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https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2145#issuecomment-1685471752 https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2145 1685471752 IC_kwDOBm6k_c5kdkII 77071 2023-08-21T01:07:23Z 2023-08-21T01:07:23Z NONE

@simonw, since you're referencing "rowid" column by name, I just want to note that there may be an existing rowid column with completely different semantics (https://www.sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#rowid), which is likely to break this logic. I don't see a good way to detect a proper "rowid" name short of checking if there is a field with that name and using the alternative (_rowid_ or oid), which is not ideal, but may work.

In terms of the original issue, maybe a way to deal with it is to use rowid by default and then use primary key for WITHOUT ROWID tables (as they are guaranteed to be not null), but I suspect it may require significant changes to the API (and doesn't fully address the issue of what value to pass to indicate NULL when editing records). Would it make sense to generate a random string to indicate NULL values when editing?

 
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