From b7fa1e890334cc636b995241e0a32bfd60832eaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Stillman <dstillman@zotero.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 03:28:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix slow purging of creators

Same as e532e435f but for creators
---
 chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/creators.js | 8 +++++---
 chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js        | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/creators.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/creators.js
index f68c242a7c..a4de41e56d 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/creators.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/creators.js
@@ -152,9 +152,11 @@ Zotero.Creators = new function() {
 				delete _cache[toDelete[i]];
 			}
 			
-			var sql = "DELETE FROM creators WHERE creatorID NOT IN "
-				+ "(SELECT creatorID FROM itemCreators)";
-			yield Zotero.DB.queryAsync(sql);
+			yield Zotero.DB.executeTransaction(async function () {
+				var sql = "DELETE FROM creators WHERE creatorID NOT IN "
+					+ "(SELECT creatorID FROM itemCreators)";
+				await Zotero.DB.queryAsync(sql, [], { ignoreDBLock: true });
+			}, { disableForeignKeys: true });
 		}
 		
 		Zotero.Prefs.set('purge.creators', false);
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js
index 650505c364..0ba6b1c895 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js
@@ -1735,9 +1735,7 @@ Services.scriptloader.loadSubScript("resource://zotero/polyfill.js");
 	this.purgeDataObjects = Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* () {
 		var d = new Date();
 		
-		yield Zotero.DB.executeTransaction(async function () {
-			return Zotero.Creators.purge();
-		});
+		yield Zotero.Creators.purge();
 		yield Zotero.DB.executeTransaction(async function () {
 			return Zotero.Tags.purge();
 		});