Create helper function to regenerate rows in tables faster

server/Database.js

@@ -211,34 +211,56 @@ class Database {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Rebuild all author rows so derived fields stay in sync with the model logic.
+   * Rebuild rows for a model so hooks can recompute derived fields.
+   *
+   * @param {import('sequelize').ModelStatic<any>} model
+   * @param {{
+   *   label?: string,
+   *   pageSize?: number,
+   *   attributes?: string[],
+   *   order?: import('sequelize').Order,
+   *   prepareRow?: (row: any) => void | Promise<void>
+   * }} [options]
    */
-  async rebuildAuthorRows() {
+  async rebuildComputedTableRows(model, options = {}) {
-    const pageSize = 500
+    const { label = model?.name || 'rows', pageSize = 500, attributes = ['id'], order = [['id', 'ASC']], prepareRow = async () => {} } = options
+
     let offset = 0
+    let totalChange = 0
 
     while (true) {
-      const authors = await this.authorModel.findAll({
+      const rows = await model.findAll({
-        attributes: ['id', 'name', 'libraryId'],
+        attributes,
-        order: [['id', 'ASC']],
+        order,
         limit: pageSize,
         offset
       })
 
-      if (!authors.length) break
+      if (!rows.length) break
 
-      for (const authorRef of authors) {
+      for (const row of rows) {
-        const author = await this.authorModel.findByPk(authorRef.id)
+        await prepareRow(row)
-        if (!author) continue
+        if (!row.changed()) continue
-        author.changed('name', true)
+        totalChange++
-        await author.save({ silent: true })
+        await row.save({ silent: true })
       }
 
-      offset += authors.length
+      offset += rows.length
-      if (authors.length < pageSize) break
+      if (rows.length < pageSize) break
     }
 
-    Logger.debug(`Sanitized ${offset} author rows`)
+    Logger.debug(`${totalChange} out of ${offset} ${label} rows required recalculation of derived columns`)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Rebuild all author rows so derived fields stay in sync with the model logic.
+   */
+  async rebuildAuthorRows() {
+    await this.rebuildComputedTableRows(this.authorModel, {
+      label: 'author',
+      attributes: ['id', 'name', 'lastFirst', 'searchName', 'libraryId'],
+      prepareRow: (author) => this.authorModel.isDerivedFieldChange(author)
+    })
   }
 
   /**

server/models/Author.js

@@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ class Author extends Model {
     return this.normalizeSearchName(leftName) === this.normalizeSearchName(rightName)
   }
 
+  static isDerivedFieldChange(author) {
+    const derivedFields = this.buildAuthorDerivedFields(author.name)
+    let changed = false
+
+    if (author.lastFirst !== derivedFields.lastFirst) {
+      author.setDataValue('lastFirst', derivedFields.lastFirst)
+      author.changed('lastFirst', true)
+      changed = true
+    }
+
+    if (author.searchName !== derivedFields.searchName) {
+      author.setDataValue('searchName', derivedFields.searchName)
+      author.changed('searchName', true)
+      changed = true
+    }
+
+    return changed
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if author exists
    * @param {string} authorId