^sqlite3_prepare_v3() differs from sqlite3_prepare_v2() only in having -** the extra prepFlags parameter, which is a bit array consisting of zero or -** more of the [SQLITE_PREPARE_PERSISTENT|SQLITE_PREPARE_*] flags. ^The -** sqlite3_prepare_v2() interface works exactly the same as -** sqlite3_prepare_v3() with a zero prepFlags parameter. **
-** -** Details: -** ** ^These routines return information about a single column of the current ** result row of a query. ^In every case the first argument is a pointer ** to the [prepared statement] that is being evaluated (the [sqlite3_stmt*] -** that was returned from [sqlite3_prepare_v3()] or one of its variants) +** that was returned from [sqlite3_prepare_v2()] or one of its variants) ** and the second argument is the index of the column for which information ** should be returned. ^The leftmost column of the result set has the index 0. ** ^The number of columns in the result can be determined using ** [sqlite3_column_count()]. ** @@ -5338,33 +4490,20 @@ ** something other than [SQLITE_ROW], the results are undefined. ** If [sqlite3_step()] or [sqlite3_reset()] or [sqlite3_finalize()] ** are called from a different thread while any of these routines ** are pending, then the results are undefined. ** -** The first six interfaces (_blob, _double, _int, _int64, _text, and _text16) -** each return the value of a result column in a specific data format. If -** the result column is not initially in the requested format (for example, -** if the query returns an integer but the sqlite3_column_text() interface -** is used to extract the value) then an automatic type conversion is performed. -** ** ^The sqlite3_column_type() routine returns the ** [SQLITE_INTEGER | datatype code] for the initial data type ** of the result column. ^The returned value is one of [SQLITE_INTEGER], -** [SQLITE_FLOAT], [SQLITE_TEXT], [SQLITE_BLOB], or [SQLITE_NULL]. -** The return value of sqlite3_column_type() can be used to decide which -** of the first six interface should be used to extract the column value. -** The value returned by sqlite3_column_type() is only meaningful if no -** automatic type conversions have occurred for the value in question. -** After a type conversion, the result of calling sqlite3_column_type() -** is undefined, though harmless. Future +** [SQLITE_FLOAT], [SQLITE_TEXT], [SQLITE_BLOB], or [SQLITE_NULL]. The value +** returned by sqlite3_column_type() is only meaningful if no type +** conversions have occurred as described below. After a type conversion, +** the value returned by sqlite3_column_type() is undefined. Future ** versions of SQLite may change the behavior of sqlite3_column_type() ** following a type conversion. ** -** If the result is a BLOB or a TEXT string, then the sqlite3_column_bytes() -** or sqlite3_column_bytes16() interfaces can be used to determine the size -** of that BLOB or string. -** ** ^If the result is a BLOB or UTF-8 string then the sqlite3_column_bytes() ** routine returns the number of bytes in that BLOB or string. ** ^If the result is a UTF-16 string, then sqlite3_column_bytes() converts ** the string to UTF-8 and then returns the number of bytes. ** ^If the result is a numeric value then sqlite3_column_bytes() uses @@ -5397,17 +4536,13 @@ ** [sqlite3_bind_value()] and [sqlite3_result_value()]. ** If the [unprotected sqlite3_value] object returned by ** [sqlite3_column_value()] is used in any other way, including calls ** to routines like [sqlite3_value_int()], [sqlite3_value_text()], ** or [sqlite3_value_bytes()], the behavior is not threadsafe. -** Hence, the sqlite3_column_value() interface -** is normally only useful within the implementation of -** [application-defined SQL functions] or [virtual tables], not within -** top-level application code. ** -** The these routines may attempt to convert the datatype of the result. -** ^For example, if the internal representation is FLOAT and a text result +** These routines attempt to convert the value where appropriate. ^For +** example, if the internal representation is FLOAT and a text result ** is requested, [sqlite3_snprintf()] is used internally to perform the ** conversion automatically. ^(The following table details the conversions ** that are applied: ** **-**
sqlite3_column_blob → BLOB result -** sqlite3_column_double → REAL result -** sqlite3_column_int → 32-bit INTEGER result -** sqlite3_column_int64 → 64-bit INTEGER result -** sqlite3_column_text → UTF-8 TEXT result -** sqlite3_column_text16 → UTF-16 TEXT result -** sqlite3_column_value → The result as an -** [sqlite3_value|unprotected sqlite3_value] object. -** -** sqlite3_column_bytes → Size of a BLOB -** or a UTF-8 TEXT result in bytes -** sqlite3_column_bytes16 -** → Size of UTF-16 -** TEXT in bytes -** sqlite3_column_type → Default -** datatype of the result -**