[Python-checkins] bpo-41724: Explain when the conversion is not possible with detect_types enabled (GH-23855) (GH-23862)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a34ab8188e0352e4066da4f79ed3cc24d1b61a63
commit: a34ab8188e0352e4066da4f79ed3cc24d1b61a63
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: ericvsmith <ericvsmith at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2020-12-19T19:02:25-05:00
summary:
bpo-41724: Explain when the conversion is not possible with detect_types enabled (GH-23855) (GH-23862)
* Explain when the conversion is not possible with detect_types enabled
(cherry picked from commit 09a36cdfb7c22f44df45b44e5561776206bcedfb)
Co-authored-by: sblondon <sblondon at users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: sblondon <sblondon at users.noreply.github.com>
files:
M Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index ccb82278bdaa1..b97414e6fcaa6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ Module functions and constants
*detect_types* defaults to 0 (i. e. off, no type detection), you can set it to
any combination of :const:`PARSE_DECLTYPES` and :const:`PARSE_COLNAMES` to turn
- type detection on.
+ type detection on. Due to SQLite behaviour, types can't be detected for generated
+ fields (for example ``max(data)``), even when *detect_types* parameter is set. In
+ such case, the returned type is :class:`str`.
By default, *check_same_thread* is :const:`True` and only the creating thread may
use the connection. If set :const:`False`, the returned connection may be shared
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