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## SQLite C Interface

## Configuration Options

>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_SINGLETHREAD         1  /* nil */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD          2  /* nil */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED           3  /* nil */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_MALLOC               4  /* sqlite3_mem_methods* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMALLOC            5  /* sqlite3_mem_methods* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_SCRATCH              6  /* No longer used */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE            7  /* void*, int sz, int N */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP                 8  /* void*, int nByte, int min */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMSTATUS            9  /* boolean */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_MUTEX               10  /* sqlite3_mutex_methods* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMUTEX            11  /* sqlite3_mutex_methods* */
>     /* previously SQLITE_CONFIG_CHUNKALLOC    12 which is now unused. */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_LOOKASIDE           13  /* int int */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE              14  /* no-op */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_GETPCACHE           15  /* no-op */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG                 16  /* xFunc, void* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_URI                 17  /* int */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2             18  /* sqlite3_pcache_methods2* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_GETPCACHE2          19  /* sqlite3_pcache_methods2* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_COVERING_INDEX_SCAN 20  /* int */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_SQLLOG              21  /* xSqllog, void* */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_MMAP_SIZE           22  /* sqlite3_int64, sqlite3_int64 */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_WIN32_HEAPSIZE      23  /* int nByte */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ        24  /* int *psz */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_PMASZ               25  /* unsigned int szPma */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_STMTJRNL_SPILL      26  /* int nByte */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_SMALL_MALLOC        27  /* boolean */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_SORTERREF_SIZE      28  /* int nByte */
>     #define SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMDB_MAXSIZE       29  /* sqlite3_int64 */

These constants are the available integer configuration options that can be passed as the first argument to the sqlite3_config() interface.

Most of the configuration options for sqlite3_config() will only work if invoked prior to sqlite3_initialize() or after sqlite3_shutdown(). The few exceptions to this rule are called "anytime configuration options". Calling sqlite3_config() with a first argument that is not an anytime configuration option in between calls to sqlite3_initialize() and sqlite3_shutdown() is a no-op that returns SQLITE_MISUSE.

The set of anytime configuration options can change (by insertions and/or deletions) from one release of SQLite to the next. As of SQLite version 3.42.0, the complete set of anytime configuration options is:

- SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG
- SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ

New configuration options may be added in future releases of SQLite. Existing configuration options might be discontinued. Applications should check the return code from sqlite3_config() to make sure that the call worked. The sqlite3_config() interface will return a non-zero error code if a discontinued or unsupported configuration option is invoked.

SQLITE_CONFIG_SINGLETHREAD
  There are no arguments to this option. This option sets the threading mode to Single-thread. In other words, it disables all mutexing and puts SQLite into a mode where it can only be used by a single thread. If SQLite is compiled with the SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 compile-time option then it is not possible to change the threading mode from its default value of Single-thread and so sqlite3_config() will return SQLITE_ERROR if called with the SQLITE_CONFIG_SINGLETHREAD configuration option.

SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD
  There are no arguments to this option. This option sets the threading mode to Multi-thread. In other words, it disables mutexing on database connection and prepared statement objects. The application is responsible for serializing access to database connections and prepared statements. But other mutexes are enabled so that SQLite will be safe to use in a multi-threaded environment as long as no two threads attempt to use the same database connection at the same time. If SQLite is compiled with the SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 compile-time option then it is not possible to set the Multi-thread threading mode and sqlite3_config() will return SQLITE_ERROR if called with the SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD configuration option.

SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED
  There are no arguments to this option. This option sets the threading mode to Serialized. In other words, this option enables all mutexes including the recursive mutexes on database connection and prepared statement objects. In this mode (which is the default when SQLite is compiled with SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1) the SQLite library will itself serialize access to database connections and prepared statements so that the application is free to use the same database connection or the same prepared statement in different threads at the same time. If SQLite is compiled with the SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 compile-time option then it is not possible to set the Serialized threading mode and sqlite3_config() will return SQLITE_ERROR if called with the SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED configuration option.

