{"id": "sql_queries:id1", "page": "sql_queries", "ref": "id1", "title": "Canned queries", "content": "As an alternative to adding views to your database, you can define canned queries inside your  datasette.yaml  file. Here's an example: \n             [[[cog\nfrom metadata_doc import config_example, config_example\nconfig_example(cog, {\n    \"databases\": {\n       \"sf-trees\": {\n           \"queries\": {\n               \"just_species\": {\n                   \"sql\": \"select qSpecies from Street_Tree_List\"\n               }\n           }\n       }\n    }\n}) \n             ]]] \n             [[[end]]] \n             Then run Datasette like this: \n             datasette sf-trees.db -m metadata.json \n             Each canned query will be listed on the database index page, and will also get its own URL at: \n             /database-name/canned-query-name \n             For the above example, that URL would be: \n             /sf-trees/just_species \n             You can optionally include  \"title\"  and  \"description\"  keys to show a title and description on the canned query page. As with regular table metadata you can alternatively specify  \"description_html\"  to have your description rendered as HTML (rather than having HTML special characters escaped).", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Running SQL queries\"]", "references": "[]"}