Clarify the operation of sqlite3_blob_close() in the API documentation.

Ticket #2815. (CVS 4589)

FossilOrigin-Name: 78f359dffa6f4af4d5b7e4523f451e0e405350c0

diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 68d806feeff99d74c86248c55ba5cd9a7ab65164..bb4c1f1ee57ea2058c46d714e2d87acdaa955ee0 100644 (file)
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Do\snot\srequire\sos_other.h\sif\scompiling\swith\s-DOS_OTHER=1.\s(CVS\s4588)
-D 2007-12-03T21:52:09
+C Clarify\sthe\soperation\sof\ssqlite3_blob_close()\sin\sthe\sAPI\sdocumentation.\r\nTicket\s#2815.\s(CVS\s4589)
+D 2007-12-04T13:22:44
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 F Makefile.in 30789bf70614bad659351660d76b8e533f3340e9
 F Makefile.linux-gcc d53183f4aa6a9192d249731c90dbdffbd2c68654
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ F src/random.c 4a22746501bf36b0a088c66e38dde5daba6a35da
 F src/select.c 7c0ab94b8f287eb94fdb1eb101be603832ecfc34
 F src/server.c 087b92a39d883e3fa113cae259d64e4c7438bc96
 F src/shell.c c97be281cfc3dcb14902f45e4b16f20038eb83ff
-F src/sqlite.h.in 44ae290a261b4498b921ed45f0eff16a72245c9b
+F src/sqlite.h.in 28e78e9191a655fd2aa728c1f55d35e9f644103a
 F src/sqlite3ext.h a93f59cdee3638dc0c9c086f80df743a4e68c3cb
 F src/sqliteInt.h f5d5b5f0dcfcd2098131c57c08ece6e314e47697
 F src/sqliteLimit.h 15ffe2116746c27ace2b428a26a4fcd6dba6fa65
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl 8be95ee6dba05eabcd27a9d91331c803f2ce2130
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl 890248cf7b70e60c383b0e84d77d5132b3ead42b
 F www/whentouse.tcl fc46eae081251c3c181bd79c5faef8195d7991a5
-P e6f02aa5ae6da0befdf98fdd5884345f3cb7f5ea
-R 02478a1714f918c98e0c5188a3fd7e8a
+P 96ec39031e0b0b9a69e7b5647580326a87f94d2e
+R 64ed9e7dcaec1c7b07c2e69b2ecd3f2c
 U drh
-Z 7d2f82ae22c8601446acf49b501fdd4a
+Z 34627d860f21f382f905570c77940ed3

diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 5bb6b6451208a29500998b2b43afee7d561d4aba..f519b7842dc72cb9e8930c4a730702ff4a5197cc 100644 (file)
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-96ec39031e0b0b9a69e7b5647580326a87f94d2e
\ No newline at end of file
+78f359dffa6f4af4d5b7e4523f451e0e405350c0
\ No newline at end of file

diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index d4aa602379717eaee0ede95c5f2813196f814954..6a8f14e311b422dd357e4acc56f645a5c9a34dd6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ** {EX} is an explanatory amplification of the preceding requirement.
 ** Both the {EX} and the {END} are optional.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h.in,v 1.273 2007/12/01 19:23:20 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h.in,v 1.274 2007/12/04 13:22:44 drh Exp $
 */
 #ifndef _SQLITE3_H_
 #define _SQLITE3_H_
@@ -3309,6 +3309,16 @@ int sqlite3_blob_open(
 ** CAPI3REF:  Close A BLOB Handle
 **
 ** Close an open [sqlite3_blob | blob handle].
+**
+** Closing a BLOB might cause the current transaction to commit.
+** If any writes were made to the BLOB, they might be held in cache
+** until the close operation.  Closing the BLOB forces the changes
+** out to disk and so if any I/O errors occur, they will likely occur
+** at the time when the BLOB is closed.  Any errors that occur during
+** closing are reported as a non-zero return value.
+**
+** The BLOB is closed unconditionally.  Even if this routine returns
+** an error code, the BLOB is still closed.
 */
 int sqlite3_blob_close(sqlite3_blob *);