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More demos here: https://github.com/simonw/til/blob/master/sqlite/list-all-columns-in-a-database.md

Interestingly https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select+*+from+pragma_function_list() doesn't work, when it DOES work on my laptop.

latest.datasette.io currently runs SQLite 3.27.2 while my laptop runs 3.31.1

https://www.sqlite.org/changes.html#version_3_30_0 says that as-of 3.30.0:

The PRAGMA function_list, PRAGMA module_list, and PRAGMA pragma_list commands are now enabled in all builds by default. Disable them using -DSQLITE_OMIT_INTROSPECTION_PRAGMAS.

Some demos: * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_database_list%28%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_foreign_key_list%28%27complex_foreign_keys%27%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_function_list%28%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_index_info%28%27idx_compound_three_primary_keys_content%27%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_index_list%28%27compound_three_primary_keys%27%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_index_xinfo%28%27idx_compound_three_primary_keys_content%27%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_page_count%28%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_max_page_count%28%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_page_size%28%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_schema_version%28%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_table_info%28%27complex_foreign_keys%27%29 * https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures?sql=select++from+pragma_table_xinfo%28%27complex_foreign_keys%27%29

For the moment I'll allow-list the following: * pragma_database_list * pragma_foreign_key_list * pragma_function_list * pragma_index_info * pragma_index_list * pragma_index_xinfo * pragma_page_count * pragma_max_page_count * pragma_page_size * pragma_schema_version * pragma_table_info * pragma_table_xinfo

I could allow-list some other useful pragma_x tables too.

SQLite calls these "pragma functions" - documented here: https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragfunc

They sound safe:

Table-valued functions exist only for PRAGMAs that return results and that have no side-effects.

Maybe use a negative lookahead assertion? https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#index-20

(?!...)

Matches if ... doesn’t match next. This is a negative lookahead assertion. For example, Isaac (?!Asimov) will match 'Isaac ' only if it’s not followed by 'Asimov'.

The rationale for blocking pragma entirely from statements is that it can be used to change the state of the SQLite database, e.g. from https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html :

PRAGMA schema.application_id; PRAGMA schema.application_id = integer ; That second line is unsafe. I don't think it's possible to use the pragma_table_x variants to make writes in this way.