** ^The [SQLITE_FCNTL_BUSYHANDLER]
** file-control may be invoked by SQLite on the database file handle
** shortly after it is opened in order to provide a custom VFS with access
-** to the connections busy-handler callback. The argument is of type (void **)
+** to the connection's busy-handler callback. The argument is of type (void**)
** - an array of two (void *) values. The first (void *) actually points
-** to a function of type (int (*)(void *)). In order to invoke the connections
+** to a function of type (int (*)(void *)). In order to invoke the connection's
** busy-handler, this function should be invoked with the second (void *) in
** the array as the only argument. If it returns non-zero, then the operation
** should be retried. If it returns zero, the custom VFS should abandon the
** current operation.
**
** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_TEMPFILENAME]]
-** ^Application can invoke the [SQLITE_FCNTL_TEMPFILENAME] file-control
+** ^Applications can invoke the [SQLITE_FCNTL_TEMPFILENAME] file-control
** to have SQLite generate a
** temporary filename using the same algorithm that is followed to generate
** temporary filenames for TEMP tables and other internal uses. The
** not provide a mechanism to detect changes to MAIN only. Also, the
** [sqlite3_total_changes()] interface responds to internal changes only and
** omits changes made by other database connections. The
-** [PRAGMA data_version] command provide a mechanism to detect changes to
+** [PRAGMA data_version] command provides a mechanism to detect changes to
** a single attached database that occur due to other database connections,
** but omits changes implemented by the database connection on which it is
** called. This file control is the only mechanism to detect changes that
** to 3 with SQLite [version 3.7.6] on [dateof:3.7.6]. Additional fields
** may be appended to the sqlite3_vfs object and the iVersion value
** may increase again in future versions of SQLite.
-** Note that the structure
-** of the sqlite3_vfs object changes in the transition from
+** Note that due to an oversight, the structure
+** of the sqlite3_vfs object changed in the transition from
** SQLite [version 3.5.9] to [version 3.6.0] on [dateof:3.6.0]
-** and yet the iVersion field was not modified.
+** and yet the iVersion field was not increased.
