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The only differences between +the three "sqlite3_create_function*" routines are the text encoding +expected for the second parameter (the name of the function being +created) and the presence or absence of a destructor callback for +the application data pointer. Function sqlite3_create_window_function() +is similar, but allows the user to supply the extra callback functions +needed by <a href="../windowfunctions.html#aggwinfunc">aggregate window functions</a>.</p> + +<p>The first parameter is the <a href="../c3ref/sqlite3.html">database connection</a> to which the SQL +function is to be added. If an application uses more than one database +connection then application-defined SQL functions must be added +to each database connection separately.</p> + +<p>The second parameter is the name of the SQL function to be created or +redefined. The length of the name is limited to 255 bytes in a UTF-8 +representation, exclusive of the zero-terminator. Note that the name +length limit is in UTF-8 bytes, not characters nor UTF-16 bytes. +Any attempt to create a function with a longer name +will result in <a href="../rescode.html#misuse">SQLITE_MISUSE</a> being returned.</p> + +<p>The third parameter (nArg) +is the number of arguments that the SQL function or +aggregate takes. If this parameter is -1, then the SQL function or +aggregate may take any number of arguments between 0 and the limit +set by <a href="../c3ref/limit.html">sqlite3_limit</a>(<a href="../c3ref/c_limit_attached.html#sqlitelimitfunctionarg">SQLITE_LIMIT_FUNCTION_ARG</a>). If the third +parameter is less than -1 or greater than 127 then the behavior is +undefined.</p> + +<p>The fourth parameter, eTextRep, specifies what +<a href="../c3ref/c_any.html">text encoding</a> this SQL function prefers for +its parameters. The application should set this parameter to +<a href="../c3ref/c_any.html">SQLITE_UTF16LE</a> if the function implementation invokes +<a href="../c3ref/value_blob.html">sqlite3_value_text16le()</a> on an input, or <a href="../c3ref/c_any.html">SQLITE_UTF16BE</a> if the +implementation invokes <a href="../c3ref/value_blob.html">sqlite3_value_text16be()</a> on an input, or +<a href="../c3ref/c_any.html">SQLITE_UTF16</a> if <a href="../c3ref/value_blob.html">sqlite3_value_text16()</a> is used, or <a href="../c3ref/c_any.html">SQLITE_UTF8</a> +otherwise. The same SQL function may be registered multiple times using +different preferred text encodings, with different implementations for +each encoding. +When multiple implementations of the same function are available, SQLite +will pick the one that involves the least amount of data conversion.</p> + +<p>The fourth parameter may optionally be ORed with <a href="../c3ref/c_deterministic.html#sqlitedeterministic">SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC</a> +to signal that the function will always return the same result given +the same inputs within a single SQL statement. Most SQL functions are +deterministic. The built-in <a href="../lang_corefunc.html#random">random()</a> SQL function is an example of a +function that is not deterministic. The SQLite query planner is able to +perform additional optimizations on deterministic functions, so use +of the <a href="../c3ref/c_deterministic.html#sqlitedeterministic">SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC</a> flag is recommended where possible.</p> + +<p>The fourth parameter may also optionally include the <a href="../c3ref/c_deterministic.html#sqlitedirectonly">SQLITE_DIRECTONLY</a> +flag, which if present prevents the function from being invoked from +within VIEWs, TRIGGERs, CHECK constraints, generated column expressions, +index expressions, or the WHERE clause of partial indexes.</p> + +<p>For best security, the <a href="../c3ref/c_deterministic.html#sqlitedirectonly">SQLITE_DIRECTONLY</a> flag is recommended for +all application-defined SQL functions that do not need to be +used inside of triggers, view, CHECK constraints, or other elements of +the database schema. This flags is especially recommended for SQL +functions that have side effects or reveal internal application state. +Without this flag, an attacker might be able to modify the schema of +a database file to include invocations of the function with parameters +chosen by the attacker, which the application will then execute when +the database file is opened and read.</p> + +<p>The fifth parameter is an arbitrary pointer. The implementation of the +function can gain access to this pointer using <a href="../c3ref/user_data.html">sqlite3_user_data()</a>.</p> + +<p>The sixth, seventh and eighth parameters passed to the three +"sqlite3_create_function*" functions, xFunc, xStep and xFinal, are +pointers to C-language functions that implement the SQL function or +aggregate. A scalar SQL function requires an implementation of the xFunc +callback only; NULL pointers must be passed as the xStep and xFinal +parameters. An aggregate SQL function requires an implementation of xStep +and xFinal and NULL pointer must be passed for xFunc. To delete an existing +SQL function or aggregate, pass NULL pointers for all three function +callbacks.</p> + +<p>The sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth parameters (xStep, xFinal, xValue +and xInverse) passed to sqlite3_create_window_function are pointers to +C-language callbacks that implement the new function. xStep and xFinal +must both be non-NULL. xValue and xInverse may either both be NULL, in +which case a regular aggregate function is created, or must both be +non-NULL, in which case the new function may be used as either an aggregate +or aggregate window function. More details regarding the implementation +of aggregate window functions are +<a href="../windowfunctions.html#udfwinfunc">available here</a>.</p> + +<p>If the final parameter to sqlite3_create_function_v2() or +sqlite3_create_window_function() is not NULL, then it is destructor for +the application data pointer. The destructor is invoked when the function +is deleted, either by being overloaded or when the database connection +closes. The destructor is also invoked if the call to +sqlite3_create_function_v2() fails. When the destructor callback is +invoked, it is passed a single argument which is a copy of the application +data pointer which was the fifth parameter to sqlite3_create_function_v2().</p> + +<p>It is permitted to register multiple implementations of the same +functions with the same name but with either differing numbers of +arguments or differing preferred text encodings. SQLite will use +the implementation that most closely matches the way in which the +SQL function is used. A function implementation with a non-negative +nArg parameter is a better match than a function implementation with +a negative nArg. A function where the preferred text encoding +matches the database encoding is a better +match than a function where the encoding is different. +A function where the encoding difference is between UTF16le and UTF16be +is a closer match than a function where the encoding difference is +between UTF8 and UTF16.</p> + +<p>Built-in functions may be overloaded by new application-defined functions.</p> + +<p>An application-defined function is permitted to call other +SQLite interfaces. However, such calls must not +close the database connection nor finalize or reset the prepared +statement in which the function is running. +</p><p>See also lists of + <a href="objlist.html">Objects</a>, + <a href="constlist.html">Constants</a>, and + <a href="funclist.html">Functions</a>.</p> + |