SQLITE_CONFIG_MALLOC
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_MALLOC option takes a single argument which is a pointer to an instance of the sqlite3_mem_methods structure. The argument specifies alternative low-level memory allocation routines to be used in place of the memory allocation routines built into SQLite. SQLite makes its own private copy of the content of the sqlite3_mem_methods structure before the sqlite3_config() call returns.

SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMALLOC
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMALLOC option takes a single argument which is a pointer to an instance of the sqlite3_mem_methods structure. The sqlite3_mem_methods structure is filled with the currently defined memory allocation routines. This option can be used to overload the default memory allocation routines with a wrapper that simulations memory allocation failure or tracks memory usage, for example.

SQLITE_CONFIG_SMALL_MALLOC
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_SMALL_MALLOC option takes single argument of type int, interpreted as a boolean, which if true provides a hint to SQLite that it should avoid large memory allocations if possible. SQLite will run faster if it is free to make large memory allocations, but some application might prefer to run slower in exchange for guarantees about memory fragmentation that are possible if large allocations are avoided. This hint is normally off.

SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMSTATUS
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMSTATUS option takes single argument of type int, interpreted as a boolean, which enables or disables the collection of memory allocation statistics. When memory allocation statistics are disabled, the following SQLite interfaces become non-operational:
  - sqlite3_hard_heap_limit64()
  - sqlite3_memory_used()
  - sqlite3_memory_highwater()
  - sqlite3_soft_heap_limit64()
  - sqlite3_status64()
  Memory allocation statistics are enabled by default unless SQLite is compiled with SQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0 in which case memory allocation statistics are disabled by default.

SQLITE_CONFIG_SCRATCH
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_SCRATCH option is no longer used.

SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE option specifies a memory pool that SQLite can use for the database page cache with the default page cache implementation. This configuration option is a no-op if an application-defined page cache implementation is loaded using the SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2. There are three arguments to SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE: A pointer to 8-byte aligned memory (pMem), the size of each page cache line (sz), and the number of cache lines (N). The sz argument should be the size of the largest database page (a power of two between 512 and 65536) plus some extra bytes for each page header. The number of extra bytes needed by the page header can be determined using SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ. It is harmless, apart from the wasted memory, for the sz parameter to be larger than necessary. The pMem argument must be either a NULL pointer or a pointer to an 8-byte aligned block of memory of at least sz*N bytes, otherwise subsequent behavior is undefined. When pMem is not NULL, SQLite will strive to use the memory provided to satisfy page cache needs, falling back to sqlite3_malloc() if a page cache line is larger than sz bytes or if all of the pMem buffer is exhausted. If pMem is NULL and N is non-zero, then each database connection does an initial bulk allocation for page cache memory from sqlite3_malloc() sufficient for N cache lines if N is positive or of -1024*N bytes if N is negative, . If additional page cache memory is needed beyond what is provided by the initial allocation, then SQLite goes to sqlite3_malloc() separately for each additional cache line.

SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP option specifies a static memory buffer that SQLite will use for all of its dynamic memory allocation needs beyond those provided for by SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE. The SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP option is only available if SQLite is compiled with either SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS3 or SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS5 and returns SQLITE_ERROR if invoked otherwise. There are three arguments to SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP: An 8-byte aligned pointer to the memory, the number of bytes in the memory buffer, and the minimum allocation size. If the first pointer (the memory pointer) is NULL, then SQLite reverts to using its default memory allocator (the system malloc() implementation), undoing any prior invocation of SQLITE_CONFIG_MALLOC. If the memory pointer is not NULL then the alternative memory allocator is engaged to handle all of SQLites memory allocation needs. The first pointer (the memory pointer) must be aligned to an 8-byte boundary or subsequent behavior of SQLite will be undefined. The minimum allocation size is capped at 2**12. Reasonable values for the minimum allocation size are 2**5 through 2**8.

SQLITE_CONFIG_MUTEX
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_MUTEX option takes a single argument which is a pointer to an instance of the sqlite3_mutex_methods structure. The argument specifies alternative low-level mutex routines to be used in place the mutex routines built into SQLite. SQLite makes a copy of the content of the sqlite3_mutex_methods structure before the call to sqlite3_config() returns. If SQLite is compiled with the SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 compile-time option then the entire mutexing subsystem is omitted from the build and hence calls to sqlite3_config() with the SQLITE_CONFIG_MUTEX configuration option will return SQLITE_ERROR.

SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMUTEX
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMUTEX option takes a single argument which is a pointer to an instance of the sqlite3_mutex_methods structure. The sqlite3_mutex_methods structure is filled with the currently defined mutex routines. This option can be used to overload the default mutex allocation routines with a wrapper used to track mutex usage for performance profiling or testing, for example. If SQLite is compiled with the SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 compile-time option then the entire mutexing subsystem is omitted from the build and hence calls to sqlite3_config() with the SQLITE_CONFIG_GETMUTEX configuration option will return SQLITE_ERROR.

SQLITE_CONFIG_LOOKASIDE
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_LOOKASIDE option takes two arguments that determine the default size of lookaside memory on each database connection. The first argument is the size of each lookaside buffer slot and the second is the number of slots allocated to each database connection. SQLITE_CONFIG_LOOKASIDE sets the default lookaside size. The SQLITE_DBCONFIG_LOOKASIDE option to sqlite3_db_config() can be used to change the lookaside configuration on individual connections.

SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2 option takes a single argument which is a pointer to an sqlite3_pcache_methods2 object. This object specifies the interface to a custom page cache implementation. SQLite makes a copy of the sqlite3_pcache_methods2 object.

SQLITE_CONFIG_GETPCACHE2
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_GETPCACHE2 option takes a single argument which is a pointer to an sqlite3_pcache_methods2 object. SQLite copies of the current page cache implementation into that object.

SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG option is used to configure the SQLite global error log. (The SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG option takes two arguments: a pointer to a function with a call signature of void(*)(void*,int,const char*), and a pointer to void. If the function pointer is not NULL, it is invoked by sqlite3_log() to process each logging event. If the function pointer is NULL, the sqlite3_log() interface becomes a no-op. The void pointer that is the second argument to SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG is passed through as the first parameter to the application-defined logger function whenever that function is invoked. The second parameter to the logger function is a copy of the first parameter to the corresponding sqlite3_log() call and is intended to be a result code or an extended result code. The third parameter passed to the logger is log message after formatting via sqlite3_snprintf(). The SQLite logging interface is not reentrant; the logger function supplied by the application must not invoke any SQLite interface. In a multi-threaded application, the application-defined logger function must be threadsafe.

SQLITE_CONFIG_URI
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_URI option takes a single argument of type int. If non-zero, then URI handling is globally enabled. If the parameter is zero, then URI handling is globally disabled. If URI handling is globally enabled, all filenames passed to sqlite3_open(), sqlite3_open_v2(), sqlite3_open16() or specified as part of ATTACH commands are interpreted as URIs, regardless of whether or not the SQLITE_OPEN_URI flag is set when the database connection is opened. If it is globally disabled, filenames are only interpreted as URIs if the SQLITE_OPEN_URI flag is set when the database connection is opened. By default, URI handling is globally disabled. The default value may be changed by compiling with the SQLITE_USE_URI symbol defined.

SQLITE_CONFIG_COVERING_INDEX_SCAN
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_COVERING_INDEX_SCAN option takes a single integer argument which is interpreted as a boolean in order to enable or disable the use of covering indices for full table scans in the query optimizer. The default setting is determined by the SQLITE_ALLOW_COVERING_INDEX_SCAN compile-time option, or is "on" if that compile-time option is omitted. The ability to disable the use of covering indices for full table scans is because some incorrectly coded legacy applications might malfunction when the optimization is enabled. Providing the ability to disable the optimization allows the older, buggy application code to work without change even with newer versions of SQLite.

SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE and SQLITE_CONFIG_GETPCACHE
  These options are obsolete and should not be used by new code. They are retained for backwards compatibility but are now no-ops.

