.Dd March 11, 2017
.Dt SQLITE3CHANGESET_START 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sqlite3changeset_start
.Nd Create An Iterator To Traverse A Changeset 
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ft int 
.Fo sqlite3changeset_start
.Fa "sqlite3_changeset_iter **pp"
.Fa "int nChangeset"
.Fa "void *pChangeset                "
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Create an iterator used to iterate through the contents of a changeset.
If successful, *pp is set to point to the iterator handle and SQLITE_OK
is returned.
Otherwise, if an error occurs, *pp is set to zero and an SQLite error
code is returned.
.Pp
The following functions can be used to advance and query a changeset
iterator created by this function: 
.Bl -bullet
.It
sqlite3changeset_next() 
.It
sqlite3changeset_op() 
.It
sqlite3changeset_new() 
.It
sqlite3changeset_old() 
.El
.Pp
It is the responsibility of the caller to eventually destroy the iterator
by passing it to sqlite3changeset_finalize().
The buffer containing the changeset (pChangeset) must remain valid
until after the iterator is destroyed.
.Pp
Assuming the changeset blob was created by one of the sqlite3session_changeset(),
sqlite3changeset_concat() or sqlite3changeset_invert()
functions, all changes within the changeset that apply to a single
table are grouped together.
This means that when an application iterates through a changeset using
an iterator created by this function, all changes that relate to a
single table are visited consecutively.
There is no chance that the iterator will visit a change the applies
to table X, then one for table Y, and then later on visit another change
for table X.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sqlite3changeset_concat 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3changeset_finalize 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3changeset_invert 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3changeset_new 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3changeset_next 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3changeset_old 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3changeset_op 3 ,
.Xr sqlite3session_changeset 3