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+<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
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+
+<h1> Moving From SQLite 3.5.9 to 3.6.0</h1><p>
+ SQLite version 3.6.0 (2008-07-16)
+ contains many changes. As is the custom with
+ the SQLite project, most changes are fully backwards compatible.
+ However, a few of the changes in version 3.6.0 are incompatible and
+ might require modifications to application code and/or makefiles.
+ This document is a briefing on the changes in SQLite 3.6.0
+ with special attention to the incompatible changes.
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+ <strong>Key Points:</strong>
+ <ul>
+ <li> The database file format is unchanged. </li>
+ <li> All incompatibilities are on obscure interfaces and hence should
+ have zero impact on most applications. </li>
+ </ul>
+</blockquote>
+<h2>1.0 Incompatible Changes</h2><p>
+ Incompatible changes are covered first since they are the most
+ important to maintainers and programmers.
+</p>
+<h3>1.1 Overview Of Incompatible Changes</h3><p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><p>Changes to the <a href="c3ref/vfs.html">sqlite3_vfs</a> object</p>
+
+ <ol type="a">
+ <li><p>The signature of the xAccess method has been modified to
+ return an <a href="rescode.html">error code</a> and to store its output into an integer pointed
+ to by a parameter, rather than returning the output directly.
+ This change allows the xAccess() method to report failures.
+ In association with this signature change, a new
+ extended error code <a href="rescode.html#ioerr_access">SQLITE_IOERR_ACCESS</a> has been added.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The xGetTempname method has been removed from <a href="c3ref/vfs.html">sqlite3_vfs</a>.
+ In its place, the xOpen method is enhanced to open a temporary file
+ of its own invention when the filename parameter is NULL.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Added the xGetLastError() method to <a href="c3ref/vfs.html">sqlite3_vfs</a> for returning
+ filesystem-specific error messages and error codes back to
+ SQLite.</p></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>The signature of the xCheckReservedLock method on <a href="c3ref/io_methods.html">sqlite3_io_methods</a>
+ has been modified so that it returns an <a href="rescode.html">error code</a> and stores its
+ boolean result into an integer pointed to by a parameter. In
+ association with this change, a new extended error code
+ <a href="rescode.html#ioerr_checkreservedlock">SQLITE_IOERR_CHECKRESERVEDLOCK</a> has been added.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>When SQLite is ported to new operating systems (operating systems
+ other than Unix, Windows, and OS/2 for which ports are provided together
+ with the core)
+ two new functions, <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_os_init()</a> and <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_os_end()</a>, must
+ be provided as part of the port.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The way in which the IN and NOT IN operators handle NULL values
+ in their right-hand expressions has been brought into compliance with
+ the SQL standard and with other SQL database engines.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The column names for the result sets of <a href="lang_select.html">SELECT</a> statements have
+ been tweaked in some cases to work more like other SQL database
+ engines.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Changes to compile-time options:</p>
+
+ <ol type="a">
+ <li><p>The SQLITE_MUTEX_APPDEF compile-time parameter is no longer
+ recognized. As a replacement, alternative
+ <a href="c3ref/mutex_alloc.html">mutex implementations</a> may be created
+ at runtime using <a href="c3ref/config.html">sqlite3_config()</a> with the <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigmutex">SQLITE_CONFIG_MUTEX</a>
+ operator and the <a href="c3ref/mutex_methods.html">sqlite3_mutex_methods</a> object.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Compile-time options OS_UNIX, OS_WIN, OS_OS2, OS_OTHER, and
+ TEMP_STORE have been renamed to include an "SQLITE_" prefix in order
+ to help avoid namespace collisions with application software. The
+ new names of these options are respectively:
+ SQLITE_OS_UNIX, SQLITE_OS_WIN, SQLITE_OS_OS2, SQLITE_OS_OTHER,
+ and <a href="compile.html#temp_store">SQLITE_TEMP_STORE</a>.</p></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
+ </ol>
+</p>
+<h3>1.2 Changes To The VFS Layer</h3><p>
+ SQLite <a href="releaselog/3_5_0.html">version 3.5.0</a> introduced a <a href="34to35.html">new OS interface layer</a> that
+ provided an abstraction of the underlying operating system.
+ This was an important innovation and has proven to be helpful
+ in porting and maintaining SQLite.
+ However, the developers have discovered some minor flaws in the
+ original "virtual file system" design introduced in version 3.5.0
+ and so SQLite 3.6.0 includes some small incompatible changes
+ to address these flaws.
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+ <strong>Key Point:</strong> The incompatible
+ changes in the SQLite operating-system interface for version 3.6.0
+ only affect the rare applications that make use of the
+ <a href="c3ref/vfs.html">virtual file system</a> interface or that
+ supply an application-defined <a href="c3ref/mutex_alloc.html">mutex implementation</a>
+ or that make use of other obscure compile-time options. The
+ changes introduced by SQLite version 3.6.0 will have zero impact on the
+ vast majority of SQLite applications that use the built-in interfaces
+ to Unix, Windows, and OS/2 and that use the standard build configuration.
+</blockquote>
+<h3>1.3 Changes In The Way The IN Operator Handles NULLs</h3><p>
+ All versions of SQLite up to and including version 3.5.9 have mishandled
+ NULL values on the right-hand side of IN and NOT IN operators.
