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<a name="2020_08_14"></a><h3>2020-08-14 - Release 3.33.0</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite version 3.33.0 is a routine maintenance release.  This
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release features added support for "UPDATE FROM" following the
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PostgreSQL syntax, and a doubling of the maximum database size
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to 281 TB, as well as many other improvements.  See the change
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log for details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2020_06_18"></a><h3>2020-06-18 - Release 3.32.3</h3><blockquote>
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The 3.32.3 release is a patch release that contains fixes for
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various issues discovered by fuzzers.  None of the issues fixed
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are likely to be encountered by applications that use SQLite in
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ordinary ways, though upgrading never hurts.
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<p>
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Map of all changes since the 3.32.0 release:
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<a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/timeline?p=version-3.32.3&bt=version-3.32.0">https://www.sqlite.org/src/timeline?p=version-3.32.3&bt=version-3.32.0</a>
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2020_06_04"></a><h3>2020-06-04 - Release 3.32.2</h3><blockquote>
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The 3.32.2 release is a one-line change relative to 3.32.1
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that fixes a long-standing bug in the COMMIT command.  Since
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<a href="releaselog/3_17_0.html">version 3.17.0</a>, if you were to retry a COMMIT command over
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and over after it returns <a href="rescode.html#busy">SQLITE_BUSY</a>, it might eventually
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report success, even though it was still blocked.  This patch
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fixes the problem.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2020_05_25"></a><h3>2020-05-25 - Release 3.32.1</h3><blockquote>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_hat">Grey-hats</a> published
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information about two SQLite bugs approximately 24 hours after
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the release of version 3.32.0.  These bugs enable maliciously
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crafted SQL to crash the process that is running SQLite.  Both
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bugs are long-standing problems that affect releases prior to
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3.32.0. The 3.32.1 release fixes both problems.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2020_05_22"></a><h3>2020-05-22 - Release 3.32.0</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.32.0 is an ordinary maintenance release of SQLite.
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This release features the ability to run an
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<a href="lang_analyze.html#approx">approximate ANALYZE</a> to gather database statistics for
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use by the query planner, without having to scan every row
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of every index.
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See the <a href="releaselog/3_32_0.html">change log</a> for additional enhancements
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and improvements.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2020_01_27"></a><h3>2020-01-27 - Release 3.31.1</h3><blockquote>
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Applications that use SQLite should only interface with SQLite
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through the officially published APIs.  Applications should not
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depend upon or use the internal data structures of SQLite as those
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structures might change from one release to another.  However, there
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is a popular application that does depend on the details of the
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internal layout of data in an internal SQLite data structure, and
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those details changed in version 3.31.0, breaking the application.
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This is, technically, a bug in the application, not in SQLite.
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But it is within the power of SQLite to fix it, by reverting the
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internal data structure change, and so that is what we have done
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for the 3.31.1 release.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2020_01_22"></a><h3>2020-01-22 - Release 3.31.0</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.31.0 is an ordinary maintenance release of SQLite.
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This release features the ability to define
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<a href="gencol.html">generated columns</a> for tables as well as many other enhancements.
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See the <a href="releaselog/3_31_0.html">change log</a> for additional information.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_10_11"></a><h3>2019-10-11 - Release 3.30.1</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.30.1 is a bug-fix release that addresses a problem
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that can occur when an aggregate function in a nested query
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makes use of the new FILTER clause capability.  Some addition
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patches for various obscure issues are also included, for
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completeness.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_10_04"></a><h3>2019-10-04 - Release 3.30.0</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.30.0 is a regularly scheduled maintenance release
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of SQLite containing miscellaneous performance and feature
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enhancements.  This release adds support fo the NULLS FIRST
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and NULLS LAST clauses on ORDER BY statements and the 
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addition of FILTER clauses on all aggregate functions.
