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<a href="intro.html"><h2>SQLite C Interface</h2></a>
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<h2>Result Values From A Query</h2>
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<blockquote><pre>
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const void *sqlite3_column_blob(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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double sqlite3_column_double(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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int sqlite3_column_int(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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sqlite3_int64 sqlite3_column_int64(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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const unsigned char *sqlite3_column_text(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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const void *sqlite3_column_text16(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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sqlite3_value *sqlite3_column_value(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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int sqlite3_column_bytes(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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int sqlite3_column_bytes16(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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int sqlite3_column_type(sqlite3_stmt*, int iCol);
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</pre></blockquote>
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<p>
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<b>Summary:</b>
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<blockquote><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_blob</b><td>→<td>BLOB result
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_double</b><td>→<td>REAL result
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_int</b><td>→<td>32-bit INTEGER result
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_int64</b><td>→<td>64-bit INTEGER result
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_text</b><td>→<td>UTF-8 TEXT result
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_text16</b><td>→<td>UTF-16 TEXT result
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_value</b><td>→<td>The result as an
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<a href="../c3ref/value.html">unprotected sqlite3_value</a> object.
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<tr><td> <td> <td> 
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_bytes</b><td>→<td>Size of a BLOB
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or a UTF-8 TEXT result in bytes
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_bytes16  </b>
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<td>→  <td>Size of UTF-16
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TEXT in bytes
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<tr><td><b>sqlite3_column_type</b><td>→<td>Default
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datatype of the result
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</table></blockquote></p>
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<p><b>Details:</b></p>
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<p>These routines return information about a single column of the current
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result row of a query.  In every case the first argument is a pointer
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to the <a href="../c3ref/stmt.html">prepared statement</a> that is being evaluated (the <a href="../c3ref/stmt.html">sqlite3_stmt*</a>
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that was returned from <a href="../c3ref/prepare.html">sqlite3_prepare_v2()</a> or one of its variants)
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and the second argument is the index of the column for which information
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should be returned. The leftmost column of the result set has the index 0.
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The number of columns in the result can be determined using
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<a href="../c3ref/column_count.html">sqlite3_column_count()</a>.</p>
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<p>If the SQL statement does not currently point to a valid row, or if the
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column index is out of range, the result is undefined.
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These routines may only be called when the most recent call to
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<a href="../c3ref/step.html">sqlite3_step()</a> has returned <a href="../rescode.html#row">SQLITE_ROW</a> and neither
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<a href="../c3ref/reset.html">sqlite3_reset()</a> nor <a href="../c3ref/finalize.html">sqlite3_finalize()</a> have been called subsequently.
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If any of these routines are called after <a href="../c3ref/reset.html">sqlite3_reset()</a> or
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<a href="../c3ref/finalize.html">sqlite3_finalize()</a> or after <a href="../c3ref/step.html">sqlite3_step()</a> has returned
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something other than <a href="../rescode.html#row">SQLITE_ROW</a>, the results are undefined.
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If <a href="../c3ref/step.html">sqlite3_step()</a> or <a href="../c3ref/reset.html">sqlite3_reset()</a> or <a href="../c3ref/finalize.html">sqlite3_finalize()</a>
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are called from a different thread while any of these routines
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are pending, then the results are undefined.</p>
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<p>The first six interfaces (_blob, _double, _int, _int64, _text, and _text16)
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each return the value of a result column in a specific data format.  If
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the result column is not initially in the requested format (for example,
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if the query returns an integer but the sqlite3_column_text() interface
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is used to extract the value) then an automatic type conversion is performed.</p>
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<p>The sqlite3_column_type() routine returns the
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<a href="../c3ref/c_blob.html">datatype code</a> for the initial data type
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of the result column.  The returned value is one of <a href="../c3ref/c_blob.html">SQLITE_INTEGER</a>,
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<a href="../c3ref/c_blob.html">SQLITE_FLOAT</a>, <a href="../c3ref/c_blob.html">SQLITE_TEXT</a>, <a href="../c3ref/c_blob.html">SQLITE_BLOB</a>, or <a href="../c3ref/c_blob.html">SQLITE_NULL</a>.
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The return value of sqlite3_column_type() can be used to decide which
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of the first six interface should be used to extract the column value.
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The value returned by sqlite3_column_type() is only meaningful if no
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automatic type conversions have occurred for the value in question.
