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_facet_array should work against views #448

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I created this view: https://json-view-facet-bug-demo-j7hipcg4aq-uc.a.run.app/russian-ads-8dbda00/ads_with_targets

CREATE VIEW ads_with_targets as select ads.*, json_group_array(targets.name) as target_names from ads
  join ad_targets on ad_targets.ad_id = ads.id
  join targets on ad_targets.target_id = targets.id
  group by ad_targets.ad_id

When I try to apply faceting by array it appears to work at first: https://json-view-facet-bug-demo-j7hipcg4aq-uc.a.run.app/russian-ads/ads_with_targets?_facet_array=target_names

But actually it's doing the wrong thing - the SQL for the facets uses rowid, but rowid is not present on views at all! These results are incorrect, and clicking to select a facet will fail to produce any rows: https://json-view-facet-bug-demo-j7hipcg4aq-uc.a.run.app/russian-ads/ads_with_targets?_facet_array=target_names&target_names__arraycontains=people_who_match%3Ainterests%3AAfrican-American+Civil+Rights+Movement+%281954%E2%80%9468%29

Here's the SQL it should be using when you select a facet (note that it does not use a rowid):

https://json-view-facet-bug-demo-j7hipcg4aq-uc.a.run.app/russian-ads?sql=select+*+from+ads_with_targets+where+id+in+%28%0D%0A++++++++++++select+ads_with_targets.id+from+ads_with_targets%2C+json_each%28ads_with_targets.target_names%29+j%0D%0A++++++++++++where+j.value+%3D+%3Ap0%0D%0A++++++++%29+limit+101&p0=people_who_match%3Ainterests%3ABlack+%28Color%29

So we need to do something a lot smarter here. I'm not sure what the fix will look like, or even if it's feasible given that views don't have a rowid to hook into so the JSON faceting SQL may have to be completely rewritten.

datasette publish cloudrun \
    russian-ads.db \
    --name json-view-facet-bug-demo \
    --branch master \
    --extra-options "--config sql_time_limit_ms:5000 --config facet_time_limit_ms:5000"

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