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See the <a href="releaselog/3_30_0.html">change log</a> for details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_07_10"></a><h3>2019-07-10 - Release 3.29.0</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.29.0 is a regularly scheduled maintenance release
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of SQLite containing miscellaneous performance and feature
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enhancements.  See the <a href="releaselog/3_29_0.html">change log</a> for
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details.
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<p>
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Beginning with this release, the
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<a href="quirks.html#dblquote">double-quoted string literal</a> misfeature is deprecated.
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The misfeature is still enabled by default, for legacy
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compatibility, however developers are encouraged to
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disable it at compile-time using the
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<a href="compile.html#dqs">-DSQLITE_DQS=0</a> option, or at run-time using
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the <a href="c3ref/c_dbconfig_defensive.html#sqlitedbconfigdqsdml">SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DML</a> and <a href="c3ref/c_dbconfig_defensive.html#sqlitedbconfigdqsddl">SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DDL</a>
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actions to the <a href="c3ref/db_config.html">sqlite3_db_config()</a> interface.  This is
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especially true for double-quoted string literals in
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CREATE TABLE and CREATE INDEX statements, as those elements
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can cause unexpected problems following an ALTER TABLE.
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See ticket <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/9b78184be266fd70">9b78184be266fd70</a>
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for an example.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_04_16"></a><h3>2019-04-16 - Release 3.28.0</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.28.0 is a regularly scheduled maintenance release
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of SQLite containing miscellaneous performance and feature
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enhancements.  See the <a href="releaselog/3_28_0.html">change log</a> for
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details.
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<p>
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This release fixes an obscure security issue. Applications
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using older versions of SQLite may be vulnerable if
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<ol>
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<li> SQLite is compiled with certain optional extensions
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     enabled, and
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<li> the attacker is able to inject arbitrary SQL.
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</ol>
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We are not aware of any applications that are vulnerable to
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this problem. On the other hand, we do not know about
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every application that uses SQLite.  
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If your application allows unauthenticated users on the internet
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(and hence potential attackers) to run arbitrary SQL and if
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you build SQLite with any of the optional extensions enabled,
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then you should take this upgrade at your earliest opportunity.
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<p>
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For further information about improving SQLite's robustness
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in internet-facing applications, see the our
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<a href="security.html">security recommendations</a>.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_02_25"></a><h3>2019-02-25 - Release 3.27.2</h3><blockquote>
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Version 3.27.2 is a patch release that
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fixes a two bugs and various documentation
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errors found in the version 3.27.1.  The
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changes from version 3.27.1 and 3.27.0 are
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minimal.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_02_08"></a><h3>2019-02-08 - Release 3.27.1</h3><blockquote>
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After release 3.27.0 was tagged, but before the build could
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be completed and uploaded, a 
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<a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/4e8e4857d32d401f">long-standing bug</a>
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in the query optimizer was reported via System.Data.SQLite.
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Since people will be upgrading anyhow, we decided 
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publish the fix for this newly discovered problems right
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away.  Hence, 3.27.1 was released less than 24 hours after
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3.27.0.
