Columns do not have a fixed type and will accept any type. It's not a bug, it's a feature:
http://sqlite.org/datatype3.html On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Nicolas J?ger <jagernicolas at legtux.org> wrote: > Hi, > I have a table built by: > > CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TAGS (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, > NAME TEXT NOT NULL, COUNT INTEGER NOT NULL); > > where `COUNT` is an `INTEGER`. I wanted to increment `COUNT` with that > command : > > UPDATE TAGS SET COUNT = 'COUNT + 1' WHERE ID = '666'; > > but when I looked where `ID` = 666, in the `COUNT` cell I read : > > COUNT + 1 > > my error is obvious, but why sqlite doesn't return an error ? as I > specified I want an integer, I should not be granted to set the value > by a string. Or there is some reason for sqlite being permissive ? > > > regards, > > Nicolas J. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >
