Research: handle gzipped CSV directly
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Description
Would it be worthwhile for the sqlite-utils command-line tool to grow features to efficiently directly interact with gzipped CSV data?
Maybe add --gz options to both insert and to the various commands that output query results.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the sqlite-utils CLI's insert command and the commands that output query results, then review how they currently handle CSV data. The research should determine whether direct gzipped CSV support is worthwhile and define the scope and behavior of possible --gz options.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, sqlite
- Domain
- cli, databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100