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https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/114#issuecomment-655782477 https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/114 655782477 MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDY1NTc4MjQ3Nw== 9599 2020-07-08T22:06:23Z 2020-07-08T22:06:23Z OWNER

Thinking about the method signature: python def transform_table( self, columns, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None, not_null=None, defaults=None, hash_id=None, extracts=None, ): This requires the caller to provide the exact set of columns for the new table.

It would be useful if this was optional - if you could omit the columns and have it automatically use the previous columns. This would let you change things like the primary key or the column order using the other arguments.

Even better: allow column renaming using an optional rename={...} argument:

python db["dogs"].transform_table(rename={"name": "dog_name"})

 
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