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<p>
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It would have been better if the query optimizer bug had come to
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our attention one day earlier, so that we could have incorporated
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a fix into 3.27.0, but sometimes that's the way things go.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2019_02_07"></a><h3>2019-02-07 - Release 3.27.0</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_27_0.html">version 3.27.0</a> is a routine maintenance release with various
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performance and feature enhancements.  See the
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<a href="releaselog/3_27_0.html">release notes</a> for details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_12_01"></a><h3>2018-12-01 - Release 3.26.0</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_26_0.html">version 3.26.0</a> is a routine maintenance release with various
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performance and feature enhancements.  See the
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<a href="releaselog/3_26_0.html">release notes</a> for details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_11_05"></a><h3>2018-11-05 - Release 3.25.3</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_25_3.html">version 3.25.3</a> is a third patch against 3.25.0 that fixes various
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problems that have come to light and which seem serious enough to 
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justify a patch.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_09_25"></a><h3>2018-09-25 - Release 3.25.2</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_25_2.html">version 3.25.2</a> is another patch against 3.25.0 that fixes still
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more problems associated with the new <a href="windowfunctions.html">window function</a> feature and the
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<a href="lang_altertable.html">ALTER TABLE</a> enhancements.  Of particular note is the new
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<a href="pragma.html#pragma_legacy_alter_table">PRAGMA legacy_alter_table=ON</a> command, which causes the ALTER TABLE RENAME
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command to behave in the same goofy way that it did before the enhancements
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found in version 3.25.0 → references to renamed tables that are inside
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the bodies of triggers and views are not updated.  The legacy behavior is
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arguably a bug, but some programs depend on the older buggy behavior.  The
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3.25.2 release also contains a fix to <a href="windowfunctions.html">window function</a> processing for
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VIEWs.  There also a slew of other minor fixes that affect obscure
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compile-time options.  See the
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<a href="https://sqlite.org/src/timeline?r=branch-3.25">Fossil Timeline</a> for
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details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_09_18"></a><h3>2018-09-18 - Release 3.25.1</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_25_1.html">version 3.25.1</a> is a patch against version 3.25.0 that contains
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two one-line fixes for bug that were introduced in version 3.25.0.
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See the change log for details.  Upgrading from 3.25.0 is recommended.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_09_15"></a><h3>2018-09-15 - Release 3.25.0</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_25_0.html">version 3.25.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
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Two big enhancements in this release:
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<ol>
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<li><p>
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Support for <a href="windowfunctions.html">window functions</a> was added, using the PostgreSQL documentation
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as the baseline.
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<li><p>
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The <a href="lang_altertable.html">ALTER TABLE</a> command was enhanced to support renaming of columns, and
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so that column and table renames are propagated into trigger bodies and views.
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</ol>
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<p>In addition, there are various performance enhancements and minor fixes.
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<p>One bug of note is 
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<a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/9936b2fa443fec03ff25">ticket 9936b2fa443fec</a>
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which describes a hard-to-reach condition where the ORDER BY LIMIT
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optimization might cause an infinite loop during query evaluation.  
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This ticket raised a lot of
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concern on 
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<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17964243">HackerNews</a> and
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9ezy8c/serious_bug_causing_infinite_loop_in_some_queries/">Reddit</a>,
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probably due to my choice of the ticket
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title.  "Infinite Loop" sounds scary.  But I argue that the bug isn't really
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all that bad in that it is very difficult to reach, will show up during
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testing (rather than magically appearing after a product is
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deployed), does not cause any data loss, and does not return an
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incorrect result.  It was an important error, but not nearly as dire
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as many people interpreted it to be.  And, in any event, it is fixed now.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_06_04"></a><h3>2018-06-04 - Release 3.24.0</h3><blockquote>
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SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_24_0.html">version 3.24.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
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Highlights of this release include support for PostgreSQL-style
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UPSERT and improved performance, especially for ORDER BY LIMIT queries.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_04_10"></a><h3>2018-04-10 - Release 3.23.1</h3><blockquote>
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The <a href="releaselog/3_23_1.html">version 3.23.1</a> release fixes a bug in the new
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<a href="optoverview.html#leftjoinreduction">LEFT JOIN strength reduction optimization</a> added to version 3.23.0.
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A few other minor and obscure fixes were also inserted, as well as
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a small performance optimization.  Code changes relative to
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version 3.23.0 are minimal.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_04_02"></a><h3>2018-04-02 - Release 3.23.0</h3><blockquote>
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The <a href="releaselog/3_23_0.html">version 3.23.0</a> release is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
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See the <a href="releaselog/3_23_0.html">change log</a> for a list of enhancements and bug
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fixes.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2018_01_22"></a><h3>2018-01-22 - Release 3.22.0</h3><blockquote>
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The <a href="releaselog/3_22_0.html">version 3.22.0</a> release is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
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There are many minor, though interesting, enhancements in this release.
