Name

sqlite3_sourceid() — Get the SQLite library source-identifier

Definition

const char* sqlite3_sourceid( );
Returns

The source-identifier value for the check-in used to build the SQLite library.

Description

This function returns the source-identifier of the SQLite library. The source-identifier consists of the date, time, and hash code from the final source control check-in used to build the SQLite library. The source-identifier for SQLite 3.6.23.1 is:

2010-03-26 22:28:06 b078b588d617e07886ad156e9f54ade6d823568e

This value is also available at compile time as the SQLITE_SOURCE_ID macro. By comparing the macro used at compile time to the value returned at runtime, an application can verify that it is linking against the correct version of the library.

This function is exposed to the SQL environment as the SQL function sqlite_source_id().

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