html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997459958,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997459958,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47dAf2,9599,2021-12-19T20:55:59Z,2021-12-19T20:55:59Z,OWNER,"Closing this issue because I've optimized this a whole bunch, and it's definitely good enough for the moment.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997325189,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997325189,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cfmF,9599,2021-12-19T03:55:01Z,2021-12-19T20:54:51Z,OWNER,"It's a bit annoying that the queries no longer show up in the trace at all now, thanks to running in `.execute_fn()`. I wonder if there's something smart I can do about that - maybe have `trace()` record that function with a traceback even though it doesn't have the executed SQL string? 5fac26aa221a111d7633f2dd92014641f7c0ade9 has the same problem.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997459637,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997459637,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47dAa1,9599,2021-12-19T20:53:46Z,2021-12-19T20:53:46Z,OWNER,Using #1571 showed me that the `DELETE FROM columns/foreign_keys/indexes WHERE database_name = ? and table_name = ?` queries were running way more times than I expected. I came up with a new optimization that just does `DELETE FROM columns/foreign_keys/indexes WHERE database_name = ?` instead.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997342494,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997342494,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cj0e,9599,2021-12-19T07:22:04Z,2021-12-19T07:22:04Z,OWNER,"Another option would be to provide an abstraction that makes it easier to run a group of SQL queries in the same thread at the same time, and have them traced correctly.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997324666,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997324666,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cfd6,9599,2021-12-19T03:47:51Z,2021-12-19T03:48:09Z,OWNER,"Here's a hacked together prototype of running all of that stuff inside a single function passed to `.execute_fn()`: ```diff diff --git a/datasette/utils/internal_db.py b/datasette/utils/internal_db.py index 95055d8..58f9982 100644 --- a/datasette/utils/internal_db.py +++ b/datasette/utils/internal_db.py @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ import textwrap +from datasette.utils import table_column_details async def init_internal_db(db): @@ -70,49 +71,70 @@ async def populate_schema_tables(internal_db, db): ""DELETE FROM tables WHERE database_name = ?"", [database_name], block=True ) tables = (await db.execute(""select * from sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table'"")).rows - tables_to_insert = [] - columns_to_delete = [] - columns_to_insert = [] - foreign_keys_to_delete = [] - foreign_keys_to_insert = [] - indexes_to_delete = [] - indexes_to_insert = [] - for table in tables: - table_name = table[""name""] - tables_to_insert.append( - (database_name, table_name, table[""rootpage""], table[""sql""]) - ) - columns_to_delete.append((database_name, table_name)) - columns = await db.table_column_details(table_name) - columns_to_insert.extend( - { - **{""database_name"": database_name, ""table_name"": table_name}, - **column._asdict(), - } - for column in columns - ) - foreign_keys_to_delete.append((database_name, table_name)) - foreign_keys = ( - await db.execute(f""PRAGMA foreign_key_list([{table_name}])"") - ).rows - foreign_keys_to_insert.extend( - { - **{""database_name"": database_name, ""table_name"": table_name}, - **dict(foreign_key), - } - for foreign_key in foreign_keys - ) - indexes_to_delete.append((database_name, table_name)) - indexes = (await db.execute(f""PRAGMA index_list([{table_name}])"")).rows - indexes_to_insert.extend( - { - **{""database_name"": database_name, ""table_name"": table_name}, - **dict(index), - } - for index in indexes + def collect_info(conn): + tables_to_insert = [] + columns_to_delete = [] + columns_to_insert = [] + foreign_keys_to_delete = [] + foreign_keys_to_insert = [] + indexes_to_delete = [] + indexes_to_insert = [] + + for table in tables: + table_name = table[""name""] + tables_to_insert.append( + (database_name, table_name, table[""rootpage""], table[""sql""]) + ) + columns_to_delete.append((database_name, table_name)) + columns = table_column_details(conn, table_name) + columns_to_insert.extend( + { + **{""database_name"": database_name, ""table_name"": table_name}, + **column._asdict(), + } + for column in columns + ) + foreign_keys_to_delete.append((database_name, table_name)) + foreign_keys = conn.execute( + f""PRAGMA