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See the <a href="releaselog/3_22_0.html">change log</a> for details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_10_24"></a><h3>2017-10-24 - Release 3.21.0</h3><blockquote>
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The <a href="releaselog/3_21_0.html">version 3.21.0</a> release is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
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There are lots of enhancements in this release.
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See the <a href="releaselog/3_21_0.html">change log</a> for details.
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</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_08_24"></a><h3>2017-08-24 - Release 3.20.1</h3><blockquote>
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The <a href="releaselog/3_20_1.html">version 3.20.1</a> patch release changes two lines of code in
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the <a href="c3ref/result_blob.html">sqlite3_result_pointer()</a> interface in order to fix a rare
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memory leak.  There are no other changes relative to <a href="releaselog/3_20_0.html">version 3.20.0</a>.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_08_01"></a><h3>2017-08-01 - Release 3.20.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_20_0.html">version 3.20.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release
 | 
						|
of SQLite.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
This release contains many minor enhancements, including:
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li> Several new extensions
 | 
						|
<li> Enhancements to the "sqlite3.exe" command-line shell
 | 
						|
<li> Query planner enhancements
 | 
						|
<li> Miscellaneous code optimizations for improved performance
 | 
						|
<li> Fixes for some obscure bugs
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
See the <a href="releaselog/3_20_0.html">release notes</a> for more information.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_06_17"></a><h3>2017-06-17 - Release 3.18.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_18_2.html">version 3.18.2</a> is another backport of a bug fix found
 | 
						|
in SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_19_0.html">version 3.19.0</a>, specifically the fix for
 | 
						|
ticket <a href="https://sqlite.org/src/info/61fe9745">61fe9745</a>.  Changes
 | 
						|
against <a href="releaselog/3_18_0.html">version 3.18.0</a> are minimal.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_06_16"></a><h3>2017-06-16 - Release 3.18.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_18_1.html">version 3.18.1</a> is a bug-fix release against <a href="releaselog/3_18_0.html">version 3.18.0</a>
 | 
						|
that fixes the <a href="pragma.html#pragma_auto_vacuum">auto_vacuum</a> corruption bug described in ticket
 | 
						|
<a href="https://sqlite.org/src/info/fda22108">fda22108</a>.  This release was
 | 
						|
created for users who need that bug fix but do not yet want to upgrade 
 | 
						|
to <a href="releaselog/3_19_3.html">version 3.19.3</a>.  
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_06_08"></a><h3>2017-06-08 - Release 3.19.3</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<a href="releaselog/3_19_3.html">Version 3.19.3</a> is an emergency patch release to fix a 
 | 
						|
<a href="https://sqlite.org/src/info/fda22108">bug</a> in 
 | 
						|
<a href="pragma.html#pragma_auto_vacuum">auto_vacuum</a> logic that can lead to database corruption.
 | 
						|
The bug was introduced in <a href="releaselog/3_16_0.html">version 3.16.0</a> 
 | 
						|
(2017-01-02).  Though the bug is obscure and rarely
 | 
						|
encountered, upgrading is recommended for all users, and
 | 
						|
especially for users who turn on <a href="pragma.html#pragma_auto_vacuum">auto_vacuum</a>.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_05_25"></a><h3>2017-05-25 - Release 3.19.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
Still more problems have been found in the LEFT JOIN
 | 
						|
<a href="https://sqlite.org/optoverview.html#flattening">flattening</a> optimization
 | 
						|
that was added in the 3.19.0 release.  This patch release fixes all known
 | 
						|
issues with that optimization and adds new test cases.  Hopefully this
 | 
						|
will be the last patch.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_05_24"></a><h3>2017-05-24 - Release 3.19.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
One of the new query planner optimizations in the 3.19.0 release contained
 | 
						|
bugs.  The 3.19.1 patch release fixes them.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
Beginning with 3.19.0, subqueries and views on the right-hand side of
 | 
						|
a LEFT JOIN operator could sometimes be
 | 
						|
<a href="https://sqlite.org/optoverview.html#flattening">flattened</a> into the
 | 
						|
main query.  The new optimization worked well for all of the test cases
 | 
						|
that the developers devised, and for millions of legacy test cases, but
 | 
						|
once 3.19.0 was released, users found some other cases where the optimization
 | 
						|
failed.  Ticket
 | 
						|
<a href="https://sqlite.org/src/info/cad1ab4cb7b0fc344">cad1ab4cb7b0fc344</a> contains
 | 
						|
examples.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
These problems exist only in 3.19.0.  Users of SQLite 3.19.0 should
 | 
						|
upgrade, but users of all prior versions of SQLite are safe.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_05_22"></a><h3>2017-05-22 - Release 3.19.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_19_0.html">version 3.19.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
The emphasis on this release is improvements to the query planner.