**
** The szOsFile field is the size of the subclassed [sqlite3_file]
** structure used by this VFS. mxPathname is the maximum length of
** for exclusive access.
**
** ^At least szOsFile bytes of memory are allocated by SQLite
-** to hold the [sqlite3_file] structure passed as the third
+** to hold the [sqlite3_file] structure passed as the third
** argument to xOpen. The xOpen method does not have to
** allocate the structure; it should just fill it in. Note that
** the xOpen method must set the sqlite3_file.pMethods to either
** that causes the corresponding memory allocation to fail.
**
** The xInit method initializes the memory allocator. For example,
-** it might allocate any require mutexes or initialize internal data
+** it might allocate any required mutexes or initialize internal data
** structures. The xShutdown method is invoked (indirectly) by
** [sqlite3_shutdown()] and should deallocate any resources acquired
** by xInit. The pAppData pointer is used as the only parameter to
** <dd> ^The SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE option specifies a memory pool
** that SQLite can use for the database page cache with the default page
** cache implementation.
-** This configuration option is a no-op if an application-define page
+** This configuration option is a no-op if an application-defined page
** cache implementation is loaded using the [SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2].
** ^There are three arguments to SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE: A pointer to
** 8-byte aligned memory (pMem), the size of each page cache line (sz),
** [[SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DML]]
** <dt>SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DML</td>
** <dd>The SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DQS_DML option activates or deactivates
-** the legacy [double-quoted string literal] misfeature for DML statement
+** the legacy [double-quoted string literal] misfeature for DML statements
** only, that is DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, and UPDATE statements. The
** default value of this setting is determined by the [-DSQLITE_DQS]
** compile-time option.
** ^The sqlite3_interrupt(D) call is in effect until all currently running
** SQL statements on [database connection] D complete. ^Any new SQL statements
** that are started after the sqlite3_interrupt() call and before the
-** running statements reaches zero are interrupted as if they had been
+** running statement count reaches zero are interrupted as if they had been
** running prior to the sqlite3_interrupt() call. ^New SQL statements
** that are started after the running statement count reaches zero are
** not effected by the sqlite3_interrupt().
** Cindy | 21
** </pre></blockquote>
**
-** There are two column (M==2) and three rows (N==3). Thus the
+** There are two columns (M==2) and three rows (N==3). Thus the
** result table has 8 entries. Suppose the result table is stored
-** in an array names azResult. Then azResult holds this content:
+** in an array named azResult. Then azResult holds this content:
**
** <blockquote><pre>
** azResult[0] = "Name";
** 4 byte boundary if the [SQLITE_4_BYTE_ALIGNED_MALLOC] compile-time
** option is used.
**
-** In SQLite version 3.5.0 and 3.5.1, it was possible to define
-** the SQLITE_OMIT_MEMORY_ALLOCATION which would cause the built-in
-** implementation of these routines to be omitted. That capability
-** is no longer provided. Only built-in memory allocators can be used.
-**
-** Prior to SQLite version 3.7.10, the Windows OS interface layer called
-** the system malloc() and free() directly when converting
-** filenames between the UTF-8 encoding used by SQLite
-** and whatever filename encoding is used by the particular Windows
-** installation. Memory allocation errors were detected, but
-** they were reported back as [SQLITE_CANTOPEN] or
-** [SQLITE_IOERR] rather than [SQLITE_NOMEM].
-**
** The pointer arguments to [sqlite3_free()] and [sqlite3_realloc()]
** must be either NULL or else pointers obtained from a prior
** invocation of [sqlite3_malloc()] or [sqlite3_realloc()] that have
** SQLite contains a high-quality pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) used to
** select random [ROWID | ROWIDs] when inserting new records into a table that
** already uses the largest possible [ROWID]. The PRNG is also used for
-** the build-in random() and randomblob() SQL functions. This interface allows
+** the built-in random() and randomblob() SQL functions. This interface allows
** applications to access the same PRNG for other purposes.
**
** ^A call to this routine stores N bytes of randomness into buffer P.
** P is the name of the query parameter, then
** sqlite3_uri_parameter(F,P) returns the value of the P
** parameter if it exists or a NULL pointer if P does not appear as a
-** query parameter on F. If P is a query parameter of F
+** query parameter on F. If P is a query parameter of F and it
** has no explicit value, then sqlite3_uri_parameter(F,P) returns
** a pointer to an empty string.
**
** sqlite3_uri_boolean(F,P,B) routines returns false (0) if the value of
** query parameter P is one of "no", "false", or "off" in any case or
** if the value begins with a numeric zero. If P is not a query
-** parameter on F or if the value of P is does not match any of the
+** parameter on F or if the value of P does not match any of the
** above, then sqlite3_uri_boolean(F,P,B) returns (B!=0).
**
** The sqlite3_uri_int64(F,P,D) routine converts the value of P into a
** </li>
**
** <li>
-** ^If the specific value bound to [parameter | host parameter] in the
+** ^If the specific value bound to a [parameter | host parameter] in the
** WHERE clause might influence the choice of query plan for a statement,
** then the statement will be automatically recompiled, as if there had been
-** a schema change, on the first [sqlite3_step()] call following any change
+** a schema change, on the first [sqlite3_step()] call following any change
** to the [sqlite3_bind_text | bindings] of that [parameter].
-** ^The specific value of WHERE-clause [parameter] might influence the
+** ^The specific value of a WHERE-clause [parameter] might influence the
** choice of query plan if the parameter is the left-hand side of a [LIKE]
** or [GLOB] operator or if the parameter is compared to an indexed column
** and the [SQLITE_ENABLE_STAT4] compile-time option is enabled.
**
** ^If the Nth column returned by the statement is an expression or
** subquery and is not a column value, then all of these functions return
-** NULL. ^These routine might also return NULL if a memory allocation error
+** NULL. ^These routines might also return NULL if a memory allocation error
** occurs. ^Otherwise, they return the name of the attached database, table,
** or column that query result column was extracted from.
**
** ^These APIs are only available if the library was compiled with the
** [SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA] C-preprocessor symbol.
**
-** If two or more threads call one or more of these routines against the same
-** prepared statement and column at the same time then the results are
-** undefined.
