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SQLITE3_COLUMN_BLOB(3)     Library Functions Manual     SQLITE3_COLUMN_BLOB(3)

NAME
     sqlite3_column_blob, sqlite3_column_double, sqlite3_column_int,
     sqlite3_column_int64, sqlite3_column_text, sqlite3_column_text16,
     sqlite3_column_value, sqlite3_column_bytes, sqlite3_column_bytes16,
     sqlite3_column_type - result values from a query

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sqlite3.h>

     const void *
     sqlite3_column_blob(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     double
     sqlite3_column_double(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     int
     sqlite3_column_int(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     sqlite3_int64
     sqlite3_column_int64(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     const unsigned char *
     sqlite3_column_text(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     const void *
     sqlite3_column_text16(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     sqlite3_value *
     sqlite3_column_value(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     int
     sqlite3_column_bytes(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     int
     sqlite3_column_bytes16(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

     int
     sqlite3_column_type(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

DESCRIPTION
     Summary:


       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 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


     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_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().  If the SQL statement does not currently point to
     a valid row, or if the column index is out of range, the result is
     undefined.  These routines may only be called when the most recent call
     to sqlite3_step() has returned SQLITE_ROW and neither sqlite3_reset() nor
     sqlite3_finalize() have been called subsequently.  If any of these
     routines are called after sqlite3_reset() or sqlite3_finalize() or after
     sqlite3_step() has returned 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 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 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 sqlite3_snprintf() to
     convert that value to a UTF-8 string and returns the number of bytes in
     that string.  If the result is NULL, then sqlite3_column_bytes() returns
     zero.

     If the result is a BLOB or UTF-16 string then the
     sqlite3_column_bytes16() routine returns the number of bytes in that BLOB
     or string.  If the result is a UTF-8 string, then
     sqlite3_column_bytes16() converts the string to UTF-16 and then returns
     the number of bytes.  If the result is a numeric value then
     sqlite3_column_bytes16() uses sqlite3_snprintf() to convert that value to
     a UTF-16 string and returns the number of bytes in that string.  If the
     result is NULL, then sqlite3_column_bytes16() returns zero.

     The values returned by sqlite3_column_bytes() and
     sqlite3_column_bytes16() do not include the zero terminators at the end
     of the string.  For clarity: the values returned by
     sqlite3_column_bytes() and sqlite3_column_bytes16() are the number of
     bytes in the string, not the number of characters.

     Strings returned by sqlite3_column_text() and sqlite3_column_text16(),
     even empty strings, are always zero-terminated.  The return value from
     sqlite3_column_blob() for a zero-length BLOB is a NULL pointer.

     Strings returned by sqlite3_column_text16() always have the endianness
     which is native to the platform, regardless of the text encoding set for
     the database.

     Warning: The object returned by sqlite3_column_value() is an unprotected
     sqlite3_value object.  In a multithreaded environment, an unprotected
     sqlite3_value object may only be used safely with 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.

     These routines may attempt to convert the datatype of the result.  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:


        Internal Type   Requested Type    Conversion
         NULL      INTEGER     Result is 0
         NULL       FLOAT      Result is 0.0
         NULL        TEXT      Result is a NULL pointer
         NULL        BLOB      Result is a NULL pointer
        INTEGER     FLOAT      Convert from integer to float
        INTEGER      TEXT      ASCII rendering of the integer
        INTEGER      BLOB      Same as INTEGER->TEXT
         FLOAT     INTEGER     CAST to INTEGER
         FLOAT       TEXT      ASCII rendering of the float
         FLOAT       BLOB      CAST to BLOB
         TEXT      INTEGER     CAST to INTEGER
         TEXT       FLOAT      CAST to REAL
         TEXT        BLOB      No change
         BLOB      INTEGER     CAST to INTEGER
         BLOB       FLOAT      CAST to REAL
         BLOB        TEXT      CAST to TEXT, ensure zero terminator


     Note that when type conversions occur, pointers returned by prior calls
     to sqlite3_column_blob(), sqlite3_column_text(), and/or
     sqlite3_column_text16() may be invalidated.  Type conversions and pointer
     invalidations might occur in the following cases:

        The initial content is a BLOB and sqlite3_column_text() or
         sqlite3_column_text16() is called.  A zero-terminator might need to
         be added to the string.

        The initial content is UTF-8 text and sqlite3_column_bytes16() or
         sqlite3_column_text16() is called.  The content must be converted to
         UTF-16.

        The initial content is UTF-16 text and sqlite3_column_bytes() or
         sqlite3_column_text() is called.  The content must be converted to
         UTF-8.

     Conversions between UTF-16be and UTF-16le are always done in place and do
     not invalidate a prior pointer, though of course the content of the
     buffer that the prior pointer references will have been modified.  Other
     kinds of conversion are done in place when it is possible, but sometimes
     they are not possible and in those cases prior pointers are invalidated.

     The safest policy is to invoke these routines in one of the following
     ways:

        sqlite3_column_text() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes()

        sqlite3_column_blob() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes()

        sqlite3_column_text16() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes16()

     In other words, you should call sqlite3_column_text(),
     sqlite3_column_blob(), or sqlite3_column_text16() first to force the
     result into the desired format, then invoke sqlite3_column_bytes() or
     sqlite3_column_bytes16() to find the size of the result.  Do not mix
     calls to sqlite3_column_text() or sqlite3_column_blob() with calls to
     sqlite3_column_bytes16(), and do not mix calls to sqlite3_column_text16()
     with calls to sqlite3_column_bytes().

     The pointers returned are valid until a type conversion occurs as
     described above, or until sqlite3_step() or sqlite3_reset() or
     sqlite3_finalize() is called.  The memory space used to hold strings and
     BLOBs is freed automatically.  Do not pass the pointers returned from
     sqlite3_column_blob(), sqlite3_column_text(), etc.  into sqlite3_free().
     As long as the input parameters are correct, these routines will only
     fail if an out-of-memory error occurs during a format conversion.  Only
     the following subset of interfaces are subject to out-of-memory errors:

        sqlite3_column_blob()

        sqlite3_column_text()

        sqlite3_column_text16()

        sqlite3_column_bytes()

        sqlite3_column_bytes16()

     If an out-of-memory error occurs, then the return value from these
     routines is the same as if the column had contained an SQL NULL value.
     Valid SQL NULL returns can be distinguished from out-of-memory errors by
     invoking the sqlite3_errcode() immediately after the suspect return value
     is obtained and before any other SQLite interface is called on the same
     database connection.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     These declarations were extracted from the interface documentation at
     line 5038.

     SQLITE_API const void *sqlite3_column_blob(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API double sqlite3_column_double(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API int sqlite3_column_int(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API sqlite3_int64 sqlite3_column_int64(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API const unsigned char *sqlite3_column_text(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API const void *sqlite3_column_text16(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API sqlite3_value *sqlite3_column_value(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API int sqlite3_column_bytes(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API int sqlite3_column_bytes16(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
     SQLITE_API int sqlite3_column_type(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);

SEE ALSO
     sqlite3(3), sqlite3_bind_blob(3), sqlite3_column_count(3),
     sqlite3_errcode(3), sqlite3_finalize(3), sqlite3_malloc(3),
     sqlite3_mprintf(3), sqlite3_prepare(3), sqlite3_reset(3),
     sqlite3_result_blob(3), sqlite3_step(3), sqlite3_stmt(3),
     sqlite3_value(3), sqlite3_value_blob(3), SQLITE_INTEGER(3), SQLITE_OK(3)

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