foreign_key_list([{table_name}])"" + ).fetchall() + foreign_keys_to_insert.extend( + { + **{""database_name"": database_name, ""table_name"": table_name}, + **dict(foreign_key), + } + for foreign_key in foreign_keys + ) + indexes_to_delete.append((database_name, table_name)) + indexes = conn.execute(f""PRAGMA index_list([{table_name}])"").fetchall() + indexes_to_insert.extend( + { + **{""database_name"": database_name, ""table_name"": table_name}, + **dict(index), + } + for index in indexes + ) + return ( + tables_to_insert, + columns_to_delete, + columns_to_insert, + foreign_keys_to_delete, + foreign_keys_to_insert, + indexes_to_delete, + indexes_to_insert, ) + ( + tables_to_insert, + columns_to_delete, + columns_to_insert, + foreign_keys_to_delete, + foreign_keys_to_insert, + indexes_to_delete, + indexes_to_insert, + ) = await db.execute_fn(collect_info) + await internal_db.execute_write_many( """""" INSERT INTO tables (database_name, table_name, rootpage, sql) ``` First impressions: it looks like this helps **a lot** - as far as I can tell this is now taking around 21ms to get to the point at which all of those internal databases have been populated, where previously it took more than 180ms. ![CleanShot 2021-12-18 at 19 47 22@2x](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9599/146663192-bba098d5-e7bd-4e2e-b525-2270867888a0.png) ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997324156,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997324156,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cfV8,9599,2021-12-19T03:40:05Z,2021-12-19T03:40:05Z,OWNER,"Using the prototype of this: - https://github.com/simonw/datasette-pretty-traces/issues/5 I'm seeing about 180ms spent running all of these queries on startup! ![CleanShot 2021-12-18 at 19 38 37@2x](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9599/146663045-46bda669-90de-474f-8870-345182725dc1.png) ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997321767,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997321767,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cewn,9599,2021-12-19T03:10:58Z,2021-12-19T03:10:58Z,OWNER,"I wonder how much overhead there is switching between the `async` event loop main code and the thread that runs the SQL queries. Would there be a performance boost if I gathered all of the column/index information in a single function run on the thread using `db.execute_fn()` I wonder? It would eliminate a bunch of switching between threads. Would be great to understand how much of an impact that would have.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997321653,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997321653,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47ceu1,9599,2021-12-19T03:09:43Z,2021-12-19T03:09:43Z,OWNER,"On that same documentation page I just spotted this: > This feature is experimental and is subject to change. Further documentation will become available if and when the table-valued functions for PRAGMAs feature becomes officially supported. This makes me nervous to rely on pragma function optimizations in Datasette itself.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997321477,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997321477,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cesF,9599,2021-12-19T03:07:33Z,2021-12-19T03:07:33Z,OWNER,"If I want to continue supporting SQLite prior to 3.16.0 (2017-01-02) I'll need this optimization to only kick in with versions that support table-valued PRAGMA functions, while keeping the old `PRAGMA foreign_key_list(table)` stuff working for those older versions. That's feasible, but it's a bit more work - and I need to make sure I have robust testing in place for SQLite 3.15.0.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997321327,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997321327,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cepv,9599,2021-12-19T03:05:39Z,2021-12-19T03:05:44Z,OWNER,"This caught me out once before in: - https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1276 Turns out Glitch was running SQLite 3.11.0 from 2016-02-15.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997321217,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997321217,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47ceoB,9599,2021-12-19T03:04:16Z,2021-12-19T03:04:16Z,OWNER,"One thing to watch out for though, from https://sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragfunc > The table-valued functions for PRAGMA feature was added in SQLite version 3.16.0 (2017-01-02). Prior versions of SQLite cannot use this feature. