Eugene Wee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The new file format stores boolean values (the integers 0 and 1) > > more efficiently - requiring only 1 bytes of disk space instead of > > 2. There are no other changes. > > > > > > Let me reemphasize that the new file format has caused so much > > grief that I will likely revert to the older format with 3.4.0. > > That is to say, databases created by 3.4.0 will be readable by > > 3.2.8. 3.4.0 will be able to read and write both the old and the > > new formats, of course. And you will still be able to use the new > > format using a pragma or a compile-time option. It just won't be > > the default any more. > > > > I have learned my lesson. Do not enhance the file format without > > a very good reason. Saving one byte of space when storing booleans > > is not a sufficiently good reason... > > I think that reverting back is not the solution. At the moment, > the news about the change in file format is several entries down > the news and changes list. People may also not be aware that newer > SQLite versions are backwards compatible but not forwards compatible. > If the documentation was clearer on the file format, its changes > and compatibility, an enhancement of the file format may not > cause so much confusion. >
You know what - the new file format supports an additional feature that I completely forgot about: descending indices. So I suppose it was worth going to the new format after all. I put in the change back in December of last year and had completely forgotten about the descending index addition. But it is coming back to me now. I added descending indices and said to myself, as long as I am having to change the file format, I might as well enhance the boolean value representation too. But then I completely forgot about the descending index change. Silly me.... > > P.S.: any news on when 3.4.0 will be out? :D > I still have not made a final decision on whether it will be 3.3.7 or 3.4.0. There is no incompatibility so 3.3.7 would technically be correct. But there are a lot of enhancements so I was thinking of going to 3.4.0 just to emphasize the magnitude of the change. I'm thinking end of July or early August.
