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<h1 class="post-title">Using <span class="caps">DISTINCT</span> in Parent-Child&nbsp;Relationships</h1>
<p><em>How to get parent and most-recent child in a one-to-many relationship</em></p>
<time datetime="2023-10-18T00:00:00+02:00">18 octobre 2023</time>
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<p>Let&#8217;s say you have a model defined like this, with a Parent and a Child&nbsp;table:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Parent</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Base</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">__tablename__</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;parent&quot;</span>
<span class="nb">id</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Mapped</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mapped_column</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">primary_key</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">childs</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Mapped</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;Child&quot;</span><span class="p">]]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">relationship</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">back_populates</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;parent&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Child</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Base</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">__tablename__</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;child&quot;</span>
<span class="nb">id</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Mapped</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mapped_column</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">primary_key</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">parent_id</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Mapped</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mapped_column</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ForeignKey</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;parent.id&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">parent</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Mapped</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;Parent&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">relationship</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">back_populates</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;children&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">born_at</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Mapped</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">datetime</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mapped_column</span><span class="p">()</span>
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<p>I&#8217;ve tried many ways, with complex subqueries and the like, before finding out <a href="https://www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-distinct/">the <span class="caps">DISTINCT</span> <span class="caps">SQL</span> statement</a>.</p>
<p>So, if you want to retrieve the parent with it&#8217;s more recent child, you can do it like&nbsp;this:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="n">results</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span>
<span class="n">db</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">query</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Parent</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Child</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Child</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">.</span><span class="n">distinct</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Parent</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">.</span><span class="n">order_by</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Parent</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">desc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Child</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">born_at</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="o">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
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