 | 
						|
There are also some obscure bug fixes.  There is no reason to upgrade
 | 
						|
unless you are having problems with a prior release.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_03_30"></a><h3>2017-03-30 - Release 3.18.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_18_0.html">version 3.18.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
This release features an initial implementation the 
 | 
						|
"<a href="pragma.html#pragma_optimize">PRAGMA optimize</a>" command.  This command can now be used to cause
 | 
						|
<a href="lang_analyze.html">ANALYZE</a> to be run on an as-needed basis.  Applications should invoke
 | 
						|
"PRAGMA optimize" just before closing the <a href="c3ref/sqlite3.html">database connection</a>.
 | 
						|
The "PRAGMA optimize" statement will likely be enhanced to do other
 | 
						|
kinds of automated database maintenance in future releases.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
The <a href="https://www.fossil-scm.org/">Fossil</a> version control system that is
 | 
						|
used to manage the SQLite project has been upgraded to use SHA3-256 hashes
 | 
						|
instead of SHA1.  Therefore, the version identifications for SQLite now
 | 
						|
show a 64-hex-digit SHA3-256 hash rather than the 40-hex-digit SHA1 hash.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
See the <a href="releaselog/3_18_0.html">change log</a> for other enhancements and optimizations
 | 
						|
in this release.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_02_13"></a><h3>2017-02-13 - Release 3.17.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_17_0.html">version 3.17.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
Most of the changes in this release are performance optimizations.
 | 
						|
Optimizations to the <a href="rtree.html">R-Tree extension</a> are especially noticeable.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
In this release, the default size of the 
 | 
						|
<a href="malloc.html#lookaside">lookaside buffer</a> allocated for each database connection
 | 
						|
is increased from 64,000 to 120,000 bytes.  This provides improved
 | 
						|
performance on many common workloads in exchange for a small increase
 | 
						|
in memory usage.
 | 
						|
Applications that value a small memory footprint over raw speed
 | 
						|
can change the lookaside buffer size back to its old value (or to zero)
 | 
						|
using the <a href="compile.html#default_lookaside">SQLITE_DEFAULT_LOOKASIDE</a> compile-time option, or the
 | 
						|
<a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfiglookaside">sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_LOOKASIDE)</a>
 | 
						|
start-time setting, or the
 | 
						|
<a href="c3ref/c_dbconfig_defensive.html#sqlitedbconfiglookaside">sqlite3_db_config(SQLITE_DBCONFIG_LOOKASIDE)</a>
 | 
						|
run-time setting.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_01_06"></a><h3>2017-01-06 - Release 3.16.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
One of the performance optimizations added in 3.16.0 caused triggers
 | 
						|
and foreign keys to malfunction for the <a href="lang_replace.html">REPLACE</a> statement on
 | 
						|
<a href="withoutrowid.html">WITHOUT ROWID</a> tables that lack secondary indexes.  This patch
 | 
						|
release fixes the problem.  See ticket 
 | 
						|
<a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/30027b613b4">30027b613b4</a> for details.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_01_03"></a><h3>2017-01-03 - Release 3.16.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_16_1.html">version 3.16.1</a> fixes a bug in the row-value logic for UPDATE
 | 
						|
statements inside of triggers.  The bug has been there since row-values
 | 
						|
were added by release 3.15.0, but was not discovered until just a few
 | 
						|
minutes after the 3.16.0 release was published, and so it was not fixed
 | 
						|
by 3.16.0.  This patch release is version 3.16.0 with the row-value bug fix.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2017_01_02"></a><h3>2017-01-02 - Release 3.16.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_16_0.html">version 3.16.0</a> is a regularly schedule maintenance release.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<p><p>
 | 
						|
This release includes many <a href="cpu.html#microopt">microoptimizations</a> that collectively reduce
 | 
						|
the CPU cycle count by about 9%,
 | 
						|
add there have been important enhancements to the <a href="cli.html">command-line shell</a>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<p><p>Support for <a href="pragma.html#pragfunc">PRAGMA functions</a> is added,
 | 
						|
so that many pragma statements can be used as part of a larger SQL query.
