> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:23 PM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: Re: [sqlite] How can I get the type of a column? > > > sqlite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric Scouten wrote: > > > SQLite derives that by parsing the string that you've > already found. > > > > I found the method in section 2.1 of this page: > > http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html > > > > > > > I think it does store that in some internal fashion, so > > > it's not *re-parsing* it constantly, but that is not > > > available through the API. > > > > > > > Pity. I guess I'll have to parse it myself... > > > > I continue to be bewildered by programmers' > fixation on datatypes. This has been a constant > theme for 6 years now. And in all that time, I > have never been able to figure out why so many > people think they need to know the "type" of a > "column". > > The best theory I have is that people who have > always driven a stick shift must have difficulty > driving a car with an automatic transmission. > > -- > D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
Well for one: ([EMAIL PROTECTED] * @#%DRefrt1) / $34545ere@ = #WDW%^$RTFM$ :-)
