Support more string values for types in .add_column()
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Description
https://sqlite-utils.readthedocs.io/en/2.4.2/python-api.html#adding-columns says:
SQLite types you can specify are "TEXT", "INTEGER", "FLOAT" or "BLOB".
As discovered in #92 this isn't the right list of values. I should expand this to match https://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html
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Research direction
Start with the .add_column() documentation at the linked Python API page and compare its listed type values with SQLite's datatype3.html reference. Update the documentation so the supported string values are accurately described; done means the list no longer conflicts with SQLite's documented types.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, sqlite
- Domain
- databases, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100