mattn / mattn/go-sqlite3

Implement support for busy handler

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Description

I think it'd be good for these bindings to support https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/busy_handler.html .

Use case: I'm currently writing an app that causes quite a bit of traffic to an SQLite database and am encountering contention. I wrote my own wrappers around the queries I'm issuing to handle SQLITE_BUSY errors and retry them... but I just discovered that SQLite3 has a built-in mechanism for this via sqlite3_busy_handler. It would be nice if we could register a hook via SQLiteConn or something like that.

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Research direction

Start with the sqlite3_busy_handler documentation and inspect how SQLiteConn exposes connection-level SQLite functionality. Define how a busy handler can be registered through SQLiteConn, then verify that contention can use the handler instead of requiring application-level SQLITE_BUSY retries.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, sqlite
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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