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/498#issuecomment-504793988,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/498,504793988,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDUwNDc5Mzk4OA==,9599,2019-06-23T22:40:25Z,2019-06-23T22:41:25Z,OWNER,"You can use a database query against `sqlite_master` to find all the FTS tables: http://sf-trees.datasettes.com/trees-b64f0cb?sql=select+name+from+sqlite_master+where+name+like+%22%25_fts%22+and+type+%3D+%22table%22 `select name from sqlite_master where name like ""%_fts"" and type = ""table""` You could then construct a crafty UNION query to get results back from all of those tables at once: http://sf-trees.datasettes.com/trees-b64f0cb?sql=select+%27PlantType_value_fts%27%2C+rowid%2C+value+from+PlantType_value_fts+where+PlantType_value_fts+match+%3Asearch%0D%0A++union%0D%0Aselect+%27qCareAssistant_value_fts%27%2C+rowid%2C+value+from+qCareAssistant_value_fts+where+qCareAssistant_value_fts+match+%3Asearch%0D%0A++union%0D%0Aselect+%27qCaretaker_value_fts%27%2C+rowid%2C+value+from+qCaretaker_value_fts+where+qCaretaker_value_fts+match+%3Asearch%0D%0A++union%0D%0Aselect+%27qLegalStatus_value_fts%27%2C+rowid%2C+value+from+qLegalStatus_value_fts+where+qLegalStatus_value_fts+match+%3Asearch%0D%0A++union%0D%0Aselect+%27qSiteInfo_value_fts%27%2C+rowid%2C+value+from+qSiteInfo_value_fts+where+qSiteInfo_value_fts+match+%3Asearch%0D%0A++union%0D%0Aselect+%27qSpecies_value_fts%27%2C+rowid%2C+value+from+qSpecies_value_fts+where+qSpecies_value_fts+match+%3Asearch&search=fi%2A (I'm searching for `fi*` here to demonstrate wildcards) The problem, as discussed earlier, is relevance: there's no way to compare the scores you're getting across different tables, so you won't be able to order by anything. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",451513541, https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/498#issuecomment-504763919,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/498,504763919,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDUwNDc2MzkxOQ==,9599,2019-06-23T15:50:49Z,2019-06-23T15:50:49Z,OWNER,"One interesting way to approach this could be to do it entirely in JavaScript. I've had a lot of success building small apps on top of Datasette's JavaScript API - I wrote up one example here: https://24ways.org/2018/fast-autocomplete-search-for-your-website/ Once #272 is done I'll be adding a plugin hook that allows plugins to define entirely new pages within the Datasette application, which may also be a good way to work on this.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",451513541,