gh-158277: sqlite3 CLI completer: include views in column completion (GH-158278)

Author: Tony123-tech

Lib/sqlite3/_completer.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _complete(con, text, state):
                     f"""\
                     SELECT pti.name || ' ' FROM "{schema}".sqlite_master AS sm
                     JOIN pragma_table_xinfo(sm.name,'{schema}') AS pti
-                    WHERE sm.type='table' AND
+                    WHERE sm.type IN ('table', 'view') AND
                     pti.name LIKE REPLACE(:text, '_', '^_') || '%' ESCAPE '^'"""
                     for schema in schemata
                 )

Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py

@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ def test_complete_columns(self):
         input_ = textwrap.dedent("""\
             CREATE TABLE _table (_col_table);
             CREATE TEMP TABLE _temp_table (_col_temp);
+            CREATE VIEW _view AS SELECT _col_table AS _col_table_alias
+                                 FROM _table;
             ATTACH ':memory:' AS attached;
             CREATE TABLE attached._attached_table (_col_attached);
 
@@ -340,9 +342,9 @@ def test_complete_columns(self):
         candidates = [l.strip() for l in lines[start+1:end]]
 
         self.assertEqual(
-            candidates, ["_col_attached", "_col_table", "_col_temp"]
+            candidates,
+            ["_col_attached", "_col_table", "_col_table_alias", "_col_temp"],
         )
-
     @unittest.skipIf(sqlite3.sqlite_version_info < (3, 30, 0),
                      "PRAGMA function_list is not available until "
                      "SQLite 3.30.0")

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-27-14-00-00.gh-issue-158277.aBcDeF.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix :mod:`sqlite3` CLI completer to include view columns in
+column-name completion.
+