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The name "serialized" +arises from the fact that SQLite uses mutexes to serialize access to each +object.</p></li> +</ol> + +<p> +The threading mode can be selected at compile-time (when the SQLite +library is being compiled from source code) or at start-time (when the +application that intends to use SQLite is initializing) or at +run-time (when a new SQLite database connection is being created). +Generally speaking, run-time overrides start-time and start-time +overrides compile-time. Except, single-thread mode cannot be +overridden once selected. +</p> + +<p> +The default mode is serialized. +</p> + +<h1 id="compile_time_selection_of_threading_mode"><span>2. </span>Compile-time selection of threading mode</h1> + +<p> +Use the <a href="compile.html#threadsafe">SQLITE_THREADSAFE</a> compile-time parameter to select the +threading mode. If no <a href="compile.html#threadsafe">SQLITE_THREADSAFE</a> compile-time parameter is +present, then serialized mode is used. +This can be made explicit with +<a href="compile.html#threadsafe">-DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=1</a>. +With +<a href="compile.html#threadsafe">-DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=0</a> the threading mode is +single-thread. With +<a href="compile.html#threadsafe">-DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=2</a> the threading mode is +multi-thread. +</p> + +<p> +The return value of the <a href="c3ref/threadsafe.html">sqlite3_threadsafe()</a> interface is the value +of SQLITE_THREADSAFE set at compile-time. It does not reflect changes +to the threading mode made at runtime via the <a href="c3ref/config.html">sqlite3_config()</a> +interface or by flags given as the third argument to <a href="c3ref/open.html">sqlite3_open_v2()</a>. +</p> + +<p> +If single-thread mode is selected at compile-time, then critical +mutexing logic is omitted from the build and it is impossible to +enable either multi-thread or serialized modes at start-time or +run-time. +</p> + +<h1 id="start_time_selection_of_threading_mode"><span>3. </span>Start-time selection of threading mode</h1> + +<p> +Assuming that the compile-time threading mode is not single-thread, then +the threading mode can be changed during initialization using the +<a href="c3ref/config.html">sqlite3_config()</a> interface. The <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigsinglethread">SQLITE_CONFIG_SINGLETHREAD</a> verb +puts SQLite into single-thread mode, the <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigmultithread">SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD</a> +verb sets multi-thread mode, and the <a href="c3ref/c_config_covering_index_scan.html#sqliteconfigserialized">SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED</a> verb +sets serialized mode. +</p> + +<h1 id="run_time_selection_of_threading_mode"><span>4. </span>Run-time selection of threading mode</h1> + +<p>If single-thread mode has not been selected at compile-time or start-time, +then individual database connections can be created as either multi-thread +or serialized. It is not possible to downgrade an individual database +connection to single-thread mode. Nor is it possible to escalate an +individual database connection if the compile-time or start-time mode +is single-thread.</p> + +<p>The threading mode for an individual database connection is determined +by flags given as the third argument to <a href="c3ref/open.html">sqlite3_open_v2()</a>. The +<a href="c3ref/c_open_autoproxy.html">SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX</a> flag causes the database connection to be in the +multi-thread mode and the <a href="c3ref/c_open_autoproxy.html">SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX</a> flag causes the connection +to be in serialized mode. If neither flag is specified or if +<a href="c3ref/open.html">sqlite3_open()</a> or <a href="c3ref/open.html">sqlite3_open16()</a> are used instead of +<a href="c3ref/open.html">sqlite3_open_v2()</a>, then the default +mode determined by the compile-time and start-time settings is used. +</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/threadsafe.in?m=84a776bde3">2023-12-05 14:43:20</a> UTC </small></i></p> + |