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    hd_enable_main 1
  }
}

chng {2009 Aug 12 (3.6.17)} {
<li>Expose the [sqlite3_strnicmp()] interface for use by extensions and
    applications.


<li>Many code simplifications and obscure bug fixes in support of
    providing [test coverage | 100% branch test coverage].
}

chng {2009 June 27 (3.6.16)} {
<li>Fix a bug (ticket #3929) that occasionally causes INSERT or UPDATE
    operations to fail on an indexed table that has a self-modifying trigger.

<title>SQLite Shared-Cache Mode</title>
<tcl>hd_keywords {SQLite Shared-Cache Mode}</tcl>

<tcl>
proc HEADING {level title} {
  global pnum
  incr pnum($level)
  foreach i [array names pnum] {
    if {$i>$level} {set pnum($i) 0}

And a connection could only share cache with another connection in the
same thread.
These restrictions were dropped beginning with SQLite version 3.5.0.
</p>

<tcl>HEADING 1 {Shared Cache And Virtual Tables}</tcl>



<p>Shared cache mode cannot be used together with virtual tables.
The reason for this is that virtual tables often make a copy of
the ["sqlite3*"] database handle that was used to originally open
the virtual table.  The virtual table might use this handle to 
prepare statements for recursive access to the database.  But
a prepared statement only works for the database connection on
which it was originally created.  If a virtual table is part of
a shared cache, it might be invoked by multiple database connections
but its prepared statements will only work on one of those 
connections.  To avoid problems sorting all of this out, and to
simplify the implementation of virtual tables, SQLite includes
checks that prohibit shared cache and virtual tables from being
used at the same time.</p>

<tcl>HEADING 1 {Enabling Shared-Cache Mode}</tcl>

<p>Shared-cache mode is enabled on a per-process basis. Using the C 
interface, the following API can be used to enable or disable shared-cache
mode for the calling thread:
</p>

<li> One cannot create a trigger on a virtual table.
<li> One cannot create additional indices on a virtual table. 
     (Virtual tables can have indices but that must be built into
     the virtual table implementation.  Indices cannot be added
     separately using [CREATE INDEX] statements.)
<li> One cannot run [ALTER TABLE | ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN]
     commands against a virtual table.
<li> Virtual tables cannot be used in a database that makes use of
     the [shared cache] feature. 
</ul>

<p>Particular virtual table implementations might impose additional
constraints. For example, some virtual implementations might provide
read-only tables. Or some virtual table implementations might allow
[INSERT] or [DELETE] but not [UPDATE].  Or some virtual table implementations
might limit the kinds of UPDATEs that can be made.

<p>The rest of the module structure consists of methods used to implement
various features of the virtual table. Details on what each of these 
methods do are provided in the sequel.

<h3>1.3 Virtual Tables And Shared Cache</h3>


<p>The virtual table mechanism assumes that each [database connection] keeps 
its own copy of the database schema. Hence, the virtual table mechanism
cannot be used in a database that has [shared cache] enabled. 
The [sqlite3_create_module()] interface will return an error if 
the [shared cache] feature is enabled.


<h3>1.4 Creating New Virtual Table Implementations</h3>

<p>Follow these steps to create your own virtual table:

<p>
<ol>