Items tagged weeknotes, sql

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Datasette on Codespaces, sqlite-utils API reference documentation and other weeknotes

This week I broke my streak of not sending out the Datasette newsletter, figured out how to use Sphinx for Python class documentation, worked out how to run Datasette on GitHub Codespaces, implemented Datasette column metadata and got tantalizingly close to a solution for an elusive Datasette feature.

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4:57 am / 14th August 2021 / documentation, github, sql, sqlite, datasette, weeknotes, sqliteutils, mypy, githubcodespaces

Django SQL Dashboard 1.0

Earlier this week I released Django SQL Dashboard 1.0. I also just released 1.0.1, with a bug fix for PostgreSQL 10 contributed by Ryan Cheley.

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2:19 am / 6th July 2021 / django, postgresql, projects, sql, datasette, weeknotes, githubactions, djangosqldashboard

Joining CSV and JSON data with an in-memory SQLite database

The new sqlite-utils memory command can import CSV and JSON data directly into an in-memory SQLite database, combine and query it using SQL and output the results as CSV, JSON or various other formats of plain text tables.

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10:55 pm / 19th June 2021 / csv, json, projects, sql, sqlite, weeknotes, sqliteutils

Django SQL Dashboard

I’ve released the first non-alpha version of Django SQL Dashboard, which provides an interface for running arbitrary read-only SQL queries directly against a PostgreSQL database, protected by the Django authentication scheme. It can also be used to create saved dashboards that can be published or shared internally.

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3:39 pm / 10th May 2021 / databases, django, postgresql, projects, sql, datasette, weeknotes, djangosqldashboard

Weeknotes: tableau-to-sqlite, django-sql-dashboard

This week I started a limited production run of my new backend for Vaccinate CA calling, built a tableau-to-sqlite import tool and started working on a subset of Datasette for PostgreSQL and Django called django-sql-dashboard.

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7:35 am / 14th March 2021 / django, projects, sql, weeknotes, vaccinateca, djangosqldashboard

Using SQL to find my best photo of a pelican according to Apple Photos

According to the Apple Photos internal SQLite database, this is the most aesthetically pleasing photograph I have ever taken of a pelican:

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7:16 pm / 21st May 2020 / photography, photos, projects, sql, sqlite, datasette, dogsheep, weeknotes, applephotos

sqlite-utils 2.0: real upserts

I just released version 2.0 of my sqlite-utils library/CLI tool to PyPI.

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6:48 am / 30th December 2019 / museums, projects, sql, sqlite, upsert, weeknotes, sqliteutils

Weeknotes: datasette-template-sql

Last week I talked about wanting to take ona a larger Datasette project, and listed some candidates. I ended up pushing a big project that I hadn’t listed there: the upgrade of Datasette to Python 3.8, which meant dropping support for Python 3.5 (thanks to incompatible dependencies).

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10:29 pm / 18th November 2019 / projects, sql, datasette, weeknotes

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