id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,pull_request,body,repo,type,active_lock_reason,performed_via_github_app,reactions,draft,state_reason
1083921371,I_kwDOBm6k_c5Am1Pb,1570,Separate db.execute_write() into three methods,9599,closed,0,,7571612,2,2021-12-18T18:45:54Z,2022-01-13T22:27:38Z,2021-12-18T18:57:25Z,OWNER,,"> Rather than adding a `executemany=True` parameter, I'm now thinking a better design might be to have three methods:
>
> - `db.execute_write(sql, params=None, block=False)`
> - `db.execute_write_script(sql, block=False)`
> - `db.execute_write_many(sql, params_seq, block=False)`

_Originally posted by @simonw in https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997267416_",107914493,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1570/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,completed
1083895395,I_kwDOBm6k_c5Amu5j,1569,"db.execute_write(..., executescript=True) parameter",9599,closed,0,,7571612,2,2021-12-18T18:20:47Z,2022-01-13T22:27:27Z,2021-12-18T18:34:18Z,OWNER,,"> Idea: teach `execute_write` to accept an optional `executescript=True` parameter, like this:
```diff
diff --git a/datasette/database.py b/datasette/database.py
index 468e936..1a424f5 100644
--- a/datasette/database.py
+++ b/datasette/database.py
@@ -94,10 +94,14 @@ class Database:
             f""file:{self.path}{qs}"", uri=True, check_same_thread=False
         )
 
-    async def execute_write(self, sql, params=None, block=False):
+    async def execute_write(self, sql, params=None, executescript=False, block=False):
+        assert not executescript and params, ""Cannot use params with executescript=True""
         def _inner(conn):
             with conn:
-                return conn.execute(sql, params or [])
+                if executescript:
+                    return conn.executescript(sql)
+                else:
+                    return conn.execute(sql, params or [])
 
         with trace(""sql"", database=self.name, sql=sql.strip(), params=params):
             results = await self.execute_write_fn(_inner, block=block)
```

_Originally posted by @simonw in https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997248364_",107914493,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1569/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,completed
1083726550,I_kwDOBm6k_c5AmFrW,1568,Trace should show queries on the write connection too,9599,closed,0,,7571612,2,2021-12-18T02:34:12Z,2022-01-13T22:27:23Z,2021-12-18T02:42:34Z,OWNER,,"> Here's why - `trace` only applies to read, not write SQL operations: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/7c8f8aa209e4ba7bf83976f8495d67c28fbfca24/datasette/database.py#L209-L211

_Originally posted by @simonw in https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1555#issuecomment-997128508_",107914493,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1568/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,completed
1083573206,I_kwDOBm6k_c5AlgPW,1563,Datasette(... files=) should not be a required argument,9599,closed,0,,7571612,2,2021-12-17T19:54:18Z,2022-01-13T22:27:18Z,2021-12-18T02:19:40Z,OWNER,,"```pycon
>>> ds = Datasette(memory=True)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""<stdin>"", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'files'
>>> ds = Datasette(memory=True, files=[])
```
I wanted to create an in-memory Datasette for running some tests, no point in forcing me to pass `files=[]` to do that.",107914493,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1563/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,completed