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After a type conversion, the result of calling sqlite3_column_type()
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is undefined, though harmless.  Future
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versions of SQLite may change the behavior of sqlite3_column_type()
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following a type conversion.</p>
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<p>If the result is a BLOB or a TEXT string, then the sqlite3_column_bytes()
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or sqlite3_column_bytes16() interfaces can be used to determine the size
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of that BLOB or string.</p>
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<p>If the result is a BLOB or UTF-8 string then the sqlite3_column_bytes()
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routine returns the number of bytes in that BLOB or string.
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If the result is a UTF-16 string, then sqlite3_column_bytes() converts
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the string to UTF-8 and then returns the number of bytes.
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If the result is a numeric value then sqlite3_column_bytes() uses
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<a href="../c3ref/mprintf.html">sqlite3_snprintf()</a> to convert that value to a UTF-8 string and returns
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the number of bytes in that string.
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If the result is NULL, then sqlite3_column_bytes() returns zero.</p>
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<p>If the result is a BLOB or UTF-16 string then the sqlite3_column_bytes16()
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routine returns the number of bytes in that BLOB or string.
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If the result is a UTF-8 string, then sqlite3_column_bytes16() converts
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the string to UTF-16 and then returns the number of bytes.
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If the result is a numeric value then sqlite3_column_bytes16() uses
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<a href="../c3ref/mprintf.html">sqlite3_snprintf()</a> to convert that value to a UTF-16 string and returns
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the number of bytes in that string.
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If the result is NULL, then sqlite3_column_bytes16() returns zero.</p>
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<p>The values returned by <a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_bytes()</a> and
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<a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_bytes16()</a> do not include the zero terminators at the end
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of the string.  For clarity: the values returned by
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<a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_bytes()</a> and <a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_bytes16()</a> are the number of
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bytes in the string, not the number of characters.</p>
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<p>Strings returned by sqlite3_column_text() and sqlite3_column_text16(),
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even empty strings, are always zero-terminated.  The return
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value from sqlite3_column_blob() for a zero-length BLOB is a NULL pointer.</p>
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<p><b>Warning:</b> The object returned by <a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_value()</a> is an
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<a href="../c3ref/value.html">unprotected sqlite3_value</a> object.  In a multithreaded environment,
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an unprotected sqlite3_value object may only be used safely with
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<a href="../c3ref/bind_blob.html">sqlite3_bind_value()</a> and <a href="../c3ref/result_blob.html">sqlite3_result_value()</a>.
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If the <a href="../c3ref/value.html">unprotected sqlite3_value</a> object returned by
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<a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_value()</a> is used in any other way, including calls
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to routines like <a href="../c3ref/value_blob.html">sqlite3_value_int()</a>, <a href="../c3ref/value_blob.html">sqlite3_value_text()</a>,
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or <a href="../c3ref/value_blob.html">sqlite3_value_bytes()</a>, the behavior is not threadsafe.
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Hence, the sqlite3_column_value() interface
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is normally only useful within the implementation of
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<a href="../appfunc.html">application-defined SQL functions</a> or <a href="../vtab.html">virtual tables</a>, not within
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top-level application code.</p>
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<p>The these routines may attempt to convert the datatype of the result.
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For example, if the internal representation is FLOAT and a text result
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is requested, <a href="../c3ref/mprintf.html">sqlite3_snprintf()</a> is used internally to perform the
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conversion automatically.  The following table details the conversions
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that are applied:</p>
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<p><blockquote>
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<table border="1">
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<tr><th> Internal<br>Type <th> Requested<br>Type <th>  Conversion</p>
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<p><tr><td>  NULL    <td> INTEGER   <td> Result is 0
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<tr><td>  NULL    <td>  FLOAT    <td> Result is 0.0
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<tr><td>  NULL    <td>   TEXT    <td> Result is a NULL pointer
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<tr><td>  NULL    <td>   BLOB    <td> Result is a NULL pointer
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<tr><td> INTEGER  <td>  FLOAT    <td> Convert from integer to float
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<tr><td> INTEGER  <td>   TEXT    <td> ASCII rendering of the integer
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<tr><td> INTEGER  <td>   BLOB    <td> Same as INTEGER->TEXT
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<tr><td>  FLOAT   <td> INTEGER   <td> <a href="../lang_expr.html#castexpr">CAST</a> to INTEGER
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<tr><td>  FLOAT   <td>   TEXT    <td> ASCII rendering of the float
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<tr><td>  FLOAT   <td>   BLOB    <td> <a href="../lang_expr.html#castexpr">CAST</a> to BLOB
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<tr><td>  TEXT    <td> INTEGER   <td> <a href="../lang_expr.html#castexpr">CAST</a> to INTEGER
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<tr><td>  TEXT    <td>  FLOAT    <td> <a href="../lang_expr.html#castexpr">CAST</a> to REAL
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<tr><td>  TEXT    <td>   BLOB    <td> No change
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<tr><td>  BLOB    <td> INTEGER   <td> <a href="../lang_expr.html#castexpr">CAST</a> to INTEGER
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<tr><td>  BLOB    <td>  FLOAT    <td> <a href="../lang_expr.html#castexpr">CAST</a> to REAL
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<tr><td>  BLOB    <td>   TEXT    <td> Add a zero terminator if needed
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</table>
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</blockquote></p>
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<p>Note that when type conversions occur, pointers returned by prior
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calls to sqlite3_column_blob(), sqlite3_column_text(), and/or
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sqlite3_column_text16() may be invalidated.
