Is it possible to use a returned column value as a table name in an SQLite query?

Question

I want to write a query that examines all the tables in an SQLite database for a piece of information in order to simplify my post-incident diagnostics (performance doesn\'t

Answer 1

SQLite is designed as an embedded database, i.e., to be used together with a 'real' programming language. To be able to use such dynamic constructs, you must go outside of SQLite itself:

cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master")
rows = cursor.fetchall()
for row in rows:
    sql = "SELECT ... FROM {} WHERE ...".format(row[0])
    cursor.execute(sql)