gh-133390: Support table, index, trigger, view, column, function, and schema completion in the sqlite3 CLI

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ sqlite3
      details.
      (Contributed by Stan Ulbrych and Łukasz Langa in :gh:`133461`)
 
+   * Table, index, trigger, view, column, function, and schema completion on <tab>.
+     (Contributed by Long Tan in :gh:`136101`.)
+
 
 ssl
 ---

Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def main(*args):
             execute(con, args.sql, suppress_errors=False, theme=theme)
         else:
             # No SQL provided; start the REPL.
-            with completer():
+            with completer(con):
                 console = SqliteInteractiveConsole(con, use_color=True)
                 console.interact(banner, exitmsg="")
     finally:

Lib/sqlite3/_completer.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from _sqlite3 import OperationalError
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 try:
@@ -8,29 +9,70 @@
 _completion_matches = []
 
 
-def _complete(text, state):
+def _complete(con, text, state):
     global _completion_matches
 
     if state == 0:
         text_upper = text.upper()
-        _completion_matches = [c for c in SQLITE_KEYWORDS if c.startswith(text_upper)]
+        text_lower = text.lower()
+        _completion_matches = [c + " " for c in SQLITE_KEYWORDS if c.startswith(text_upper)]
+        cursor = con.cursor()
+        schemata = tuple(row[1] for row
+                         in cursor.execute("PRAGMA database_list"))
+        # tables, indexes, triggers, and views
+        select_clauses = (f"SELECT name FROM \"{schema}\".sqlite_master"
+                          for schema in schemata)
+        tables = (row[0] for row
+                  in cursor.execute(" UNION ".join(select_clauses)))
+        _completion_matches.extend(c + " " for c in tables
+                                   if c.lower().startswith(text_lower))
+        # columns
+        try:
+            select_clauses = (f"""\
+                SELECT pti.name FROM "{schema}".sqlite_master AS sm
+                JOIN pragma_table_xinfo(sm.name,'{schema}') AS pti
+                WHERE sm.type='table'""" for schema in schemata)
+            columns = (row[0] for row
+                       in cursor.execute(" UNION ".join(select_clauses)))
+            _completion_matches.extend(c + " " for c in columns
+                                       if c.lower().startswith(text_lower))
+        except OperationalError:
+            # skip on SQLite<3.16.0 where pragma table-valued function is not
+            # supported yet
+            pass
+        # functions
+        try:
+            funcs = (row[0] for row in cursor.execute("""\
+                    SELECT DISTINCT UPPER(name) FROM pragma_function_list()
+                    WHERE name NOT IN ('->', '->>')"""))
+            _completion_matches.extend(c + "(" for c in funcs
+                                       if c.startswith(text_upper))
+        except OperationalError:
+            # skip on SQLite<3.30.0 where function_list is not supported yet
+            pass
+        # schemata
+        _completion_matches.extend(c for c in schemata
+                                   if c.lower().startswith(text_lower))
+        _completion_matches = sorted(set(_completion_matches))
     try:
-        return _completion_matches[state] + " "
+        return _completion_matches[state]
     except IndexError:
         return None
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def completer():
+def completer(con):
     try:
         import readline
     except ImportError:
         yield
         return
 
     old_completer = readline.get_completer()
+    def complete(text, state):
+        return _complete(con, text, state)
     try:
-        readline.set_completer(_complete)
+        readline.set_completer(complete)
         if readline.backend == "editline":
             # libedit uses "^I" instead of "tab"
             command_string = "bind ^I rl_complete"

Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py

@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@ class Completion(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        _sqlite3 = import_module("_sqlite3")
-        if not hasattr(_sqlite3, "SQLITE_KEYWORDS"):
-            raise unittest.SkipTest("unable to determine SQLite keywords")
-
         readline = import_module("readline")
         if readline.backend == "editline":
             raise unittest.SkipTest("libedit readline is not supported")
@@ -229,12 +225,24 @@ def write_input(self, input_, env=None):
             import readline
             from sqlite3.__main__ import main
 
+            # Configure readline to ...:
+            # - hide control sequences surrounding each candidate
+            # - hide "Display all xxx possibilities? (y or n)"
+            # - show candidates one per line
             readline.parse_and_bind("set colored-completion-prefix off")
+            readline.parse_and_bind("set completion-query-items 0")
+            readline.parse_and_bind("set page-completions off")
+            readline.parse_and_bind("set completion-display-width 0")
+
             main()
         """)
         return run_pty(script, input_, env)
 
     def test_complete_sql_keywords(self):
+        _sqlite3 = import_module("_sqlite3")
+        if not hasattr(_sqlite3, "SQLITE_KEYWORDS"):
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("unable to determine SQLite keywords")
+
         # List candidates starting with 'S', there should be multiple matches.
         input_ = b"S\t\tEL\t 1;\n.quit\n"
         output = self.write_input(input_)
@@ -249,6 +257,103 @@ def test_complete_sql_keywords(self):
         self.assertIn(b"SELECT", output)
         self.assertIn(b"(1,)", output)
 
