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291639118 MDU6SXNzdWUyOTE2MzkxMTg= 183 Custom Queries - escaping strings 82988 closed 0     2 2018-01-25T16:49:13Z 2019-06-24T06:45:07Z 2019-06-24T06:45:07Z CONTRIBUTOR  

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';"}

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