-**
** If two or more threads call one or more
** [sqlite3_column_database_name | column metadata interfaces]
** for the same [prepared statement] and result column
** ^The sqlite3_data_count(P) interface returns the number of columns in the
** current row of the result set of [prepared statement] P.
** ^If prepared statement P does not have results ready to return
-** (via calls to the [sqlite3_column_int | sqlite3_column_*()] of
+** (via calls to the [sqlite3_column_int | sqlite3_column()] family of
** interfaces) then sqlite3_data_count(P) returns 0.
** ^The sqlite3_data_count(P) routine also returns 0 if P is a NULL pointer.
** ^The sqlite3_data_count(P) routine returns 0 if the previous call to
** to [sqlite3_create_function()], [sqlite3_create_function16()], or
** [sqlite3_create_function_v2()].
**
-** The SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC flag means that the new function will always
-** maps the same inputs into the same output. The abs() function is
-** deterministic, for example, but randomblob() is not.
+** The SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC flag means that the new function always gives
+** the same output when the input parameters are the same. The abs() function
+** is deterministic, for example, but randomblob() is not. Functions must
+** be deterministic in order to be used in certain contexts such as
+** [CHECK constraints] or [generated columns]. SQLite might also optimize
+** deterministic functions by factoring them out of inner loops.
**
** The SQLITE_DIRECTONLY flag means that the function may only be invoked
** from top-level SQL, and cannot be used in VIEWs or TRIGGERs. This is
**
** These routines extract type, size, and content information from
** [protected sqlite3_value] objects. Protected sqlite3_value objects
-** are used to pass parameter information into implementation of
-** [application-defined SQL functions] and [virtual tables].
+** are used to pass parameter information into the functions that
+** implement [application-defined SQL functions] and [virtual tables].
**
** These routines work only with [protected sqlite3_value] objects.
** Any attempt to use these routines on an [unprotected sqlite3_value]
** ^The sqlite3_value_frombind(X) interface returns non-zero if the
** value X originated from one of the [sqlite3_bind_int|sqlite3_bind()]
** interfaces. ^If X comes from an SQL literal value, or a table column,
-** and expression, then sqlite3_value_frombind(X) returns zero.
+** or an expression, then sqlite3_value_frombind(X) returns zero.
**
** Please pay particular attention to the fact that the pointer returned
** from [sqlite3_value_blob()], [sqlite3_value_text()], or
** routine to allocate memory for storing their state.
**
** ^The first time the sqlite3_aggregate_context(C,N) routine is called
-** for a particular aggregate function, SQLite
-** allocates N of memory, zeroes out that memory, and returns a pointer
+** for a particular aggregate function, SQLite allocates
+** N bytes of memory, zeroes out that memory, and returns a pointer
** to the new memory. ^On second and subsequent calls to
** sqlite3_aggregate_context() for the same aggregate function instance,
** the same buffer is returned. Sqlite3_aggregate_context() is normally
**
** ^(The amount of space allocated by sqlite3_aggregate_context(C,N) is
** determined by the N parameter on first successful call. Changing the
-** value of N in subsequent call to sqlite3_aggregate_context() within
+** value of N in any subsequents call to sqlite3_aggregate_context() within
** the same aggregate function instance will not resize the memory
** allocation.)^ Within the xFinal callback, it is customary to set
** N=0 in calls to sqlite3_aggregate_context(C,N) so that no
** </ol>
**
** If a collating function fails any of the above constraints and that
-** collating function is registered and used, then the behavior of SQLite
+** collating function is registered and used, then the behavior of SQLite
** is undefined.
**
** ^The sqlite3_create_collation_v2() works like sqlite3_create_collation()
** CAPI3REF: Return The Filename For A Database Connection
** METHOD: sqlite3
**
-** ^The sqlite3_db_filename(D,N) interface returns a pointer to a filename
-** associated with database N of connection D. ^The main database file
-** has the name "main". If there is no attached database N on the database
+** ^The sqlite3_db_filename(D,N) interface returns a pointer to the filename
+** associated with database N of connection D.
+** ^If there is no attached database N on the database
** connection D, or if database N is a temporary or in-memory database, then
** this function will return either a NULL pointer or an empty string.
**
+** ^The string value returned by this routine is owned and managed by
+** the database connection. ^The value will be valid until the database N
+** is [DETACH]-ed or until the database connection closes.
