#10060: Multiple table annotation failure
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     Reporter:  svsharma@…           |                    Owner:  (none)
         Type:  Bug                  |                   Status:  new
    Component:  Database layer       |                  Version:  master
  (models, ORM)                      |
     Severity:  Normal               |               Resolution:
     Keywords:                       |             Triage Stage:  Accepted
    Has patch:  0                    |      Needs documentation:  0
  Needs tests:  0                    |  Patch needs improvement:  0
Easy pickings:  0                    |                    UI/UX:  0
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Comment (by akermen):

 No sure this will work for all different cases, at least it worked well
 for me and the below simplified test case:

 Model definitions of test case,
 {{{
 class ModelA(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=False, null=False,
 unique=True)

 class ModelB(models.Model):
     parent = models.ForeignKey(ModelA, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     value = models.IntegerField()

 class ModelC(models.Model):
     parent = models.ForeignKey(ModelA, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
 }}}

 and sample data:
 {{{
 instance_a_1 = ModelA(title="instance1")
 instance_a_1.save()
 instance_b = ModelB(parent=instance_a_1, value=1)
 instance_b.save()
 instance_b = ModelB(parent=instance_a_1, value=3)
 instance_b.save()
 instance_b = ModelB(parent=instance_a_1, value=5)
 instance_b.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_1)
 instance_c.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_1)
 instance_c.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_1)
 instance_c.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_1)
 instance_c.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_1)
 instance_c.save()

 instance_a_2 = ModelA(title="instance2")
 instance_a_2.save()
 instance_b = ModelB(parent=instance_a_2, value=7)
 instance_b.save()
 instance_b = ModelB(parent=instance_a_2, value=11)
 instance_b.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_2)
 instance_c.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_2)
 instance_c.save()
 instance_c = ModelC(parent=instance_a_2)
 instance_c.save()
 }}}

 Trying to get two independent annotations from two different tables (sum
 of values from ModelB and number of ModelC instances per ModelA instance):
 {{{
 for a in ModelA.objects.all() \
     .annotate(sumB=Sum('modelb__value')) \
     .annotate(countC=Count('modelc', distinct=True)):
     print "%s:  sumB: %s  countC: %s" % (a.title, a.sumB, a.countC)
 }}}

 we get these results
 {{{
 instance1:  sumB: 45  countC: 5
 instance2:  sumB: 54  countC: 3
 }}}

 instead of these:
 {{{
 instance1  sumB: 9   countC: 5
 instance2  sumB: 18   countC: 3
 }}}
 no surprise until here.

 As you can see the 'sumB' values are repeated (multiplied) by a factor,
 lets account that factor inside single query:
 {{{
 for a in ModelA.objects.all() \
     .annotate(countC=Count('modelc', distinct=True)) \
     .annotate(countB=Count('modelb')) \
     .annotate(countB_distinct=Count('modelb', distinct=True)) \
     .annotate(sumB_multiplied=Sum('modelb__value')) \
     .annotate(sumB=(F('sumB_multiplied') * F('countB_distinct')) /
 F('countB')):
     print "%s  sumB: %s   countC: %s" % (a.title, a.sumB, a.countC)
 }}}

 and get correct values:
 {{{
 instance1  sumB: 9   countC: 5
 instance2  sumB: 18   countC: 3
 }}}

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