 | 
						|
This is considered an experimental feature.
 | 
						|
We do not anticipate any changes to the <a href="pragma.html#pragfunc">PRAGMA function</a> interface, but
 | 
						|
will keep continue to call this interface "experimental" for a few release
 | 
						|
cycles in case unforeseen issues arise.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<p><p>See the <a href="releaselog/3_16_0.html">change log</a> for other enhancements.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_11_28"></a><h3>2016-11-28 - Release 3.15.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_15_2.html">version 3.15.2</a> is a bug-fix patch release that fixes several minor
 | 
						|
issues in the 3.15.0 and 3.15.1 releases.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_11_04"></a><h3>2016-11-04 - Release 3.15.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_15_1.html">version 3.15.1</a> is a bug-fix patch release that fixes some minor
 | 
						|
issues in the 3.15.0 release.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_10_14"></a><h3>2016-10-14 - Release 3.15.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_15_0.html">version 3.15.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
The key feature in this release is the added support for
 | 
						|
<a href="rowvalue.html">row values</a>.  There are also other enhancements and
 | 
						|
fixes for a number of obscure bugs.
 | 
						|
<p>
 | 
						|
The 3.15.0 release uses about 7% fewer CPU cycles than 3.14.2.
 | 
						|
Most of the improvement in this release
 | 
						|
is in the SQL parser, query planner, and
 | 
						|
byte-code generator (the front-end) corresponding
 | 
						|
to the <a href="c3ref/prepare.html">sqlite3_prepare_v2()</a> interface.  Overall,
 | 
						|
version 3.15.0 uses about half as much CPU time as
 | 
						|
version 3.8.1 (2013-10-17).  These
 | 
						|
performance measurements are made using the "speedtest1.c"
 | 
						|
workload on x64 compiled with gcc and -Os. Performance
 | 
						|
improvements may vary with different platforms and
 | 
						|
workloads.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_09_12"></a><h3>2016-09-12 - Release 3.14.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_14_2.html">version 3.14.2</a> fixes several obscure bugs and adds 
 | 
						|
improved support for building SQLite using the STDCALL calling
 | 
						|
convention on 32-bit windows systems.  Upgrading from versions
 | 
						|
3.14 and 3.14.1 is optional.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_08_11"></a><h3>2016-08-11 - Release 3.14.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_14_1.html">version 3.14.1</a> adds a small patch to improve the performance
 | 
						|
of the pcache1TruncateUnsafe() routine for cases when the only a few
 | 
						|
pages on the end of the cache are being removed.  This causes COMMITs
 | 
						|
to run faster when there is a very large page cache.  Upgrading from
 | 
						|
version 3.14 is optional.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_08_08"></a><h3>2016-08-08 - Release 3.14</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_14.html">version 3.14</a> (the "π" release)
 | 
						|
is a regularly scheduled maintenance
 | 
						|
release containing performance enhancements, new features, and fixes for
 | 
						|
obscure bugs.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_05_18"></a><h3>2016-05-18 - Release 3.13.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_13_0.html">version 3.13.0</a> is a regularly schedule maintenance release containing
 | 
						|
performance enhancements and fixes for obscure bugs.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_04_18"></a><h3>2016-04-18 - Release 3.12.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>Yikes!  The 3.12.0 and 3.12.1 releases contain a backwards compatibility bug!
