{"id": "changelog:writable-canned-queries", "page": "changelog", "ref": "writable-canned-queries", "title": "Writable canned queries", "content": "Datasette's  Canned queries  feature lets you define SQL queries in  metadata.json  which can then be executed by users visiting a specific URL.  https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search  for example. \n                 Canned queries were previously restricted to  SELECT , but Datasette 0.44 introduces the ability for canned queries to execute  INSERT  or  UPDATE  queries as well, using the new  \"write\": true  property ( #800 ): \n                 {\n    \"databases\": {\n        \"dogs\": {\n            \"queries\": {\n                \"add_name\": {\n                    \"sql\": \"INSERT INTO names (name) VALUES (:name)\",\n                    \"write\": true\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    }\n} \n                 See  Writable canned queries  for more details.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Changelog\", \"0.44 (2020-06-11)\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search\", \"label\": \"https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/800\", \"label\": \"#800\"}]"}