fix bug where AI search used wrong query as I rewrote the search_term and lost AI: now compares original / OPT.search_term. Also, the union/sql did not work with otdering, rewrote this to use python code to remove duplicates from the 3 separate queries and remove duplicates (if any)

files.py

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def GetSearchQueryData(OPT):
     search_term = OPT.search_term
     # turn * wildcard into sql wildcard of %
     search_term = search_term.replace('*', '%')
-    if 'AI:' in search_term:
+    if 'AI:' in OPT.search_term:
         search_term = search_term.replace('AI:', '')
 
     # AI searches are for specific ppl/joins in the DB AND we do them for ALL types of searches, define this once
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def GetSearchQueryData(OPT):
         .order_by(*order_map.get(OPT.noo) )
     )
 
-    if 'AI:' in search_term:
+    if 'AI:' in OPT.search_term:
         all_entries = db.session.execute(ai_query).scalars().all()
     else:
         # match name of File
@@ -399,9 +399,11 @@ def GetSearchQueryData(OPT):
         # match name of Dir
         dir_query = select(Entry.id).join(File).join(EntryDirLink).join(Dir).where(Dir.rel_path.ilike(f'%{search_term}%')).order_by(*order_map.get(OPT.noo))
 
+        ai_entries = db.session.execute(ai_query).scalars().all()
+        file_entries = db.session.execute(file_query).scalars().all()
+        dir_entries = db.session.execute(dir_query).scalars().all()
         # Combine ai, file & dir matches with union() to dedup and then order them 
-        combined_query = union( file_query, dir_query, ai_query )
-        all_entries = db.session.execute(combined_query).scalars().all()
+        all_entries =  list(dict.fromkeys(ai_entries + dir_entries + file_entries))
 
     query_data['entry_list']=all_entries
     return query_data

internal/js/files_support.js

@@ -700,10 +700,8 @@ function isMobile() {
 // when we change one of the options (noo, how_many, folders) - then update '{how_many} files' str,
 // tweak noo menu for folders/flat view then reset the page contents based on current OPT values
 function changeOPT(successCallback) {
-    var old_how_many=OPT.how_many
     OPT.how_many=$('#how_many').val()
-    // if we change how_many invalidate page cache as page size is different now
-    if( OPT.how_many != old_how_many )
+    // changes invalidate page cache so clear it out
     document.page.length=0
     new_f=$('#folders').val()
     new_f=( new_f == 'True' )