Re: WITHOUT ROWID tables

Wouldn't be something like

SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='?' AND type='table'
contains "WITHOUT ROWID"

be sufficient?

Just being curious.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: SQLite mailing list <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020, 18:06:47
Subject: [sqlite] WITHOUT ROWID tables

Ok, not ideal. Still confusing, but I see the difference.
For my code, I know the schemas. I guess a SQL builder could offer up query
options to the user browsing new databases.

On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 11:26 AM Simon Slavin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 15 Feb 2020, at 3:14pm, [email protected] wrote:

> >> To determine if table XYZ is a WITHOUT ROWID table, run "PRAGMA
> >> index_info('XYZ');".  If you get back one or more rows, then XYZ is a
> >> WITHOUT ROWID table.  If you get back no rows, then XYZ is a rowid
> >> table.
> >>
> > Confused...What if I made an index on a ROWID table?
> > CREATE INDEX "Z" ON "DOC" ("n_id");

> The parameter in index_info() is normally the name of an index.  So if you
> create an index "Z" and ask for index_info("Z") you will get information on
> that index.

> If you create a WITHOUT ROWID table with name 'Y", and ask for
> index_info("Y") you will get information on the primary key of that table.

> If both exist, you get information about the index.

> Simon
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