SQLiters,
First of all: Rocking great RDBMS. I love it!
Now, to my question. I'm confused about the typelessness of SQLite, because I've found a place where the type *does* seem to matter. This example demonstrates the issue:
sqlite> create table foo (age int); sqlite> insert into foo values (7); sqlite> select lower(age) from foo; lower(age) ---------- 7 sqlite> select * from foo where lower(age) = 7; sqlite> select * from foo where lower(age) = '7'; age ---------- 7
If I use LOWER() on an int field and then specify an unquoted value (7), I don't get a result. I have to cast my parameter to a string by adding single quotes ('7') in order to get my result. But if SQLite is typeless, why does this make a difference? Am I missing something?
Many TIA,
David
