Additional documentation on the 3.3.0 file format change added to

formatchng.html. (CVS 3306)

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manifest

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sbug\sin\stransfer\sof\sarguments\sfrom\sWHERE\sclause\sto\svirtual\stable\sxFilter()\smethods.\s(CVS\s3305)
-D 2006-06-27T12:16:56
+C Additional\sdocumentation\son\sthe\s3.3.0\sfile\sformat\schange\sadded\sto\nformatchng.html.\s(CVS\s3306)
+D 2006-06-27T12:24:14
 F Makefile.in f839b470345d3cb4b0644068474623fe2464b5d3
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 2d8574d1ba75f129aba2019f0b959db380a90935
 F README 9c4e2d6706bdcc3efdd773ce752a8cdab4f90028
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ F www/download.tcl d56a1c30b1c3c18f62926a806179976eb133ce94
 F www/dynload.tcl 02eb8273aa78cfa9070dd4501dca937fb22b466c
 F www/faq.tcl 705c986e40775cc3d92a1676dcbb55f00f0459c5
 F www/fileformat.tcl 900c95b9633abc3dcfc384d9ddd8eb4876793059
-F www/formatchng.tcl 4972e680f9331ea46f47001e349baba807f5b60a
+F www/formatchng.tcl c9f5ded025504b4ae6a39cb8a6630709a981f6b5
 F www/fullscanb.gif f7c94cb227f060511f8909e10f570157263e9a25
 F www/index-ex1-x-b.gif f9b1d85c3fa2435cf38b15970c7e3aa1edae23a3
 F www/index.tcl 2ec7b369b682a3636bf440ade6fb2e0e87e8541f
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl bb0d1357328a42b1993d78573e587c6dcbc964b9
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl 890248cf7b70e60c383b0e84d77d5132b3ead42b
 F www/whentouse.tcl 97e2b5cd296f7d8057e11f44427dea8a4c2db513
-P 80163ded7d7a8d6897b59df988286f987b221d08
-R 92ef8332c4454ad08c23a0d99eed847a
-U danielk1977
-Z 897e2d4eed2cdcbe8bf33e402c2b5888
+P cf41f2a33f94c6c94fb39ae6ffcd58bbf9ea88c8
+R d795e51bfb50cf8f5991b3a004ce6875
+U drh
+Z 9d94388a6945b56f01bf4b619ff75d29

manifest.uuid

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www/formatchng.tcl

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Run this Tcl script to generate the formatchng.html file.
 #
-set rcsid {$Id: formatchng.tcl,v 1.17 2006/02/16 00:32:37 drh Exp $ }
+set rcsid {$Id: formatchng.tcl,v 1.18 2006/06/27 12:24:14 drh Exp $ }
 source common.tcl
 header {File Format Changes in SQLite}
 puts {
@@ -214,11 +214,22 @@ occurred since version 1.0.0:
 <tr>
   <td valign="top">3.2.8 to 3.3.0</td>
   <td valign="top">2006-Jan-10</td>
-  <td><p>Version 3.3.0 uses a new encoding for boolean values that
-  uses less disk space.  Version 3.3.0 can read and write database
+  <td><p>Version 3.3.0 adds support for descending indices and
+  uses a new encoding for boolean values that requires
+  less disk space.  Version 3.3.0 can read and write database
   files created by prior versions of SQLite.  But prior versions
   of SQLite will not be able to read or write databases created
   by Version 3.3.0</p>
+  <p>If you need backwards and forwards capatibility, you can
+  compile with -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_FILE_FORMAT=1.  Or at runtime
+  you can say "PRAGMA legacy_file_format=ON" prior to creating
+  a new database file</p>
+  <p>Once a database file is created, its format is fixed.  So
+  a database file created by SQLite 3.2.8 and merely modified
+  by version 3.3.0 or later will retain the old format.  Except,
+  the VACUUM command recreates the database so running VACUUM
+  on 3.3.0 or later will change the file format to the latest
+  edition.</p>
   </td>
 </tr>
 </table>