What’s New in SQLite 3.32.0? Key Features and Enhancements Explained
SQLite 3.32.0, the latest release of the world’s most widely used database engine, introduces approximate ANALYZE support, a bytecode virtual table, new SQL functions, expanded parameter limits, numerous CLI enhancements, and behavior changes that align the LIKE operator with PostgreSQL, offering developers richer functionality and improved compatibility.
SQLite 3.32.0 has been released. SQLite is a C‑implemented, self‑contained SQL database engine that is small, fast, reliable and widely used, being the most deployed database engine worldwide.
This version adds several new features:
Support for approximate ANALYZE using the PRAGMA analysis_limit command.
Introduction of a bytecode virtual table.
Inclusion of the checksum VFS shim among the runtime‑loadable extensions.
New iif() SQL function.
INSERT and UPDATE statements now evaluate column defaults before CHECK constraints, which may affect older databases with unconventional CHECK constraints.
Added interfaces sqlite3_create_filename(), sqlite3_free_filename() and sqlite3_database_file_object() to improve VFS shim support.
Increased the default maximum number of parameters from 999 to 32766.
Added code for UINT sort order as an optional loadable extension.
CLI enhancements:
Added options --csv, --ascii, --skip to the .import command.
The .dump command now accepts multiple LIKE pattern arguments and outputs the union of matching tables.
Introduced the .oom command in debug builds.
Added the --bom option to .excel, .output and .once commands.
Enhanced .filectrl to support the --schema option.
The UINT sort order extension is now auto‑loaded.
The LIKE operator’s ESCAPE clause now overrides the wildcard, matching PostgreSQL’s behavior.
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