+**
** ^The filename returned by this function is the output of the
** xFullPathname method of the [VFS]. ^In other words, the filename
** will be an absolute pathname, even if the filename used
**
** ^(The cache sharing mode set by this interface effects all subsequent
** calls to [sqlite3_open()], [sqlite3_open_v2()], and [sqlite3_open16()].
-** Existing database connections continue use the sharing mode
+** Existing database connections continue to use the sharing mode
** that was in effect at the time they were opened.)^
**
** ^(This routine returns [SQLITE_OK] if shared cache was enabled or disabled
** successfully. An [error code] is returned otherwise.)^
**
-** ^Shared cache is disabled by default. But this might change in
-** future releases of SQLite. Applications that care about shared
-** cache setting should set it explicitly.
+** ^Shared cache is disabled by default. It is recommended that it stay
+** that way. In other words, do not use this routine. This interface
+** continues to be provided for historical compatibility, but its use is
+** discouraged. Any use of shared cache is discouraged. If shared cache
+** must be used, it is recommended that shared cache only be enabled for
+** individual database connections using the [sqlite3_open_v2()] interface
+** with the [SQLITE_OPEN_SHAREDCACHE] flag.
**
** Note: This method is disabled on MacOS X 10.7 and iOS version 5.0
** and will always return SQLITE_MISUSE. On those systems,
** interface returns SQLITE_OK and fills in the non-NULL pointers in
** the final five arguments with appropriate values if the specified
** column exists. ^The sqlite3_table_column_metadata() interface returns
-** SQLITE_ERROR and if the specified column does not exist.
+** SQLITE_ERROR if the specified column does not exist.
** ^If the column-name parameter to sqlite3_table_column_metadata() is a
** NULL pointer, then this routine simply checks for the existence of the
** table and returns SQLITE_OK if the table exists and SQLITE_ERROR if it
** to enable or disable only the C-API.)^
**
** <b>Security warning:</b> It is recommended that extension loading
-** be disabled using the [SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_LOAD_EXTENSION] method
+** be enabled using the [SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_LOAD_EXTENSION] method
** rather than this interface, so the [load_extension()] SQL function
** remains disabled. This will prevent SQL injections from giving attackers
** access to extension loading capabilities.
** KEYWORDS: sqlite3_module {virtual table module}
**
** This structure, sometimes called a "virtual table module",
-** defines the implementation of a [virtual tables].
+** defines the implementation of a [virtual table].