SQLITE_CONFIG_SQLLOG
  This option is only available if sqlite is compiled with the SQLITE_ENABLE_SQLLOG pre-processor macro defined. The first argument should be a pointer to a function of type void(*)(void*,sqlite3*,const char*, int). The second should be of type (void*). The callback is invoked by the library in three separate circumstances, identified by the value passed as the fourth parameter. If the fourth parameter is 0, then the database connection passed as the second argument has just been opened. The third argument points to a buffer containing the name of the main database file. If the fourth parameter is 1, then the SQL statement that the third parameter points to has just been executed. Or, if the fourth parameter is 2, then the connection being passed as the second parameter is being closed. The third parameter is passed NULL In this case. An example of using this configuration option can be seen in the "test_sqllog.c" source file in the canonical SQLite source tree.

SQLITE_CONFIG_MMAP_SIZE
  SQLITE_CONFIG_MMAP_SIZE takes two 64-bit integer (sqlite3_int64) values that are the default mmap size limit (the default setting for PRAGMA mmap_size) and the maximum allowed mmap size limit. The default setting can be overridden by each database connection using either the PRAGMA mmap_size command, or by using the SQLITE_FCNTL_MMAP_SIZE file control. The maximum allowed mmap size will be silently truncated if necessary so that it does not exceed the compile-time maximum mmap size set by the SQLITE_MAX_MMAP_SIZE compile-time option. If either argument to this option is negative, then that argument is changed to its compile-time default.

SQLITE_CONFIG_WIN32_HEAPSIZE
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_WIN32_HEAPSIZE option is only available if SQLite is compiled for Windows with the SQLITE_WIN32_MALLOC pre-processor macro defined. SQLITE_CONFIG_WIN32_HEAPSIZE takes a 32-bit unsigned integer value that specifies the maximum size of the created heap.

SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ option takes a single parameter which is a pointer to an integer and writes into that integer the number of extra bytes per page required for each page in SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE. The amount of extra space required can change depending on the compiler, target platform, and SQLite version.

SQLITE_CONFIG_PMASZ
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_PMASZ option takes a single parameter which is an unsigned integer and sets the "Minimum PMA Size" for the multithreaded sorter to that integer. The default minimum PMA Size is set by the SQLITE_SORTER_PMASZ compile-time option. New threads are launched to help with sort operations when multithreaded sorting is enabled (using the PRAGMA threads command) and the amount of content to be sorted exceeds the page size times the minimum of the PRAGMA cache_size setting and this value.

SQLITE_CONFIG_STMTJRNL_SPILL
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_STMTJRNL_SPILL option takes a single parameter which becomes the statement journal spill-to-disk threshold. Statement journals are held in memory until their size (in bytes) exceeds this threshold, at which point they are written to disk. Or if the threshold is -1, statement journals are always held exclusively in memory. Since many statement journals never become large, setting the spill threshold to a value such as 64KiB can greatly reduce the amount of I/O required to support statement rollback. The default value for this setting is controlled by the SQLITE_STMTJRNL_SPILL compile-time option.

SQLITE_CONFIG_SORTERREF_SIZE
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_SORTERREF_SIZE option accepts a single parameter of type (int) - the new value of the sorter-reference size threshold. Usually, when SQLite uses an external sort to order records according to an ORDER BY clause, all fields required by the caller are present in the sorted records. However, if SQLite determines based on the declared type of a table column that its values are likely to be very large - larger than the configured sorter-reference size threshold - then a reference is stored in each sorted record and the required column values loaded from the database as records are returned in sorted order. The default value for this option is to never use this optimization. Specifying a negative value for this option restores the default behavior. This option is only available if SQLite is compiled with the SQLITE_ENABLE_SORTER_REFERENCES compile-time option.

SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMDB_MAXSIZE
  The SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMDB_MAXSIZE option accepts a single parameter sqlite3_int64 parameter which is the default maximum size for an in-memory database created using sqlite3_deserialize(). This default maximum size can be adjusted up or down for individual databases using the SQLITE_FCNTL_SIZE_LIMIT file-control. If this configuration setting is never used, then the default maximum is determined by the SQLITE_MEMDB_DEFAULT_MAXSIZE compile-time option. If that compile-time option is not set, then the default maximum is 1073741824.

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