+ Specifically, SQLite has previously ignored NULLs on the right-hand side
+ of IN and NOT IN.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Suppose we have a table X1 defined as follows:
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+ CREATE TABLE x1(x INTEGER);
+ INSERT INTO x1 VALUES(1);
+ INSERT INTO x1 VALUES(2);
+ INSERT INTO x1 VALUES(NULL);
+</pre></blockquote><p>
+ Given the definition of X1 above, the following expressions have
+ historically evaluated to FALSE in SQLite, though the correct
+ answer is actually NULL:
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+ 3 IN (1,2,NULL)
+ 3 IN (SELECT * FROM x1)
+</pre></blockquote><p>
+ Similarly, the following expressions have historically evaluated to
+ TRUE when in fact NULL is also the correct answer here:
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+ 3 NOT IN (1,2,NULL)
+ 3 NOT IN (SELECT * FROM x1)
+</pre></blockquote><p>
+ The historical behavior of SQLite is incorrect according to the SQL:1999
+ standard and it is inconsistent with the behavior of MySQL and
+ PostgreSQL. Version 3.6.0 changes the behavior of the IN and
+ NOT IN operators to conform to the standard and to give the same
+ results as other SQL database engines.
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+ <strong>Key Point:</strong> The change to the way NULL values are handled
+ by the IN and NOT IN operators is technically a bug fix, not a design
+ change. However, maintainers should check to ensure that applications
+ do not depend on the older, buggy behavior prior to upgrading to
+ version 3.6.0.
+</blockquote>
+<h3>1.4 Changes To Column Naming Rules</h3><p>
+ The column names reported by join subqueries have been modified slightly
+ in order to work more like other database engines. Consider the following
+ query:
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+ CREATE TABLE t1(a);
+ CREATE TABLE t2(x);
+ SELECT * FROM (SELECT t1.a FROM t1 JOIN t2 ORDER BY t2.x LIMIT 1) ORDER BY 1;
+</pre></blockquote><p>
+ In version 3.5.9 the query above would return a single column named "t1.a".
+ In version 3.6.0 the column name is just "a".
+</p>
+<p>
+ SQLite has never made any promises about the names of columns in the
+ result set of <a href="lang_select.html">SELECT</a> statement unless the column contains an AS clause.
+ So this change to column name is technically not an incompatibility.
+ SQLite is merely changing from one undefined behavior to another.
+ Nevertheless, many applications depend on the unspecified column naming
+ behavior of SQLite and so this change is discussed under the
+ incompatible changes subheading.
+</p>
+<h3>1.5 Changes To Compile-Time Options</h3><p>
+ Compile-time options to SQLite are controlled by C-preprocessor
+ macros. SQLite version 3.6.0 changes the names of some of these
+ macros so that all C-preprocessor macros that are specific to
+ SQLite begin with the "SQLITE_" prefix. This is done to reduce the
+ risk of name collisions with other software modules.
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+ <strong>Key Point:</strong> Changes to compile-time options have the
+ potential to affect makefiles in projects that do customized builds of
+ SQLite. These changes should have zero impact on application code and for
+ most projects which use a standard, default build of SQLite.
+</blockquote>
+<h2>2.0 Fully Backwards-Compatible Enhancements</h2><p>
+ In addition to the incompatible changes listed above, SQLite
+ version 3.6.0 adds the following backwards compatible changes and
+ enhancements:
+</p>
+<p>
+ <ol>
+
+ <li value="7"><p>The new <a href="c3ref/config.html">sqlite3_config()</a> interface allows an application
+ to customize the behavior of SQLite at run-time. Customizations possible
+ using <a href="c3ref/config.html">sqlite3_config()</a> include the following:</p>
+ <ol type="a">
+ <li><p>Specify an alternative mutex implementation using the
+ <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigmutex">SQLITE_CONFIG_MUTEX</a> verb with the <a href="c3ref/mutex_methods.html">sqlite3_mutex_methods</a> object.</p></li>
+ <li><p>Specify an alternative malloc implementation using the
+ <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigmalloc">SQLITE_CONFIG_MALLOC</a> verb with the <a href="c3ref/mem_methods.html">sqlite3_mem_methods</a> object.</p></li>
+ <li><p>Partially or fully disable the use of mutexes using
+ <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigsinglethread">SQLITE_CONFIG_SINGLETHREAD</a>, <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigmultithread">SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD</a> and
+ <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigserialized">SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED</a>.</p></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>A new flag <a href="c3ref/c_open_autoproxy.html">SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX</a> is made available to the
+ <a href="c3ref/open.html">sqlite3_open_v2()</a> interface.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The new <a href="c3ref/status.html">sqlite3_status()</a> interface allows an application to query
+ the performance status of SQLite at runtime.
+ </p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <a href="c3ref/memory_highwater.html">sqlite3_memory_used()</a> and <a href="c3ref/memory_highwater.html">sqlite3_memory_highwater()</a>
+ interfaces are deprecated. The equivalent functionality is now available
+ through <a href="c3ref/status.html">sqlite3_status()</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_initialize()</a> interface can be called to explicitly
+ initialize the SQLite subsystem. The <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_initialize()</a> interface is
+ called automatically when invoking certain interfaces so the use of
+ <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_initialize()</a> is not required, but it is recommended.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_shutdown()</a> interface causes SQLite to release any
+ system resources (memory allocations, mutexes, open file handles)
+ that might have been allocated by <a href="c3ref/initialize.html">sqlite3_initialize()</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <a href="c3ref/next_stmt.html">sqlite3_next_stmt()</a> interface allows an application to discover
+ all <a href="c3ref/stmt.html">prepared statements</a> associated with a <a href="c3ref/sqlite3.html">database connection</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Added the <a href="pragma.html#pragma_page_count">page_count</a> PRAGMA for returning the size of the underlying
+ database file in pages.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Added a new <a href="rtree.html">R*Tree index extension</a>.</p></li>
+
+ </ol>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center"><small><i>This page last modified on <a href="https://sqlite.org/docsrc/honeypot" id="mtimelink" data-href="https://sqlite.org/docsrc/finfo/pages/35to36.in?m=f555d66703">2022-01-08 05:02:57</a> UTC </small></i></p>
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