Log Message:
sqlite3: updated to 3.44.0

SQLite Release 3.44.0 On 2023-11-01

Aggregate functions can now include an ORDER BY clause after their last \ 
parameter. The arguments to the function are processed in the order specified. \ 
This can be important for functions like string_agg() and json_group_array().
Add support for the concat() and concat_ws() scalar SQL functions, compatible \ 
with PostgreSQL, SQLServer, and MySQL.
Add support for the string_agg() aggregate SQL function, compatible with \ 
PostgreSQL and SQLServer.
New conversion letters on the strftime() SQL function: %e %F %I %k %l %p %P %R %T %u
Add new C-language APIs: sqlite3_get_clientdata() and sqlite3_set_clientdata().
Many errors associated with CREATE TABLE are now raised when the CREATE TABLE \ 
statement itself is run, rather than being deferred until the first time the \ 
table is actually used.
The PRAGMA integrity_check command now verifies the consistency of the content \ 
in various built-in virtual tables using the new xIntegrity method. This works \ 
for the FTS3, FTS4, FTS5, RTREE, and GEOPOLY extensions.
The SQLITE_DBCONFIG_DEFENSIVE setting now prevents PRAGMA writable_schema from \ 
being turned on. Previously writable_schema could be turned on, but would not \ 
actually allow the schema to be writable. Now it simply cannot be turned on.
Tag the built-in FTS3, FTS4, FTS5, RTREE, and GEOPOLY virtual tables as \ 
SQLITE_VTAB_INNOCUOUS so that they can be used inside of triggers in \ 
high-security deployments.
The PRAGMA case_sensitive_like statement is deprecated, as its use when the \ 
schema contains LIKE operators can lead to reports of database corruption by \ 
PRAGMA integrity_check.
SQLITE_USE_SEH (Structured Exception Handling) is now enabled by default \ 
whenever SQLite is built using the Microsoft C compiler. It can be disabled \ 
using -DSQLITE_USE_SEH=0
Query planner optimizations:
In partial index scans, if the WHERE clause implies a constant value for a table \ 
column, replace occurrences of that table column with the constant. This \ 
increases the likelihood of the partial index being a covering index.
Disable the view-scan optimization (added in version 3.42.0 - item 1c) as it was \ 
causing multiple performance regressions. In its place, reduce the estimated row \ 
count for DISTINCT subqueries by a factor of 8.
SQLite now performs run-time detection of whether or not the underlying hardware \ 
supports "long double" with precision greater than "double" \ 
and uses appropriate floating-point routines depending on what it discovered.
The CLI for Windows now defaults to using UTF-8 for both input and output on \ 
platforms that support it. The --no-utf8 option is available to disable UTF8 \ 
support.