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The <a href="../lang_attach.html">ATTACH</a> and <a href="../lang_detach.html">DETACH</a> statements also cause +sqlite3_stmt_readonly() to return true since, while those statements +change the configuration of a database connection, they do not make +changes to the content of the database files on disk. +The sqlite3_stmt_readonly() interface returns true for <a href="../lang_transaction.html">BEGIN</a> since +<a href="../lang_transaction.html">BEGIN</a> merely sets internal flags, but the <a href="../lang_transaction.html">BEGIN IMMEDIATE</a> and +<a href="../lang_transaction.html">BEGIN EXCLUSIVE</a> commands do touch the database and so +sqlite3_stmt_readonly() returns false for those commands.</p> + +<p>This routine returns false if there is any possibility that the +statement might change the database file. A false return does +not guarantee that the statement will change the database file. +For example, an UPDATE statement might have a WHERE clause that +makes it a no-op, but the sqlite3_stmt_readonly() result would still +be false. Similarly, a CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS statement is a +read-only no-op if the table already exists, but +sqlite3_stmt_readonly() still returns false for such a statement.</p> + +<p>If prepared statement X is an <a href="../lang_explain.html">EXPLAIN</a> or <a href="../eqp.html">EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN</a> +statement, then sqlite3_stmt_readonly(X) returns the same value as +if the EXPLAIN or EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN prefix were omitted. +</p><p>See also lists of + <a href="../c3ref/objlist.html">Objects</a>, + <a href="../c3ref/constlist.html">Constants</a>, and + <a href="../c3ref/funclist.html">Functions</a>.</p> + |