SQLite

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proc faq {question answer} {
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  language in the regard.  SQLite follows this standard.  Example:
  </p>

  <blockquote><pre>
    INSERT INTO xyz VALUES('5 O''clock');
  </pre></blockquote>
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faq {What is an SQLITE_SCHEMA error, and why am I getting one?} {
  <p>In version 3 of SQLite, an SQLITE_SCHEMA error is returned when a 
  prepared SQL statement is no longer valid and cannot be executed.
  When this occurs, the statement must be recompiled from SQL using 
  the sqlite3_prepare() API. In SQLite 3, an SQLITE_SCHEMA error can
  only occur when using the sqlite3_prepare()/sqlite3_step()/sqlite3_finalize()
  API to execute SQL, not when using the sqlite3_exec(). This was not
  the case in version 2.</p>

  <p>The most common reason for a prepared statement to become invalid
  is that the schema of the database was modified after the SQL was 
  prepared (possibly by another process).  The other reasons this can 
  happen are:</p> 
  <ul>
  <li>A database was DETACHed.
  <li>A user-function definition was deleted or changed.
  <li>A collation sequence definition was deleted or changed.
  <li>The authorization function was changed.
  </ul>

  <p>In all cases, the solution is to recompile the statement from SQL
  and attempt to execute it again. Because a prepared statement can be
  invalidated by another process changing the database schema, all code
  that uses the sqlite3_prepare()/sqlite3_step()/sqlite3_finalize()
  API should be prepared to handle SQLITE_SCHEMA errors. An example
  of one approach to this follows:</p>

  <blockquote><pre>

    int rc;
    sqlite3_stmt *pStmt;
    char zSql[] = "SELECT .....";

    do {
      /* Compile the statement from SQL. Assume success. */
      sqlite3_prepare(pDb, zSql, -1, &pStmt, 0);

      while( SQLITE_ROW==sqlite3_step(pStmt) ){
        /* Do something with the row of available data */
      }

      /* Finalize the statement. If an SQLITE_SCHEMA error has
      ** occured, then the above call to sqlite3_step() will have
      ** returned SQLITE_ERROR. sqlite3_finalize() will return
      ** SQLITE_SCHEMA. In this case the loop will execute again.
      */
      rc = sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
    } while( rc==SQLITE_SCHEMA );
    
  </pre></blockquote>
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