html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,user_label,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,issue_label,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1445#issuecomment-904037087,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1445,904037087,IC_kwDOBm6k_c414oLf,9599,simonw,2021-08-23T19:10:17Z,2021-08-23T19:10:17Z,OWNER,"Rather than trying to run that monstrosity in a single `union all` query, a better approach may be to use `fetch()` requests as seen in https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-search-all","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",977323133,Ability to search for text across all columns in a table,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1445#issuecomment-904036200,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1445,904036200,IC_kwDOBm6k_c414n9o,9599,simonw,2021-08-23T19:08:54Z,2021-08-23T19:08:54Z,OWNER,"Figured out a query for searching across every column in every table! https://til.simonwillison.net/datasette/search-all-columns-trick#user-content-same-trick-for-the-entire-database

```sql
with tables as (
  select
    name as table_name
  from
    sqlite_master
  where
    type = 'table'
),
queries as (
  select
    'select ''' || tables.table_name || ''' as _table, rowid from ""' || tables.table_name || '"" where ' || group_concat(
      '""' || name || '"" like ''%'' || :search || ''%''',
      ' or '
    ) as query
  from
    pragma_table_info(tables.table_name),
    tables
  group by
    tables.table_name
)
select
  group_concat(query, ' union all ')
from
  queries
```
The SQL query this generates for larger databases is _extremely_ long - but it does seem to work for smaller databases.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",977323133,Ability to search for text across all columns in a table,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1445#issuecomment-904027166,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1445,904027166,IC_kwDOBm6k_c414lwe,9599,simonw,2021-08-23T18:56:20Z,2021-08-23T18:56:20Z,OWNER,A related but potentially even more useful ability would be running a search across every column of every table in a whole database. For anything less than a few 100MB this could be incredibly useful.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",977323133,Ability to search for text across all columns in a table,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1445#issuecomment-904026253,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1445,904026253,IC_kwDOBm6k_c414liN,9599,simonw,2021-08-23T18:54:49Z,2021-08-23T18:54:49Z,OWNER,"The bigger problem here is UI design. This feels like a pretty niche requirement to me, so adding a prominent search box to the table page (which already has the filters interface, plus the full-text search box for tables that have FTS configured) feels untidy.

I could tuck it away in the table cog menu, but that's a weird place for something like this to live.

Maybe add it as a new type of filter? Filters apply to specific columns though, so this would be the first filter that applied to _all_ columns - which doesn't really fit the existing filter interface very well.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",977323133,Ability to search for text across all columns in a table,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1445#issuecomment-904024939,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1445,904024939,IC_kwDOBm6k_c414lNr,9599,simonw,2021-08-23T18:52:35Z,2021-08-23T18:52:35Z,OWNER,"The downside of the current implementation of this trick is that it only works for exact LIKE partial matches in a specific table - if you search for `dog cat` and `dog` appears in `title` but `cat` appears in `description` you won't get back that result.

I think that's fine though. If you want more advanced search there are other mechanisms you can use. This is meant to be a very quick and dirty starting point for exploring a brand new table.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",977323133,Ability to search for text across all columns in a table,