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997321115,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997321115,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cemb,9599,2021-12-19T03:03:12Z,2021-12-19T03:03:12Z,OWNER,"Table columns is a bit harder, because `table_xinfo` is only in SQLite 3.26.0 or higher: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/d637ed46762fdbbd8e32b86f258cd9a53c1cfdc7/datasette/utils/__init__.py#L565-L581 So if that function is available: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=SELECT%0D%0A++sqlite_master.name%2C%0D%0A++table_xinfo.*%0D%0AFROM%0D%0A++sqlite_master%2C%0D%0A++pragma_table_xinfo%28sqlite_master.name%29+AS+table_xinfo%0D%0AWHERE%0D%0A++sqlite_master.type+%3D+%27table%27 ```sql SELECT sqlite_master.name, table_xinfo.* FROM sqlite_master, pragma_table_xinfo(sqlite_master.name) AS table_xinfo WHERE sqlite_master.type = 'table' ``` And otherwise, using `table_info`: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=SELECT%0D%0A++sqlite_master.name%2C%0D%0A++table_info.*%2C%0D%0A++0+as+hidden%0D%0AFROM%0D%0A++sqlite_master%2C%0D%0A++pragma_table_info%28sqlite_master.name%29+AS+table_info%0D%0AWHERE%0D%0A++sqlite_master.type+%3D+%27table%27 ```sql SELECT sqlite_master.name, table_info.*, 0 as hidden FROM sqlite_master, pragma_table_info(sqlite_master.name) AS table_info WHERE sqlite_master.type = 'table' ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997320824,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997320824,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47ceh4,9599,2021-12-19T02:59:57Z,2021-12-19T03:00:44Z,OWNER,"To list all indexes: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=SELECT%0D%0A++sqlite_master.name%2C%0D%0A++index_list.*%0D%0AFROM%0D%0A++sqlite_master%2C%0D%0A++pragma_index_list%28sqlite_master.name%29+AS+index_list%0D%0AWHERE%0D%0A++sqlite_master.type+%3D+%27table%27 ```sql SELECT sqlite_master.name, index_list.* FROM sqlite_master, pragma_index_list(sqlite_master.name) AS index_list WHERE sqlite_master.type = 'table' ``` Foreign keys: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=SELECT%0D%0A++sqlite_master.name%2C%0D%0A++foreign_key_list.*%0D%0AFROM%0D%0A++sqlite_master%2C%0D%0A++pragma_foreign_key_list%28sqlite_master.name%29+AS+foreign_key_list%0D%0AWHERE%0D%0A++sqlite_master.type+%3D+%27table%27 ```sql SELECT sqlite_master.name, foreign_key_list.* FROM sqlite_master, pragma_foreign_key_list(sqlite_master.name) AS foreign_key_list WHERE sqlite_master.type = 'table' ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997272223,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997272223,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cSqf,9599,2021-12-18T19:17:13Z,2021-12-18T19:17:13Z,OWNER,That's a good optimization. Still need to deal with the huge flurry of `PRAGMA` queries though before I can consider this done.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997267416,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997267416,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cRfY,9599,2021-12-18T18:44:53Z,2021-12-18T18:45:28Z,OWNER,"Rather than adding a `executemany=True` parameter, I'm now thinking a better design might be to have three methods: - `db.execute_write(sql, params=None, block=False)` - `db.execute_writescript(sql, block=False)` - `db.execute_writemany(sql, params_seq, block=False)`","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997266100,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997266100,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cRK0,9599,2021-12-18T18:40:02Z,2021-12-18T18:40:02Z,OWNER,The implementation of `cursor.executemany()` looks very efficient - it turns into a call to this C function with `multiple` set to `1`: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/e002bbc6cce637171fb2b1391ffeca8643a13843/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c#L468-L469,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997262475,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997262475,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cQSL,9599,2021-12-18T18:34:18Z,2021-12-18T18:34:18Z,OWNER," Using `executescript=True` that call now takes 1.89ms to create all of those tables.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997248364,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997248364,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cM1s,9599,2021-12-18T18:20:10Z,2021-12-18T18:20:10Z,OWNER,"Idea: teach `execute_write` to accept an optional `executescript=True` parameter, like this: ```diff diff --git a/datasette/database.py b/datasette/database.py index 468e936..1a424f5 100644 --- a/datasette/database.py +++ b/datasette/database.py @@ -94,10 +94,14 @@ class Database: f""file:{self.path}{qs}"", uri=True, check_same_thread=False ) - async def execute_write(self, sql, params=None, block=False): + async def execute_write(self, sql, params=None, executescript=False, block=False): + assert not executescript and params, ""Cannot use params with executescript=True"" def _inner(conn): with conn: - return