issue_comments: 1154373361

Yeah, at the moment the best way to do this is with search_sql(), but you're right it really isn't very intuitive.

Here's how I would do this, using a CTE trick to combine the queries: python search_sql = db["articles"].search_sql(columns=["title", "author"])) sql = f""" with search_results as ({search_sql}) select * from search_results where owner = :owner """ results = db.query(sql, {"query": "my search query", "owner": "my owner"}) I'm not sure if sqlite-utils should ever evolve to provide a better way of doing this kind of thing to be honest - if it did, it would turn into more of an ORM. Something like PeeWee may be a better option here.