 | 
						|
   Tables that declare a column with type <tt>"INTEGER" PRIMARY KEY</tt>
 | 
						|
   (where the datatype name INTEGER is quoted) generate an incompatible
 | 
						|
   database file.  The mistake came about because the developers have never
 | 
						|
   thought to put a typename in quotes before, and so there was no documentation 
 | 
						|
   of that capability nor any tests.  (There are tests now, though, of course.)
 | 
						|
   Instances of quoting the datatype name are probably infrequent in the wild,
 | 
						|
   so we do not expect the impact of this bug to be too severe.
 | 
						|
   Upgrading is still strongly recommended.
 | 
						|
<p>Fixes for three other minor issues were included in this patch release.
 | 
						|
   The other issues would have normally been deferred until the next scheduled
 | 
						|
   release, but since a patch release is being issued anyhow, they might as
 | 
						|
   well be included.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_04_08"></a><h3>2016-04-08 - Release 3.12.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_12_1.html">version 3.12.1</a> is an emergency patch release to address a 
 | 
						|
   <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/7f7f8026eda38">crash bug</a> that snuck
 | 
						|
   into <a href="releaselog/3_12_0.html">version 3.12.0</a>.  Upgrading from version 3.12.0 is highly
 | 
						|
   recommended.
 | 
						|
<p>Another minor problem involving datatypes on <a href="lang_createview.html">view</a> columns, and
 | 
						|
   a query planner deficiency are fixed at the same time.  These two
 | 
						|
   issues did not justify a new release on their own, but since a release
 | 
						|
   is being issued to deal with the crash bug, we included these other
 | 
						|
   fixes for good measure.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_03_29"></a><h3>2016-03-29 - Release 3.12.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_12_0.html">version 3.12.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
   A notable change in this release is an
 | 
						|
   <a href="pgszchng2016.html">increase in the default page size</a> for newly created database files.
 | 
						|
   There are also various performance improvements.
 | 
						|
   See the <a href="releaselog/3_12_0.html">change log</a> for details.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_03_03"></a><h3>2016-03-03 - Release 3.11.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_11_1.html">version 3.11.1</a> is a patch release that fixes problems in the
 | 
						|
   new <a href="fts5.html">FTS5</a> extension and increases a default setting in the <a href="spellfix1.html">spellfix1</a>
 | 
						|
   extension, and implements enhancements to some of the Windows makefiles.
 | 
						|
   The SQLite core is unchanged from 3.11.0. Upgrading is optional.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_02_15"></a><h3>2016-02-15 - Release 3.11.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_11_0.html">version 3.11.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_01_20"></a><h3>2016-01-20 - Release 3.10.2</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>Yikes!  An optimization attempt gone bad resulted in a 
 | 
						|
<a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/80369eddd5c94">bug in the LIKE operator</a>
 | 
						|
which is fixed by this patch release.
 | 
						|
Three other minor but low-risk fixes are also included in the patch.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_01_14"></a><h3>2016-01-14 - Release 3.10.1</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_10_1.html">version 3.10.1</a> is a bug-fix release primarily targeting the
 | 
						|
fix for the query planner bug
 | 
						|
<a href="https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/cb3aa0641d9a4">cb3aa0641d9a4</a> discovered by
 | 
						|
Mapscape.  Also included is a minor API enhancement requested by
 | 
						|
the Firefox developers at Mozilla.  The differences from version 
 | 
						|
3.10.0 are minimal.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%"><a name="2016_01_06"></a><h3>2016-01-06 - Release 3.10.0</h3><blockquote>
 | 
						|
<p>SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_10_0.html">version 3.10.0</a> is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.
 | 
						|
</blockquote><hr width="50%">
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
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 | 
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