TotalCount returns incorrect value -1 instead of 0

Product

Hot Chocolate

Version

15.1.8.0

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Hello, today I noticed a small issue related to the totalCount field.

E.g. I have a simple query like

query Q {
	myEntititesQuery() {
		totalCount
		nodes {
			...
		}
	}
}

ant imagine that EF returns 0 records from the DB.

What is expected?

It is expected to have totalCount == 0

What is actually happening?

For some reason totalCount is equal to -1.
I guess it's related to the implementation here - https://github.com/ChilliCream/graphql-platform/blob/8f1394dd60d93faaa4e842a41b38f0961e629562/src/GreenDonut/src/GreenDonut.Data.EntityFramework/Extensions/PagingQueryableExtensions.cs#L194C1-L198C1 - it doesn't set the totalCount in case no entries were returned.

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P.S. I use [UseConnection] if it matters

Have you enabled total count? Its opt in.

Sorry, I missed notifications that you replied.
Yes, Total Count is enabled:

I think there is a bug in the library, could you consider to reopen the issue please?

@michaelstaib

@michaelstaib can we reopen this issue, please?

Can you post the full resolver code?

    [PublicAPI]
    [UseConnection(IncludeTotalCount = true)] 
    [UseFiltering<FilterInputType>]
    [UseSorting<SortInputType>]
    public static async ValueTask<PageConnection<Entity>> GetCategories(
        PagingArguments pagingArguments,
        QueryContext<Entity> queryContext,
        MainDbContext dbContext,
        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        return await dbContext.Store.Categories
            .With(queryContext.OrderBy(CursorSorting))
            .ToPageConnectionAsync(pagingArguments, cancellationToken);
    }

..
    internal static readonly Func<SortDefinition<Entity>, SortDefinition<Entity>>? CursorSorting =
        sortDefinition => sortDefinition
            .IfEmpty(d => d
                .AddAscending(c => c.Name))
            .AddAscending(c => c.Id);
..
    public static async ValueTask<PageConnection<T>> ToPageConnectionAsync<T>(
        this IQueryable<T> queryable,
        PagingArguments pagingArguments,
        int maxRelativeCursorCount = DefaultMaxRelativeCursorCount,
        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
    {
        return new PageConnection<T>(
            page: await queryable.ToPageAsync(pagingArguments, cancellationToken),
            maxRelativeCursorCount);
    }

@michaelstaib

Hi @michaelstaib, would it be possible to backport this fix into v15 as well?

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TotalCount returns incorrect value `-1` instead of `0` #8564