conn.execute(sql, params or []) + if executescript: + return conn.executescript(sql) + else: + return conn.execute(sql, params or []) with trace(""sql"", database=self.name, sql=sql.strip(), params=params): results = await self.execute_write_fn(_inner, block=block) ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997245301,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997245301,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cMF1,9599,2021-12-18T18:17:04Z,2021-12-18T18:17:04Z,OWNER,"One downside of `conn.executescript()` is that it won't be picked up by the tracing mechanism - in fact nothing that uses `await db.execute_write_fn(fn, block=True)` or `await db.execute_fn(fn, block=True)` gets picked up by tracing.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997241969,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997241969,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cLRx,9599,2021-12-18T18:13:04Z,2021-12-18T18:13:04Z,OWNER,Also: running all of those `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS` in a single call to `conn.executescript()` rather than as separate queries may speed things up too.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997241645,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997241645,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cLMt,9599,2021-12-18T18:12:26Z,2021-12-18T18:12:26Z,OWNER,"A simpler optimization would be just to turn all of those column and index reads into a single efficient UNION query against each database, then figure out the most efficient pattern to send them all as writes in one go as opposed to calling `.execute_write()` in a loop.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997235086,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997235086,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cJmO,9599,2021-12-18T17:30:13Z,2021-12-18T17:30:13Z,OWNER,"Now that trace sees write queries (#1568) it's clear that there is a whole lot more DB activity then I had realized: ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997234858,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997234858,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47cJiq,9599,2021-12-18T17:28:44Z,2021-12-18T17:28:44Z,OWNER,"Maybe it would be worth exploring attaching each DB in turn to the _internal connection in order to perform these queries faster. I'm a bit worried about leaks though: the internal database isn't meant to be visible, even temporarily attaching another DB to it could cause SQL queries against that DB to be able to access the internal data. So maybe instead the _internal connection gets to connect to the other DBs? There's a maximum of ten there I think, which is good for most but not all cases. But the cases with the most connected databases will see the worst performance!","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997128508,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997128508,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47bvk8,9599,2021-12-18T02:33:57Z,2021-12-18T02:33:57Z,OWNER,"Here's why - `trace` only applies to read, not write SQL operations: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/7c8f8aa209e4ba7bf83976f8495d67c28fbfca24/datasette/database.py#L209-L211","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997128368,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997128368,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47bviw,9599,2021-12-18T02:32:43Z,2021-12-18T02:32:43Z,OWNER,I wonder why the `INSERT INTO` queries don't show up in that `?trace=1` view?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997128251,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997128251,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47bvg7,9599,2021-12-18T02:31:51Z,2021-12-18T02:31:51Z,OWNER,"I was thinking it might even be possible to convert this into a `insert into tables select from ...` query: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/c00f29affcafce8314366852ba1a0f5a7dd25690/datasette/utils/internal_db.py#L102-L112 But the `SELECT` runs against a separate database from the `INSERT INTO`, so I would have to setup a cross-database connection for this which feels a little too complicated.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997128080,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1555,997128080,IC_kwDOBm6k_c47bveQ,9599,2021-12-18T02:30:19Z,2021-12-18T02:30:19Z,OWNER,"I think all of these queries happen in one place - in the `populate_schema_tables()` function - so optimizing them might be localized to just that area of the code, which would be nice: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/c00f29affcafce8314366852ba1a0f5a7dd25690/datasette/utils/internal_db.py#L97-L183","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1079149656,