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Type conversions and pointer invalidations might occur
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in the following cases:</p>
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<p><ul>
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<li> The initial content is a BLOB and sqlite3_column_text() or
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sqlite3_column_text16() is called.  A zero-terminator might
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need to be added to the string.</li>
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<li> The initial content is UTF-8 text and sqlite3_column_bytes16() or
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sqlite3_column_text16() is called.  The content must be converted
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to UTF-16.</li>
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<li> The initial content is UTF-16 text and sqlite3_column_bytes() or
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sqlite3_column_text() is called.  The content must be converted
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to UTF-8.</li>
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</ul></p>
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<p>Conversions between UTF-16be and UTF-16le are always done in place and do
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not invalidate a prior pointer, though of course the content of the buffer
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that the prior pointer references will have been modified.  Other kinds
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of conversion are done in place when it is possible, but sometimes they
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are not possible and in those cases prior pointers are invalidated.</p>
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<p>The safest policy is to invoke these routines
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in one of the following ways:</p>
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<p><ul>
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<li>sqlite3_column_text() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes()</li>
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<li>sqlite3_column_blob() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes()</li>
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<li>sqlite3_column_text16() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes16()</li>
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</ul></p>
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<p>In other words, you should call sqlite3_column_text(),
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sqlite3_column_blob(), or sqlite3_column_text16() first to force the result
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into the desired format, then invoke sqlite3_column_bytes() or
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sqlite3_column_bytes16() to find the size of the result.  Do not mix calls
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to sqlite3_column_text() or sqlite3_column_blob() with calls to
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sqlite3_column_bytes16(), and do not mix calls to sqlite3_column_text16()
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with calls to sqlite3_column_bytes().</p>
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<p>The pointers returned are valid until a type conversion occurs as
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described above, or until <a href="../c3ref/step.html">sqlite3_step()</a> or <a href="../c3ref/reset.html">sqlite3_reset()</a> or
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<a href="../c3ref/finalize.html">sqlite3_finalize()</a> is called.  The memory space used to hold strings
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and BLOBs is freed automatically.  Do not pass the pointers returned
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from <a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_blob()</a>, <a href="../c3ref/column_blob.html">sqlite3_column_text()</a>, etc. into
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<a href="../c3ref/free.html">sqlite3_free()</a>.</p>
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<p>As long as the input parameters are correct, these routines will only
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fail if an out-of-memory error occurs during a format conversion.
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Only the following subset of interfaces are subject to out-of-memory
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errors:</p>
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<p><ul>
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<li> sqlite3_column_blob()
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<li> sqlite3_column_text()
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<li> sqlite3_column_text16()
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<li> sqlite3_column_bytes()
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<li> sqlite3_column_bytes16()
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</ul></p>
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<p>If an out-of-memory error occurs, then the return value from these
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routines is the same as if the column had contained an SQL NULL value.
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Valid SQL NULL returns can be distinguished from out-of-memory errors
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by invoking the <a href="../c3ref/errcode.html">sqlite3_errcode()</a> immediately after the suspect
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return value is obtained and before any
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other SQLite interface is called on the same <a href="../c3ref/sqlite3.html">database connection</a>.
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</p><p>See also lists of
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  <a href="objlist.html">Objects</a>,
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  <a href="constlist.html">Constants</a>, and
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  <a href="funclist.html">Functions</a>.</p>
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