Added .schema property, improved docs, release 0.3

docs/table.rst

@@ -6,32 +6,113 @@ Tables are accessed using the indexing operator, like so:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    from sqlite_utils.db import Database
+    from sqlite_utils import Database
     import sqlite3
 
-    database = Database(sqlite3.connect("my_database.db"))
-    table = database["my_table"]
+    db = Database(sqlite3.connect("my_database.db"))
+    table = db["my_table"]
 
 If the table does not yet exist, it will be created the first time you attempt to insert or upsert data into it.
 
+Creating tables
+===============
+
+The easiest way to create a new table is to insert a record into it:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from sqlite_utils import Database
+    import sqlite3
+
+    db = Database(sqlite3.connect("/tmp/dogs.db"))
+    dogs = db["dogs"]
+    dogs.insert({
+        "name": "Cleo",
+        "twitter": "cleopaws",
+        "age": 3,
+        "is_good_dog": True,
+    })
+
+This will automatically create a new table called "dogs" with the following schema::
+
+    CREATE TABLE dogs (
+        name TEXT,
+        twitter TEXT,
+        age INTEGER,
+        is_good_dog INTEGER
+    )
+
+The column types are automatically derived from the types of the incoming data.
+
+You can also specify a primary key by passing the ``pk=`` parameter to the ``.insert()`` call. This will only be obeyed if the record being inserted causes the table to be created:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    dogs.insert({
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "Cleo",
+        "twitter": "cleopaws",
+        "age": 3,
+        "is_good_dog": True,
+    }, pk="id")
+
 Introspection
 =============
 
 If you have loaded an existing table, you can use introspection to find out more about it::
 
     >>> db["PlantType"]
     <sqlite_utils.db.Table at 0x10f5960b8>
+
+The ``.count`` property shows the current number of rows (``select count(*) from table``)::
+
     >>> db["PlantType"].count
     3
+    >>> db["Street_Tree_List"].count
+    189144
+
+The ``.columns`` property shows the columns in the table::
+
     >>> db["PlantType"].columns
     [Column(cid=0, name='id', type='INTEGER', notnull=0, default_value=None, is_pk=1),
      Column(cid=1, name='value', type='TEXT', notnull=0, default_value=None, is_pk=0)]
-    >>> db["Street_Tree_List"].count
-    189144
+
+The ``.foreign_keys`` property shows if the table has any foreign key relationships::
+
     >>> db["Street_Tree_List"].foreign_keys
     [ForeignKey(table='Street_Tree_List', column='qLegalStatus', other_table='qLegalStatus', other_column='id'),
      ForeignKey(table='Street_Tree_List', column='qCareAssistant', other_table='qCareAssistant', other_column='id'),
      ForeignKey(table='Street_Tree_List', column='qSiteInfo', other_table='qSiteInfo', other_column='id'),
      ForeignKey(table='Street_Tree_List', column='qSpecies', other_table='qSpecies', other_column='id'),
      ForeignKey(table='Street_Tree_List', column='qCaretaker', other_table='qCaretaker', other_column='id'),
      ForeignKey(table='Street_Tree_List', column='PlantType', other_table='PlantType', other_column='id')]
+
+The ``.schema`` property outputs the table's schema as a SQL string::
+
+    >>> print(db["Street_Tree_List"].schema)
+    CREATE TABLE "Street_Tree_List" (
+    "TreeID" INTEGER,
+      "qLegalStatus" INTEGER,
+      "qSpecies" INTEGER,
+      "qAddress" TEXT,
+      "SiteOrder" INTEGER,
+      "qSiteInfo" INTEGER,
+      "PlantType" INTEGER,
+      "qCaretaker" INTEGER,
+      "qCareAssistant" INTEGER,
+      "PlantDate" TEXT,
+      "DBH" INTEGER,
+      "PlotSize" TEXT,
+      "PermitNotes" TEXT,
+      "XCoord" REAL,
+      "YCoord" REAL,
+      "Latitude" REAL,
+      "Longitude" REAL,
+      "Location" TEXT
+    ,
+    FOREIGN KEY ("PlantType") REFERENCES [PlantType](id),
+        FOREIGN KEY ("qCaretaker") REFERENCES [qCaretaker](id),
+        FOREIGN KEY ("qSpecies") REFERENCES [qSpecies](id),
+        FOREIGN KEY ("qSiteInfo") REFERENCES [qSiteInfo](id),
+        FOREIGN KEY ("qCareAssistant") REFERENCES [qCareAssistant](id),
+        FOREIGN KEY ("qLegalStatus") REFERENCES [qLegalStatus](id))

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 
-VERSION = "0.2"
+VERSION = "0.3"
 
 
 def get_long_description():

sqlite_utils/db.py

@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ def foreign_keys(self):
                 )
         return fks
 
+    @property
+    def schema(self):
+        return self.db.conn.execute(
+            "select sql from sqlite_master where name = ?", (self.name,)
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+
     def create(self, columns, pk=None, foreign_keys=None):
         columns = {name: value for (name, value) in columns.items()}
         self.db.create_table(self.name, columns, pk=pk, foreign_keys=foreign_keys)