Faster track selection diaglog

Use better query to load last_played times along with tracks

app/models.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import (
 
 from sqlalchemy.orm import (
     declarative_base,
+    joinedload,
     relationship,
 )
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import (
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class Playdates(Base):
     __tablename__ = "playdates"
 
     id: int = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
-    lastplayed = Column(DateTime, index=True, default=None)
+    lastplayed: datetime = Column(DateTime, index=True)
     track_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("tracks.id"))
     track: "Tracks" = relationship("Tracks", back_populates="playdates")
 
@@ -638,9 +639,9 @@ class Tracks(Base):
     path: str = Column(String(2048), index=False, nullable=False, unique=True)
     mtime = Column(Float, index=True)
     bitrate = Column(Integer, nullable=True, default=None)
-    playlistrows: PlaylistRows = relationship("PlaylistRows", back_populates="track")
+    playlistrows: List[PlaylistRows] = relationship("PlaylistRows", back_populates="track")
     playlists = association_proxy("playlistrows", "playlist")
-    playdates: Playdates = relationship("Playdates", back_populates="track")
+    playdates: List[Playdates] = relationship("Playdates", back_populates="track")
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return (
@@ -715,15 +716,22 @@ class Tracks(Base):
 
     @classmethod
     def search_titles(cls, session: scoped_session, text: str) -> List["Tracks"]:
-        """Search case-insenstively for titles containing str"""
+        """
+        Search case-insenstively for titles containing str
+
+        The query performs an outer join with 'joinedload' to populate the results
+        from the Playdates table at the same time. unique() needed; see
+        https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/queryguide/relationships.html#joined-eager-loading
+        """
         return (
             session.execute(
                 select(cls)
-                .join(Playdates, isouter=True)
+                .options(joinedload(Tracks.playdates))
                 .where(cls.title.like(f"{text}%"))
                 .group_by(cls.title)
                 .order_by(cls.title)
             )
             .scalars()
+            .unique()
             .all()
         )

app/musicmuster.py

@@ -1937,7 +1937,9 @@ class DbDialog(QDialog):
             return
 
         if track:
-            self.musicmuster.visible_playlist_tab().insert_track(self.session, track, note)
+            self.musicmuster.visible_playlist_tab().insert_track(
+                self.session, track, note
+            )
         else:
             self.musicmuster.visible_playlist_tab().insert_header(self.session, note)
 
@@ -1956,19 +1958,17 @@ class DbDialog(QDialog):
             if matches:
                 for track in matches:
                     last_played = None
-                    show_last_played = False
+                    last_playdate = max(
-                    if len(matches) < 20:
+                        track.playdates, key=lambda p: p.lastplayed, default=None
-                        show_last_played = True
+                    )
-                        last_playdate = max(track.playdates, key=lambda p: p.lastplayed, default=None)
+                    if last_playdate:
-                        if last_playdate:
+                        last_played = last_playdate.lastplayed
-                            last_played = last_playdate.lastplayed
                     t = QListWidgetItem()
                     track_text = (
                         f"{track.title} - {track.artist} "
                         f"[{helpers.ms_to_mmss(track.duration)}] "
+                        f"({helpers.get_relative_date(last_played)})"
                     )
-                    if show_last_played:
-                        track_text += f"({helpers.get_relative_date(last_played)})"
                     t.setText(track_text)
                     t.setData(Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole, track)
                     self.ui.matchList.addItem(t)