SQLite

  Mem *pData0;           /* First field to be combined into the record */
  Mem *pLast;            /* Last field of the record */
  int nField;            /* Number of fields in the record */
  char *zAffinity;       /* The affinity string for the record */
  int file_format;       /* File format to use for encoding */
  int i;                 /* Space used in zNewRecord[] header */
  int j;                 /* Space used in zNewRecord[] content */
  u32 len;               /* Length of a field */

  /* Assuming the record contains N fields, the record format looks
  ** like this:
  **
  ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ** | hdr-size | type 0 | type 1 | ... | type N-1 | data0 | ... | data N-1 | 
  ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /* Loop through the elements that will make up the record to figure
  ** out how much space is required for the new record.
  */
  pRec = pLast;
  do{
    assert( memIsValid(pRec) );
    pRec->uTemp = serial_type = sqlite3VdbeSerialType(pRec, file_format, &len);

    if( pRec->flags & MEM_Zero ){
      if( nData ){
        if( sqlite3VdbeMemExpandBlob(pRec) ) goto no_mem;
      }else{
        nZero += pRec->u.nZero;
        len -= pRec->u.nZero;
      }

int sqlite3VdbeCursorMoveto(VdbeCursor*);
int sqlite3VdbeCursorRestore(VdbeCursor*);
#if defined(SQLITE_DEBUG) || defined(VDBE_PROFILE)
void sqlite3VdbePrintOp(FILE*, int, Op*);
#endif
u32 sqlite3VdbeSerialTypeLen(u32);
u8 sqlite3VdbeOneByteSerialTypeLen(u8);
u32 sqlite3VdbeSerialType(Mem*, int, u32*);
u32 sqlite3VdbeSerialPut(unsigned char*, Mem*, u32);
u32 sqlite3VdbeSerialGet(const unsigned char*, u32, Mem*);
void sqlite3VdbeDeleteAuxData(Vdbe*, int, int);

int sqlite2BtreeKeyCompare(BtCursor *, const void *, int, int, int *);
int sqlite3VdbeIdxKeyCompare(sqlite3*,VdbeCursor*,UnpackedRecord*,int*);
int sqlite3VdbeIdxRowid(sqlite3*, BtCursor*, i64*);

** The 8 and 9 types were added in 3.3.0, file format 4.  Prior versions
** of SQLite will not understand those serial types.
*/

/*
** Return the serial-type for the value stored in pMem.
*/
u32 sqlite3VdbeSerialType(Mem *pMem, int file_format, u32 *pLen){
  int flags = pMem->flags;
  u32 n;

  assert( pLen!=0 );
  if( flags&MEM_Null ){
    *pLen = 0;
    return 0;
  }
  if( flags&MEM_Int ){
    /* Figure out whether to use 1, 2, 4, 6 or 8 bytes. */
#   define MAX_6BYTE ((((i64)0x00008000)<<32)-1)
    i64 i = pMem->u.i;
    u64 u;
    if( i<0 ){
      u = ~i;
    }else{
      u = i;
    }
    if( u<=127 ){
      if( (i&1)==i && file_format>=4 ){
        *pLen = 0;
        return 8+(u32)u;
      }else{
        *pLen = 1;
        return 1;
      }
    }
    if( u<=32767 ){ *pLen = 2; return 2; }
    if( u<=8388607 ){ *pLen = 3; return 3; }
    if( u<=2147483647 ){ *pLen = 4; return 4; }
    if( u<=MAX_6BYTE ){ *pLen = 6; return 5; }
    *pLen = 8;
    return 6;
  }
  if( flags&MEM_Real ){
    *pLen = 8;
    return 7;
  }
  assert( pMem->db->mallocFailed || flags&(MEM_Str|MEM_Blob) );
  assert( pMem->n>=0 );
  n = (u32)pMem->n;
  if( flags & MEM_Zero ){
    n += pMem->u.nZero;
  }
  *pLen = n;
  return ((n*2) + 12 + ((flags&MEM_Str)!=0));
}

/*
** The sizes for serial types less than 128
*/
static const u8 sqlite3SmallTypeSizes[] = {

*/
static void recordFunc(
  sqlite3_context *context,
  int argc,
  sqlite3_value **argv
){
  const int file_format = 1;
  u32 iSerial;                    /* Serial type */
  int nSerial;                    /* Bytes of space for iSerial as varint */
  u32 nVal;                       /* Bytes of space required for argv[0] */
  int nRet;
  sqlite3 *db;
  u8 *aRet;

  UNUSED_PARAMETER( argc );
  iSerial = sqlite3VdbeSerialType(argv[0], file_format, &nVal);
  nSerial = sqlite3VarintLen(iSerial);

  db = sqlite3_context_db_handle(context);

  nRet = 1 + nSerial + nVal;
  aRet = sqlite3DbMallocRaw(db, nRet);
  if( aRet==0 ){
    sqlite3_result_error_nomem(context);
  }else{