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/1671#issuecomment-1075432283,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1671,1075432283,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5AGctb,9599,2022-03-22T17:39:04Z,2022-03-22T17:43:12Z,OWNER,"Note that Datasette does already have special logic to convert parameters to integers for numeric comparisons like `>`:

https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/c4c9dbd0386e46d2bf199f0ed34e4895c98cb78c/datasette/filters.py#L203-L212

Though... it looks like there's a bug in that? It doesn't account for `float` values - `""3.5"".isdigit()` return `False` - probably for the best, because `int(3.5)` would break that value anyway.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1174655187,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1671#issuecomment-1075435185,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1671,1075435185,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5AGdax,9599,2022-03-22T17:42:09Z,2022-03-22T17:42:09Z,OWNER,"Also made me realize that this query:
```sql
select * from sortable where sortable > :p0
```
Only works here thanks to the column affinity thing kicking in too: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select+*+from+sortable+where+sortable+%3E+%3Ap0&p0=70","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1174655187,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1671#issuecomment-1075428030,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1671,1075428030,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5AGbq-,9599,2022-03-22T17:34:30Z,2022-03-22T17:34:30Z,OWNER,"No, I think I need to use `cast` - I can't think of any way to ask SQLite ""for this query, what types are the columns that will come back from it?""

Even the details from the `explain` trick explored in #1293 don't seem to come back with column type information: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=explain+select+pk%2C+text1%2C+text2%2C+[name+with+.+and+spaces]+from+searchable_view+where+%22pk%22+%3D+%3Ap0&p0=1","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1174655187,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1671#issuecomment-1075425513,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1671,1075425513,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5AGbDp,9599,2022-03-22T17:31:53Z,2022-03-22T17:31:53Z,OWNER,"The alternative to using `cast` here would be for Datasette to convert the `""1""` to a `1` in Python code before passing it as a param.

This feels a bit neater to me, but I still then need to solve the problem of how to identify the ""type"" of a column that I want to use in a query.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1174655187,