#33766: "Unknown column" error due to missing JOIN when using Coalesce as part 
of a
FilteredRelation's condition
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     Reporter:  Daniel Schaffer      |                    Owner:  nobody
         Type:  Bug                  |                   Status:  new
    Component:  Database layer       |                  Version:  3.2
  (models, ORM)                      |
     Severity:  Normal               |               Resolution:
     Keywords:  filteredrelation     |             Triage Stage:
  coalesce                           |  Unreviewed
    Has patch:  0                    |      Needs documentation:  0
  Needs tests:  0                    |  Patch needs improvement:  0
Easy pickings:  0                    |                    UI/UX:  0
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Description changed by Daniel Schaffer:

Old description:

> When using the `Coalesce` function as part of the condition of a
> `FilteredRelation`, the query fails with an "Unknown column" error if any
> of the fields referenced by `Coalesce` requires a JOIN. This appears to
> be due to the JOIN not actually getting added to the query.
>
> {{{
>             job_worker_preference=FilteredRelation(
>                 relation_name="company__worker_preferences",
>                 condition=Q(
> company__worker_preferences__worker=Coalesce(F("worker"),
> F("worker_substitutions__worker")),
>                     company__worker_preferences__company=F("company"),
>                 )
>             ),
> is_allowed=Case(When(job_worker_preference__allow_assignments=True,
> then=1), default=0, output_field=BooleanField())
> }}}
>
> This can be worked around by creating a separate annotation for the
> result of the `Coalesce` function:
>
> {{{
>             actual_worker=Coalesce(F("worker"),
> F("worker_substitutions__worker")),
>             job_worker_preference=FilteredRelation(
>                 relation_name="company__worker_preferences",
>                 condition=Q(
> company__worker_preferences__worker=F("actual_worker"),
>                     company__worker_preferences__company=F("company"),
>                 )
>             ),
> is_allowed=Case(When(job_worker_preference__allow_assignments=True,
> then=1), default=0, output_field=BooleanField())
> }}}
>
> However, I suspect there may be an underlying issue with how JOINs are
> detected and added to a query when there are nested field references like
> this.
>
> I've reproduced the issue in this repro:
> https://github.com/DanielSchaffer/django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro.
>
> `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro/test/test_job_manager.py`
> contains a failing test that reproduces the issue, and a passing test
> that demonstrates the workaround.

New description:

 When using the `Coalesce` function as part of the condition of a
 `FilteredRelation`, the query fails with an "Unknown column" error if any
 of the fields referenced by `Coalesce` requires a JOIN. This appears to be
 due to the JOIN not actually getting added to the query.

 {{{
             job_worker_preference=FilteredRelation(
                 relation_name="company__worker_preferences",
                 condition=Q(
 company__worker_preferences__worker=Coalesce(F("worker"),
 F("worker_substitutions__worker")),
                     company__worker_preferences__company=F("company"),
                 )
             ),
 is_allowed=Case(When(job_worker_preference__allow_assignments=True,
 then=1), default=0, output_field=BooleanField())
 }}}

 This can be worked around by creating a separate annotation for the result
 of the `Coalesce` function:

 {{{
             actual_worker=Coalesce(F("worker"),
 F("worker_substitutions__worker")),
             job_worker_preference=FilteredRelation(
                 relation_name="company__worker_preferences",
                 condition=Q(
 company__worker_preferences__worker=F("actual_worker"),
                     company__worker_preferences__company=F("company"),
                 )
             ),
 is_allowed=Case(When(job_worker_preference__allow_assignments=True,
 then=1), default=0, output_field=BooleanField())
 }}}

 However, I suspect there may be an underlying issue with how JOINs are
 detected and added to a query when there are nested field references like
 this.

 I've reproduced the issue in this repro:
 https://github.com/DanielSchaffer/django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro.

 `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro/test/test_job_manager.py`
 contains a failing test that reproduces the issue, and a passing test that
 demonstrates the workaround.

 Here's the stringified representation of the query - note the missing
 `JOIN` to `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_workersubstitution`,
 even though it's referenced in the `COALESCE` expression:

 {{{
 SELECT
   `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`.`id`,
   `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`.`company_id`,
   `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`.`worker_id`,
   CASE WHEN job_worker_preference.`allow_assignments` THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS
 `is_allowed`
 FROM `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`
 INNER JOIN `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_company`
 ON (`django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`.`company_id` =
 `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_company`.`id`)
 LEFT OUTER JOIN `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_workerpreference`
 job_worker_preference
 ON (`django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_company`.`id` =
 job_worker_preference.`company_id` AND
     ((job_worker_preference.`company_id` =
 `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`.`company_id` AND
       job_worker_preference.`worker_id` =
 COALESCE(`django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_job`.`worker_id`,
 `django_filtered_relation_coalesce_repro_workersubstitution`.`worker_id`))))

 }}}

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