fts_table and fts_pk metadata configs, available for both tables and views

datasette/views/table.py

@@ -309,7 +309,10 @@ class TableView(RowTableShared):
         where_clauses, params = filters.build_where_clauses()
 
         # _search support:
-        fts_table = info[name]["tables"].get(table, {}).get("fts_table")
+        fts_table = table_metadata.get(
+            "fts_table", info[name]["tables"].get(table, {}).get("fts_table")
+        )
+        fts_pk = table_metadata.get("fts_pk", "rowid")
         search_args = dict(
             pair for pair in special_args.items() if pair[0].startswith("_search")
         )
@@ -320,8 +323,9 @@ class TableView(RowTableShared):
                 # Simple ?_search=xxx
                 search = search_args["_search"]
                 where_clauses.append(
-                    "rowid in (select rowid from {fts_table} where {fts_table} match :search)".format(
+                    "{fts_pk} in (select rowid from {fts_table} where {fts_table} match :search)".format(
                         fts_table=escape_sqlite(fts_table),
+                        fts_pk=escape_sqlite(fts_pk)
                     )
                 )
                 human_description_extras.append('search matches "{}"'.format(search))

docs/full_text_search.rst

@@ -69,6 +69,30 @@ And then populate it like this:
 
 You can use this technique to populate the full-text search index from any combination of tables and joins that makes sense for your project.
 
+Configuring full-text search for a table or view
+------------------------------------------------
+
+If a table has a corresponding FTS table set up using the ``content=`` argument to ``CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE`` shown above, Datasette will detect it automatically and add a search interface to the table page for that table.
+
+You can also manually configure which table should be used for full-text search using :ref:`metadata`. You can set the associated FTS table for a specific table and you can also set one for a view - if you do that, the page for that SQL view will offer a search option.
+
+The ``fts_table`` property can be used to specify an associated FTS table. If the primary key column in your table which was used to populate the FTS table is something other than ``rowid``, you can specify the column to use with the ``fts_pk`` property.
+
+Here is an example which enables full-text search for a ``display_ads`` view which is defined against the ``ads`` table and hence needs to run FTS against the ``ads_fts`` table, using the ``id`` as the primary key::
+
+    {
+      "databases": {
+        "russian-ads": {
+          "tables": {
+            "display_ads": {
+              "fts_table": "ads_fts",
+              "fts_pk": "id"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
 Setting up full-text search using csvs-to-sqlite
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