SQLITE_FORMATINFOTier 1 — Safe⚠️ MEDIUM confidenceAuxiliary database format error (not used)
Category: InternalVersions: 3.0+
🔴 Production Risk Error
None — not returned by SQLite.
What this means
SQLITE_FORMAT (24) was historically used for auxiliary database (ATTACH) format errors but is no longer returned by any SQLite API. The code is kept for backwards compatibility.
Why it happens
- 1Not returned by modern SQLite — historical code.
How to reproduce
Not triggered by any current SQLite API. Historically related to ATTACH.
trigger — this will ERROR
# SQLITE_FORMAT (24) is not returned by SQLite 3.x APIs
# Kept for ABI compatibility onlyNot applicable in modern SQLite.
Version notes
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#format
🔧 Source ref: sqlite3.h — SQLITE_FORMAT = 24
Confidence assessment
⚠️ MEDIUM confidence
Stable — documented as unused.
See also
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