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1.Dd March 11, 2017
2.Dt SQLITE3_ERRCODE 3
3.Os
4.Sh NAME
5.Nm sqlite3_errcode ,
6.Nm sqlite3_extended_errcode ,
7.Nm sqlite3_errmsg ,
8.Nm sqlite3_errmsg16 ,
9.Nm sqlite3_errstr
10.Nd Error Codes And Messages
11.Sh SYNOPSIS
12.Ft int
13.Fo sqlite3_errcode
14.Fa "sqlite3 *db"
15.Fc
16.Ft int
17.Fo sqlite3_extended_errcode
18.Fa "sqlite3 *db"
19.Fc
20.Ft const char *
21.Fo sqlite3_errmsg
22.Fa "sqlite3*"
23.Fc
24.Ft const void *
25.Fo sqlite3_errmsg16
26.Fa "sqlite3*"
27.Fc
28.Ft const char *
29.Fo sqlite3_errstr
30.Fa "int"
31.Fc
32.Sh DESCRIPTION
33If the most recent sqlite3_* API call associated with database connection
34D failed, then the sqlite3_errcode(D) interface returns the numeric
35result code or extended result code
36for that API call.
37If the most recent API call was successful, then the return value from
38sqlite3_errcode() is undefined.
39The sqlite3_extended_errcode() interface is the same except that it
40always returns the extended result code even when
41extended result codes are disabled.
42.Pp
43The sqlite3_errmsg() and sqlite3_errmsg16() return English-language
44text that describes the error, as either UTF-8 or UTF-16 respectively.
45Memory to hold the error message string is managed internally.
46The application does not need to worry about freeing the result.
47However, the error string might be overwritten or deallocated by subsequent
48calls to other SQLite interface functions.
49.Pp
50The sqlite3_errstr() interface returns the English-language text that
51describes the result code, as UTF-8.
52Memory to hold the error message string is managed internally and must
53not be freed by the application  .
54.Pp
55When the serialized threading mode is in use, it might
56be the case that a second error occurs on a separate thread in between
57the time of the first error and the call to these interfaces.
58When that happens, the second error will be reported since these interfaces
59always report the most recent result.
60To avoid this, each thread can obtain exclusive use of the database connection
61D by invoking sqlite3_mutex_enter(sqlite3_db_mutex(D))
62before beginning to use D and invoking sqlite3_mutex_leave(sqlite3_db_mutex(D))
63after all calls to the interfaces listed here are completed.
64.Pp
65If an interface fails with SQLITE_MISUSE, that means the interface
66was invoked incorrectly by the application.
67In that case, the error code and message may or may not be set.
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr sqlite3 3 ,
70.Xr sqlite3_db_mutex 3 ,
71.Xr sqlite3_mutex_alloc 3
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