How about being able to add a trigger to the Database? CREATE TRIGGER db_inserts INSERT ON DATABASE|{database_name} BEGIN .... END
--- Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I need the ability to tell if changes have been made > in the database. Kind > of like the LISTEN capability in Postgresql. In > particular I need to know > if: > > * A row was inserted. > * A row was deleted. > * A row was modified. > > I would like to implement this through a callback > that an application could > register. The callback would specify the operation > that was performed, the > affected table and maybe the rowid affected. > > If the rowid is reported then for operations that > affect a large number of > rows there would be a performance penalty to call > the callback per row. For > my application this is not a problem, but perhaps > when the callback is > specified the application could indicate whether it > wants per row, or per > table notification. > > I am looking for ideas on where I should hook into > the source code to add > this functionality. From what I have seen so far it > looks like I could > change the implementation of the Delete and > MakeRecord VM instructions to do > the callback. > > I haven't thought through the timing implications > yet. Ideally when a row is > inserted, code in the callback could query the newly > inserted row. I am not > 100% sure at what point the row becomes visible for > query. > > I would welcome any insight since this is my first > attempt (of many I have > lots of features I want :-) to modify the sqlite > code. > > Thanks, > > Chris. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]