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id: validate-arbitrary-sql
title: "Validate arbitrary SQL"
description: "Validates that arbitrary SQL is acceptable for the given database."
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>
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  method={"post"}
  path={"/api/v1/database/{pk}/validate_sql/"}
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>

</MethodEndpoint>



Validates that arbitrary SQL is acceptable for the given database.

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  {...require("./validate-arbitrary-sql.ParamsDetails.json")}
>

</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  {...require("./validate-arbitrary-sql.RequestSchema.json")}
>

</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
  {...require("./validate-arbitrary-sql.StatusCodes.json")}
>

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