Custom Queries - escaping strings

[psychemedia]

If a SQLite table column name contains spaces, they are usually referred to in double quotes:

SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE "gappy column name"="my value";

In the JSON metadata file, this is passed by escaping the double quotes:

"queries": {"my query": "SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE \"gappy column name\"=\"my value\";"}

When specifying a custom query in metadata.json using double quotes, these are then rendered in the datasette query box using single quotes:

SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE 'gappy column name'='my value';

which does not work.

Alternatively, a valid custom query can be passed using backticks (`) to quote the column name and single (unescaped) quotes for the matched value:

"queries": {"my query": "SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE `gappy column name`='my value';"}

[simonw]

I'm having trouble replicating this bug. In particular, I don't understand what you mean by "these are then rendered in the datasette query box using single quotes" - since canned queries aren't displayed in a textarea. Do you have an example database / metadata.json I can use to investigate this further?

[simonw]

Closing as couldn't replicate