Adding indexes and proper character set to Media metadata to improve search performance

src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/DirectoryEntity.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class DirectoryEntity implements DirectoryDTO {
   @OneToMany(type => DirectoryEntity, dir => dir.parent)
   public directories: DirectoryEntity[];
 
+  // not saving to database, it is only assigned when querying the DB
   public preview: MediaEntity;
 
   @OneToMany(type => MediaEntity, media => media.directory)

src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/MediaEntity.ts

@@ -17,12 +17,19 @@ export class MediaDimensionEntity implements MediaDimension {
 
 
 export class MediaMetadataEntity implements MediaMetadata {
+
+  @Index()
   @Column('text')
   caption: string;
 
   @Column(type => MediaDimensionEntity)
   size: MediaDimensionEntity;
 
+  /**
+   * Date in local timezone
+   * Reason: If you look back your holiday photos from a different timezone,
+   * you do not want to see 2AM next to a photo that was taken during lunch
+   */
   @Column('bigint', {
     unsigned: true, transformer: {
       from: v => parseInt(v, 10),
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ export class MediaMetadataEntity implements MediaMetadata {
   @Column('int', {unsigned: true})
   fileSize: number;
 
+  @Index()
   @Column({
     type: 'simple-array',
     charset: columnCharsetCS.charset,
@@ -47,6 +55,7 @@ export class MediaMetadataEntity implements MediaMetadata {
   @Column(type => PositionMetaDataEntity)
   positionData: PositionMetaDataEntity;
 
+  @Index()
   @Column('tinyint', {unsigned: true})
   rating: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
 
@@ -56,12 +65,16 @@ export class MediaMetadataEntity implements MediaMetadata {
   @OneToMany(type => FaceRegionEntry, faceRegion => faceRegion.media)
   faces: FaceRegionEntry[];
 
+  /**
+   * Caches the list of persons. Only used for searching
+   */
+  @Index()
   @Column({
     type: 'simple-array', select: false, nullable: true,
     charset: columnCharsetCS.charset,
     collation: columnCharsetCS.collation
   })
-  persons: string[]; // Caches the list of persons. Only used for searching
+  persons: string[];
 
   @Column('int', {unsigned: true})
   bitRate: number;
@@ -81,6 +94,7 @@ export abstract class MediaEntity implements MediaDTO {
   @PrimaryGeneratedColumn({unsigned: true})
   id: number;
 
+  @Index()
   @Column(columnCharsetCS)
   name: string;
 

src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/PhotoEntity.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import {ChildEntity, Column} from 'typeorm';
+import {ChildEntity, Column, Index} from 'typeorm';
 import {CameraMetadata, GPSMetadata, PhotoDTO, PhotoMetadata, PositionMetaData} from '../../../../../common/entities/PhotoDTO';
 import {MediaEntity, MediaMetadataEntity} from './MediaEntity';
+import {columnCharsetCS} from './EntityUtils';
 
 export class CameraMetadataEntity implements CameraMetadata {
 
@@ -8,9 +9,11 @@ export class CameraMetadataEntity implements CameraMetadata {
   ISO: number;
 
   @Column('text', {nullable: true})
+  @Column(columnCharsetCS)
   model: string;
 
   @Column('text', {nullable: true})
+  @Column(columnCharsetCS)
   make: string;
 
   @Column('float', {nullable: true})
@@ -43,13 +46,19 @@ export class PositionMetaDataEntity implements PositionMetaData {
   @Column(type => GPSMetadataEntity)
   GPSData: GPSMetadataEntity;
 
+  @Index()
   @Column('text', {nullable: true})
+  @Column(columnCharsetCS)
   country: string;
 
+  @Index()
   @Column('text', {nullable: true})
+  @Column(columnCharsetCS)
   state: string;
 
+  @Index()
   @Column('text', {nullable: true})
+  @Column(columnCharsetCS)
   city: string;
 }
 

src/common/DataStructureVersion.ts

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const DataStructureVersion = 19;
+export const DataStructureVersion = 20;