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/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683217284,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683217284,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU9uE,9599,2023-08-18T01:50:21Z,2023-08-18T01:50:21Z,OWNER,"And a test of the `--sql` option: ```bash sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db places id integer name text country integer city integer continent integer --pk id sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db country id integer name text sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db city id integer name text sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db continent id integer name text sqlite-utils transform /tmp/t.db places --add-foreign-key country country id --add-foreign-key continent continent id --sql ``` Outputs: ```sql CREATE TABLE [places_new_6a705d2f5a13] ( [id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, [name] TEXT, [country] INTEGER REFERENCES [country]([id]), [city] INTEGER, [continent] INTEGER REFERENCES [continent]([id]) ); INSERT INTO [places_new_6a705d2f5a13] ([id], [name], [country], [city], [continent]) SELECT [id], [name], [country], [city], [continent] FROM [places]; DROP TABLE [places]; ALTER TABLE [places_new_6a705d2f5a13] RENAME TO [places]; ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222, https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683212074,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683212074,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU8cq,9599,2023-08-18T01:43:54Z,2023-08-18T01:43:54Z,OWNER,"Some manual testing: ```bash sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db places id integer name text country integer city integer continent integer --pk id sqlite-utils schema /tmp/t.db ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE [places] ( [id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, [name] TEXT, [country] INTEGER, [city] INTEGER, [continent] INTEGER ); ``` ```bash sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db country id integer name text sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db city id integer name text sqlite-utils create-table /tmp/t.db continent id integer name text sqlite-utils schema /tmp/t.db ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE [places] ( [id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, [name] TEXT, [country] INTEGER, [city] INTEGER, [continent] INTEGER ); CREATE TABLE [country] ( [id] INTEGER, [name] TEXT ); CREATE TABLE [city] ( [id] INTEGER, [name] TEXT ); CREATE TABLE [continent] ( [id] INTEGER, [name] TEXT ); ``` ```bash sqlite-utils transform /tmp/t.db places --add-foreign-key country country id --add-foreign-key continent continent id sqlite-utils schema /tmp/t.db ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE [country] ( [id] INTEGER, [name] TEXT ); CREATE TABLE [city] ( [id] INTEGER, [name] TEXT ); CREATE TABLE [continent] ( [id] INTEGER, [name] TEXT ); CREATE TABLE ""places"" ( [id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, [name] TEXT, [country] INTEGER REFERENCES [country]([id]), [city] INTEGER, [continent] INTEGER REFERENCES [continent]([id]) ); ``` ```bash sqlite-utils transform /tmp/t.db places --drop-foreign-key country sqlite-utils schema /tmp/t.db places ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE ""places"" ( [id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, [name] TEXT, [country] INTEGER, [city] INTEGER, [continent] INTEGER REFERENCES [continent]([id]) ) ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222, https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683201239,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683201239,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU5zX,9599,2023-08-18T01:30:46Z,2023-08-18T01:30:46Z,OWNER,"Help can now look like this: ``` --drop-foreign-key TEXT Drop foreign key constraint for this column --add-foreign-key ... Add a foreign key constraint from a column to another table with another column ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222, https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683200128,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683200128,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU5iA,9599,2023-08-18T01:29:00Z,2023-08-18T01:29:00Z,OWNER,I'm not going to implement the `foreign_keys=` option that entirely replaces existing foreign keys - I'll just do a `--add-foreign-key` multi-option.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222, https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683198740,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683198740,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU5MU,9599,2023-08-18T01:26:47Z,2023-08-18T01:26:47Z,OWNER,"The only CLI feature that supports providing just the column name appears to be this: ```bash sqlite-utils add-foreign-key --help ``` ``` Usage: sqlite-utils add-foreign-key [OPTIONS] PATH TABLE COLUMN [OTHER_TABLE] [OTHER_COLUMN] Add a new foreign key constraint to an existing table Example: sqlite-utils add-foreign-key my.db books author_id authors id WARNING: Could corrupt your database! Back up your database file first. ``` I can drop that WARNING now since I'm not writing to `sqlite_master` any more.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222, https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683197882,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683197882,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU4-6,9599,2023-08-18T01:25:53Z,2023-08-18T01:25:53Z,OWNER,"Probably most relevant here is this snippet from: ```bash sqlite-utils create-table --help ``` ``` --default ... Default value that should be set for a column --fk ... Column, other table, other column to set as a foreign key ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222, https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585#issuecomment-1683195669,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/585,1683195669,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5kU4cV,9599,2023-08-18T01:24:57Z,2023-08-18T01:24:57Z,OWNER,"Currently: ```bash sqlite-utils transform --help ``` ``` Usage: sqlite-utils transform [OPTIONS] PATH TABLE Transform a table beyond the capabilities of ALTER TABLE Example: sqlite-utils transform mydb.db mytable \ --drop column1 \ --rename column2 column_renamed Options: --type ... Change column type to INTEGER, TEXT, FLOAT or BLOB --drop TEXT Drop this column --rename ... Rename this column to X -o, --column-order TEXT Reorder columns --not-null TEXT Set this column to NOT NULL --not-null-false TEXT Remove NOT NULL from this column --pk TEXT Make this column the primary key --pk-none Remove primary key (convert to rowid table) --default ... Set default value for this column --default-none TEXT Remove default from this column --drop-foreign-key TEXT Drop foreign key constraint for this column --sql Output SQL without executing it --load-extension TEXT Path to SQLite extension, with optional :entrypoint -h, --help Show this message and exit. ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1855894222,