+    def test_complete_table_indexes_triggers_views(self):
+        input_ = textwrap.dedent("""\
+            CREATE TABLE _table (id);
+            CREATE INDEX _index ON _table (id);
+            CREATE TRIGGER _trigger BEFORE INSERT
+                   ON _table BEGIN SELECT 1; END;
+            CREATE VIEW _view AS SELECT 1;
+
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE _temp_table (id);
+            CREATE INDEX temp._temp_index ON _temp_table (id);
+            CREATE TEMP TRIGGER _temp_trigger BEFORE INSERT
+                   ON _table BEGIN SELECT 1; END;
+            CREATE TEMP VIEW _temp_view AS SELECT 1;
+
+            ATTACH ':memory:' AS attached;
+            CREATE TABLE attached._attached_table (id);
+            CREATE INDEX attached._attached_index ON _attached_table (id);
+            CREATE TRIGGER attached._attached_trigger BEFORE INSERT
+                   ON _attached_table BEGIN SELECT 1; END;
+            CREATE VIEW attached._attached_view AS SELECT 1;
+
+            SELECT id FROM _\t\tta\t;
+            .quit\n""").encode()
+        output = self.write_input(input_)
+        lines = output.decode().splitlines()
+        indices = [i for i, line in enumerate(lines)
+                  if line.startswith(self.PS1)]
+        start, end = indices[-3], indices[-2]
+        candidates = [l.strip() for l in lines[start+1:end]]
+        self.assertEqual(candidates,
+            [
+                "_attached_index",
+                "_attached_table",
+                "_attached_trigger",
+                "_attached_view",
+                "_index",
+                "_table",
+                "_temp_index",
+                "_temp_table",
+                "_temp_trigger",
+                "_temp_view",
+                "_trigger",
+                "_view",
+            ],
+        )
+
+    def test_complete_columns(self):
+        input_ = textwrap.dedent("""\
+            CREATE TABLE _table (_col_table);
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE _temp_table (_col_temp);
+            ATTACH ':memory:' AS attached;
+            CREATE TABLE attached._attached_table (_col_attached);
+
+            SELECT _col_\t\tta\tFROM _table;
+            .quit\n""").encode()
+        output = self.write_input(input_)
+        lines = output.decode().splitlines()
+        indices = [
+            i for i, line in enumerate(lines) if line.startswith(self.PS1)
+        ]
+        start, end = indices[-3], indices[-2]
+        candidates = [l.strip() for l in lines[start+1:end]]
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            candidates, ["_col_attached", "_col_table", "_col_temp"]
+        )
+
+    def test_complete_functions(self):
+        input_ = b"SELECT AV\t1);\n.quit\n"
+        output = self.write_input(input_)
+        self.assertIn(b"AVG(1);", output)
+        self.assertIn(b"(1.0,)", output)
+
+        # Functions are completed in upper case for even lower case user input.
+        input_ = b"SELECT av\t1);\n.quit\n"
+        output = self.write_input(input_)
+        self.assertIn(b"AVG(1);", output)
+        self.assertIn(b"(1.0,)", output)
+
+    def test_complete_schemata(self):
+        input_ = textwrap.dedent("""\
+            ATTACH ':memory:' AS _attached;
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE _table (id);
+
+            SELECT * FROM \t\t_att\t.sqlite_master;
+            .quit\n""").encode()
+        output = self.write_input(input_)
+        lines = output.decode().splitlines()
+        indices = [
+            i for i, line in enumerate(lines) if line.startswith(self.PS1)
+        ]
+        start, end = indices[-3], indices[-2]
+        candidates = [l.strip() for l in lines[start+1:end]]
+        self.assertIn("_attached", candidates)
+        self.assertIn("main", candidates)
+        self.assertIn("temp", candidates)
+
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"),
                     "Two actual tabs are inserted when there are no matching"
                     " completions in the pseudo-terminal opened by run_pty()"
@@ -269,8 +374,6 @@ def test_complete_no_match(self):
         self.assertEqual(line_num, len(lines))
 
     def test_complete_no_input(self):
-        from _sqlite3 import SQLITE_KEYWORDS
-
         script = textwrap.dedent("""
             import readline
             from sqlite3.__main__ import main
@@ -301,7 +404,7 @@ def test_complete_no_input(self):
             self.assertEqual(len(indices), 2)
             start, end = indices
             candidates = [l.strip() for l in lines[start+1:end]]
-            self.assertEqual(candidates, sorted(SQLITE_KEYWORDS))
+            self.assertEqual(candidates, sorted(candidates))
         except:
             if verbose:
                 print(' PTY output: '.center(30, '-'))

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-29-22-01-00.gh-issue-133390.I1DW_3.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Support table, index, trigger, view, column, function, and schema completion
+for :mod:`sqlite3`'s :ref:`command-line interface <sqlite3-cli>`.