,
   QueryOptions,
   JsonTypes,
+  prefixed,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import environment from "../environment"
 import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
@@ -556,8 +562,15 @@ class InternalBuilder {
   }
 
   read(knex: Knex, json: QueryJson, limit: number): Knex.QueryBuilder {
-    let { endpoint, resource, filters, paginate, relationships, tableAliases } =
-      json
+    let {
+      endpoint,
+      resource,
+      filters,
+      paginate,
+      relationships,
+      tableAliases,
+      meta,
+    } = json
 
     const tableName = endpoint.entityId
     // select all if not specified
@@ -592,6 +605,12 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     query = this.addFilters(query, filters, json.meta.table, {
       aliases: tableAliases,
     })
+
+    // when searching internal tables make sure long looking for rows
+    if (meta.documentType && !isExternalTable(meta.table)) {
+      query.andWhereLike("_id", `${prefixed(meta.documentType)}%`)
+    }
+
     // add sorting to pre-query
     query = this.addSorting(query, json)
     const alias = tableAliases?.[tableName] || tableName

packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  DocumentType,
   FieldType,
   Operation,
   QueryJson,
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ export async function search(
     meta: {
       table,
       tables: allTablesMap,
+      documentType: DocumentType.ROW,
     },
     resource: {
       fields: buildInternalFieldList(table, allTables),

packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Operation, SortDirection } from "./datasources"
-import { Row, Table } from "../documents"
+import { Row, Table, DocumentType } from "../documents"
 import { SortType } from "../api"
 import { Knex } from "knex"
 
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export interface QueryJson {
     table: Table
     tables?: Record<string, Table>
     renamed?: RenameColumn
+    documentType?: DocumentType
   }
   extra?: {
     idFilter?: SearchFilters