** This structure consists mostly of methods for the module.
**
** ^A virtual table module is created by filling in a persistent
** If a virtual table extension is
** used with an SQLite version earlier than 3.8.2, the results of attempting
** to read or write the estimatedRows field are undefined (but are likely
-** to included crashing the application). The estimatedRows field should
+** to include crashing the application). The estimatedRows field should
** therefore only be used if [sqlite3_libversion_number()] returns a
** value greater than or equal to 3008002. Similarly, the idxFlags field
** was added for [version 3.9.0] ([dateof:3.9.0]).
/*
** CAPI3REF: Virtual Table Constraint Operator Codes
**
-** These macros defined the allowed values for the
+** These macros define the allowed values for the
** [sqlite3_index_info].aConstraint[].op field. Each value represents
** an operator that is part of a constraint term in the wHERE clause of
** a query that uses a [virtual table].
** The only difference is that the public sqlite3_XXX functions enumerated
** above silently ignore any invocations that pass a NULL pointer instead
** of a valid mutex handle. The implementations of the methods defined
-** by this structure are not required to handle this case, the results
+** by this structure are not required to handle this case. The results
** of passing a NULL pointer instead of a valid mutex handle are undefined
** (i.e. it is acceptable to provide an implementation that segfaults if
** it is passed a NULL pointer).
**
** [[SQLITE_STATUS_PAGECACHE_SIZE]] ^(<dt>SQLITE_STATUS_PAGECACHE_SIZE</dt>
** <dd>This parameter records the largest memory allocation request
-** handed to [pagecache memory allocator]. Only the value returned in the
+** handed to the [pagecache memory allocator]. Only the value returned in the
** *pHighwater parameter to [sqlite3_status()] is of interest.
** The value written into the *pCurrent parameter is undefined.</dd>)^
**
** checked out.</dd>)^
**
** [[SQLITE_DBSTATUS_LOOKASIDE_HIT]] ^(<dt>SQLITE_DBSTATUS_LOOKASIDE_HIT</dt>
-** <dd>This parameter returns the number malloc attempts that were
+** <dd>This parameter returns the number of malloc attempts that were
** satisfied using lookaside memory. Only the high-water value is meaningful;
** the current value is always zero.)^
**
** cache overflowing. Transactions are more efficient if they are written
** to disk all at once. When pages spill mid-transaction, that introduces
** additional overhead. This parameter can be used help identify
-** inefficiencies that can be resolve by increasing the cache size.
+** inefficiencies that can be resolved by increasing the cache size.
** </dd>
**
** [[SQLITE_DBSTATUS_DEFERRED_FKS]] ^(<dt>SQLITE_DBSTATUS_DEFERRED_FKS</dt>
**
** [[SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_REPREPARE]] <dt>SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_REPREPARE</dt>
** <dd>^This is the number of times that the prepare statement has been
-** automatically regenerated due to schema changes or change to
+** automatically regenerated due to schema changes or changes to
** [bound parameters] that might affect the query plan.
**
** [[SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_RUN]] <dt>SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_RUN</dt>
**
** ^(SQLite will normally invoke xFetch() with a createFlag of 0 or 1. SQLite
** will only use a createFlag of 2 after a prior call with a createFlag of 1
-** failed.)^ In between the to xFetch() calls, SQLite may
+** failed.)^ In between the xFetch() calls, SQLite may
** attempt to unpin one or more cache pages by spilling the content of
** pinned pages to disk and synching the operating system disk cache.
**
** the first argument to register for a callback that will be invoked
** when the blocking connections current transaction is concluded. ^The
** callback is invoked from within the [sqlite3_step] or [sqlite3_close]
-** call that concludes the blocking connections transaction.
+** call that concludes the blocking connection's transaction.
**
** ^(If sqlite3_unlock_notify() is called in a multi-threaded application,
** there is a chance that the blocking connection will have already
** an unlock-notify callback is a pointer to an array of void* pointers,
** and the second is the number of entries in the array.
**
-** When a blocking connections transaction is concluded, there may be
+** When a blocking connection's transaction is concluded, there may be
** more than one blocked connection that has registered for an unlock-notify
** callback. ^If two or more such blocked connections have specified the
** same callback function, then instead of invoking the callback function
**
** <dl>
** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NLOOP]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NLOOP</dt>
-** <dd>^The [sqlite3_int64] variable pointed to by the T parameter will be
+** <dd>^The [sqlite3_int64] variable pointed to by the V parameter will be
** set to the total number of times that the X-th loop has run.</dd>
**
** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NVISIT]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NVISIT</dt>
-** <dd>^The [sqlite3_int64] variable pointed to by the T parameter will be set
+** <dd>^The [sqlite3_int64] variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set
** to the total number of rows examined by all iterations of the X-th loop.</dd>
**
** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EST]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EST</dt>
-** <dd>^The "double" variable pointed to by the T parameter will be set to the
+** <dd>^The "double" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set to the
** query planner's estimate for the average number of rows output from each
** iteration of the X-th loop. If the query planner's estimates was accurate,
** then this value will approximate the quotient NVISIT/NLOOP and the
** be the NLOOP value for the current loop.
**
** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NAME]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NAME</dt>
-** <dd>^The "const char *" variable pointed to by the T parameter will be set
+** <dd>^The "const char *" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set
** to a zero-terminated UTF-8 string containing the name of the index or table
** used for the X-th loop.
**
** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EXPLAIN]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EXPLAIN</dt>
-** <dd>^The "const char *" variable pointed to by the T parameter will be set
+** <dd>^The "const char *" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set
** to a zero-terminated UTF-8 string containing the [EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN]
** description for the X-th loop.
**
** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_SELECTID]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_SELECT</dt>
-** <dd>^The "int" variable pointed to by the T parameter will be set to the
+** <dd>^The "int" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set to the
** "select-id" for the X-th loop. The select-id identifies which query or
** subquery the loop is part of. The main query has a select-id of zero.
** The select-id is the same value as is output in the first column
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