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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

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

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

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