Updated: 2022/Sep/29

Please read Privacy Policy. It's for your privacy.


SQLITE3_GET_AUXDATA(3)     Library Functions Manual     SQLITE3_GET_AUXDATA(3)

NAME
     sqlite3_get_auxdata, sqlite3_set_auxdata - function auxiliary data

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sqlite3.h>

     void *
     sqlite3_get_auxdata(sqlite3_context*, int N);

     void
     sqlite3_set_auxdata(sqlite3_context*, int N, void*, void (*)(void*));

DESCRIPTION
     These functions may be used by (non-aggregate) SQL functions to associate
     metadata with argument values.  If the same value is passed to multiple
     invocations of the same SQL function during query execution, under some
     circumstances the associated metadata may be preserved.  An example of
     where this might be useful is in a regular-expression matching function.
     The compiled version of the regular expression can be stored as metadata
     associated with the pattern string.  Then as long as the pattern string
     remains the same, the compiled regular expression can be reused on
     multiple invocations of the same function.

     The sqlite3_get_auxdata(C,N) interface returns a pointer to the metadata
     associated by the sqlite3_set_auxdata(C,N,P,X) function with the Nth
     argument value to the application-defined function.  N is zero for the
     left-most function argument.  If there is no metadata associated with the
     function argument, the sqlite3_get_auxdata(C,N) interface returns a NULL
     pointer.

     The sqlite3_set_auxdata(C,N,P,X) interface saves P as metadata for the N-
     th argument of the application-defined function.  Subsequent calls to
     sqlite3_get_auxdata(C,N) return P from the most recent
     sqlite3_set_auxdata(C,N,P,X) call if the metadata is still valid or NULL
     if the metadata has been discarded.  After each call to
     sqlite3_set_auxdata(C,N,P,X) where X is not NULL, SQLite will invoke the
     destructor function X with parameter P exactly once, when the metadata is
     discarded.  SQLite is free to discard the metadata at any time,
     including:

        when the corresponding function parameter changes, or

        when sqlite3_reset() or sqlite3_finalize() is called for the SQL
         statement, or

        when sqlite3_set_auxdata() is invoked again on the same parameter, or

        during the original sqlite3_set_auxdata() call when a memory
         allocation error occurs.

     Note the last bullet in particular.  The destructor X in
     sqlite3_set_auxdata(C,N,P,X) might be called immediately, before the
     sqlite3_set_auxdata() interface even returns.  Hence
     sqlite3_set_auxdata() should be called near the end of the function
     implementation and the function implementation should not make any use of
     P after sqlite3_set_auxdata() has been called.

     In practice, metadata is preserved between function calls for function
     parameters that are compile-time constants, including literal values and
     parameters and expressions composed from the same.

     The value of the N parameter to these interfaces should be non-negative.
     Future enhancements may make use of negative N values to define new kinds
     of function caching behavior.

     These routines must be called from the same thread in which the SQL
     function is running.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     These declarations were extracted from the interface documentation at
     line 5878.

     SQLITE_API void *sqlite3_get_auxdata(sqlite3_context*, int N);
     SQLITE_API void sqlite3_set_auxdata(sqlite3_context*, int N, void*, void (*)(void*));

SEE ALSO
     sqlite3_finalize(3), sqlite3_reset(3)

NetBSD 10.99                    August 24, 2023                   NetBSD 10.99