From f9f346558265892d7cbc7c009eb590dece02c67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Willison <swillison@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 13:49:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Better empty state message

Root user was being told they didn't have permission when actually
the problem was there were no tables at all.
---
 datasette/templates/execute_write.html | 2 +-
 tests/test_queries.py                  | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/datasette/templates/execute_write.html b/datasette/templates/execute_write.html
index a93de3a6..949850ed 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/execute_write.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/execute_write.html
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ form.sql.core input[data-execute-write-submit]:disabled {
             </details>
         </div>
     {% else %}
-        <p class="message-warning execute-write-template-unavailable">You don't currently have permission to insert, edit or delete from any tables.</p>
+        <p class="message-warning execute-write-template-unavailable">There are no tables that you can currently edit.</p>
     {% endif %}
 
     <p class="sql-editor"><textarea id="sql-editor" name="sql"{% if sql %} style="height: {{ sql.split("\n")|length + 2 }}em"{% endif %}>{{ sql }}</textarea></p>
diff --git a/tests/test_queries.py b/tests/test_queries.py
index cef06d7f..25e423d4 100644
--- a/tests/test_queries.py
+++ b/tests/test_queries.py
@@ -1580,10 +1580,7 @@ async def test_execute_write_templates_are_filtered_by_permission_and_server_gen
 
     assert viewer_response.status_code == 200
     assert "<summary>Start with a template</summary>" not in viewer_response.text
-    assert (
-        "You don't currently have permission to insert, edit or delete from any tables."
-        in viewer_response.text
-    )
+    assert "There are no tables that you can currently edit." in viewer_response.text
     assert "data-template-insert-sql" not in viewer_response.text
     assert "data-template-update-sql" not in viewer_response.text
     assert "data-template-delete-sql" not in viewer_response.text