I tried this in SQLite Manager for Firefox. CREATE TABLE "PRODUCTS" ("id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL UNIQUE , "product" TEXT, "rank" INTEGER)
insert into products (product, rank) values ('gizmo', 1.0) insert into products (product, rank) values ('widget', 2.0) insert into products (product, rank) values ('foo', 2.2) insert into products (product, rank) values ('foo2', 2.00) select typeof(rank) from products integer integer real So it would appear that if the numeric value to be inserted can be coerced to INTEGER without loss, it will in fact become an INTEGER, otherwise it stay what it was, REAL. TEST: select cast(rank as integer), rank from products where cast(rank as integer) <> rank 1 | 2.2 So, if the OP executes the TEST query above, it should discover any value with something other than zero(s) to the right of the decimal point. And you can convert that test into a check constraint to prevent non-integer values from being inserted into the table: CREATE TABLE "main"."PROD" ("id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL UNIQUE , "product" TEXT, "rank" INTEGER check (cast(rank as INTEGER) =rank) ) Regards Tim Romano Swarthmore PA On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Bogdan Ureche <bogdan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > SQLite Expert (which I use extensively in the Pro version) enforces > > displaying types as declared. So if you declare your column as INTEGER > > (or INT, ...) then it will display integers regardless of the actual > > individual data type using common conversions. This is a side effect > > of the Delphi grid component that Bogdan uses. > > > > > This is the default behavior in SQLite Expert but can be overridden. If you > store floating-point values in columns declared as INTEGER, you might want > to change the default type mappings to INTEGER -> Float (or WideString) and > you will see the floating-point values correctly in the grid. > > Bogdan Ureche > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users