SQLite patch.

From: Damien Tournoud <damien@tournoud.net>


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 CHANGELOG.txt                           |    1 
 includes/database/sqlite/._database.inc |  Bin
 includes/database/sqlite/._query.inc    |  Bin
 includes/database/sqlite/database.inc   |  261 ++++++++++++++
 includes/database/sqlite/install.inc    |   15 +
 includes/database/sqlite/query.inc      |  108 ++++++
 includes/database/sqlite/schema.inc     |  572 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 957 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 includes/database/sqlite/._database.inc
 create mode 100644 includes/database/sqlite/._query.inc
 create mode 100644 includes/database/sqlite/database.inc
 create mode 100644 includes/database/sqlite/install.inc
 create mode 100644 includes/database/sqlite/query.inc
 create mode 100644 includes/database/sqlite/schema.inc


diff --git CHANGELOG.txt CHANGELOG.txt
index b2b64f6..b802fdc 100644
--- CHANGELOG.txt
+++ CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Added query builders for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE, and SELECT queries.
     * Support for master/slave replication, transactions, multi-insert queries,
       delayed inserts, and other features.
+    * Added support for the SQLite database engine.
 - Security:
     * Protected cron.php -- cron will only run if the proper key is provided.
     * Implemented much stronger password hashes that are also compatible with the
diff --git includes/database/sqlite/._database.inc includes/database/sqlite/._database.inc
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diff --git includes/database/sqlite/database.inc includes/database/sqlite/database.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c90a20
--- /dev/null
+++ includes/database/sqlite/database.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Database interface code for SQLite embedded database engine.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup database
+ * @{
+ */
+
+include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/database/prefetch.inc';
+
+/**
+ * Specific SQLite implementation of DatabaseConnection.
+ */
+class DatabaseConnection_sqlite extends DatabaseConnection {
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates that this connection supports transactions.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  protected $transactionSupport = TRUE;
+
+  public function __construct(Array $connection_options = array()) {
+    // We don't need a specific PDOStatement class here, we simulate it below.
+    $connection_options['statement_class'] = FALSE;
+
+    $this->transactionSupport = isset($connection_options['transactions']) ? $connection_options['transactions'] : TRUE;
+
+    parent::__construct('sqlite:'. $connection_options['database'], '', '', $connection_options);
+
+    $this->exec('PRAGMA encoding="UTF-8"');
+
+    // Create functions needed by SQLite.
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('if', array($this, 'sqlFunctionIf'));
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('greatest', array($this, 'sqlFunctionGreatest'));
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('pow', 'pow', 2);
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('length', 'strlen', 1);
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('concat', array($this, 'sqlFunctionConcat'));
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('substring', array($this, 'sqlFunctionSubstring'), 3);
+    $this->sqliteCreateFunction('rand', array($this, 'sqlFunctionRand'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite compatibility implementation for the IF() SQL function.
+   */
+  public function sqlFunctionIf($condition, $expr1, $expr2 = NULL) {
+    return $condition ? $expr1 : $expr2;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite compatibility implementation for the GREATEST() SQL function.
+   */
+  public function sqlFunctionGreatest() {
+    $args = func_get_args();
+    foreach ($args as $k => $v) {
+      if (is_null($v)) {
+        unset($args);
+      }
+    }
+    if (count($args)) {
+      return max($args);
+    }
+    else {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite compatibility implementation for the CONCAT() SQL function.
+   */
+  public function sqlFunctionConcat() {
+    $args = func_get_args();
+    return implode('', $args);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite compatibility implementation for the SUBSTRING() SQL function.
+   */
+  public function sqlFunctionSubstring($string, $from, $length) {
+    return substr($string, $from - 1, $length);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite compatibility implementation for the RAND() SQL function.
+   */
+  public function sqlFunctionRand($seed = NULL) {
+    if (isset($seed)) {
+      mt_srand($seed);
+    }
+    return mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite-specific implementation of DatabaseConnection::prepare().
+   *
+   * We don't use prepared statements at all at this stage. We just create
+   * a DatabaseStatement_sqlite object, that will create a PDOStatement
+   * using the semi-private PDOPrepare() method below.
+   */
+  public function prepare($query, Array $options = array()) {
+    return new DatabaseStatement_sqlite($this, $query, $options);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * NEVER CALL THIS FUNCTION: YOU MIGHT DEADLOCK YOUR PHP PROCESS.
+   *
+   * This is a wrapper around the parent PDO::prepare method. However, as
+   * the PDO SQLite driver only closes SELECT statements when the PDOStatement
+   * destructor is called and SQLite does not allow data change (INSERT,
+   * UPDATE etc) on a table which has open SELECT statements, you should never
+   * call this function and keep a PDOStatement object alive as that can lead
+   * to a deadlock. This really, really should be private, but as
+   * DatabaseStatement_sqlite needs to call it, we have no other choice but to
+   * expose this function to the world.
+   */
+  public function PDOPrepare($query, Array $options = array()) {
+    return parent::prepare($query, $options);
+  }
+
+  public function queryRange($query, Array $args, $from, $count, Array $options = array()) {
+    return $this->query($query . ' LIMIT ' . $from . ', ' . $count, $args, $options);
+  }
+
+  public function queryTemporary($query, Array $args, $tablename, Array $options = array()) {
+    return $this->query(preg_replace('/^SELECT/i', 'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ' . $tablename . ' AS SELECT', $query), $args, $options);
+  }
+
+  public function driver() {
+    return 'sqlite';
+  }
+
+  public function databaseType() {
+    return 'sqlite';
+  }
+
+  public function supportsTransactions() {
+    return $this->transactionSupport;
+  }
+
+  public function mapConditionOperator($operator) {
+    // We don't want to override any of the defaults.
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  protected function prepareQuery($query) {
+    // In makes no sense to use the static prepared statement cache here,
+    // because all the work in our implementation is done in
+    // DatabaseStatement_sqlite::execute() and cannot be cached.
+    return $this->prepare($this->prefixTables($query));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @todo Remove this as soon as db_rewrite_sql() has been exterminated.
+   */
+  public function distinctField($table, $field, $query) {
+    $field_to_select = 'DISTINCT(' . $table . '.' . $field . ')';
+    // (?<!text) is a negative look-behind (no need to rewrite queries that already use DISTINCT).
+    return preg_replace('/(SELECT.*)(?:' . $table . '\.|\s)(?<!DISTINCT\()(?<!DISTINCT\(' . $table . '\.)' . $field . '(.*FROM )/AUsi', '\1 ' . $field_to_select . '\2', $query);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Specific SQLite implementation of DatabaseConnection.
+ *
+ * @see DatabaseConnection_sqlite::PDOPrepare for reasons why we must prefetch
+ * the data instead of using PDOStatement.
+ */
+class DatabaseStatement_sqlite extends DatabaseStatementPrefetch implements Iterator, DatabaseStatementInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * SQLite specific implementation of getStatement().
+   *
+   * The PDO SQLite layer doesn't replace numeric placeholders in queries correctly,
+   * and this makes numeric expressions (such as COUNT(*) >= :count) fail.
+   * We replace numeric placeholders in the query ourself to workaround that bug.
+   *
+   * See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45259 for more details.
+   */
+  protected function getStatement($query, &$args = array()) {
+    if (count($args)) {
+      // Check if $args is a simple numeric array.
+      if (range(0, count($args) - 1) === array_keys($args)) {
+        // In that case, we have unnamed placeholders.
+        $count = 0;
+        $new_args = array();
+        foreach ($args as $value) {
+          if (is_numeric($value)) {
+            $query = substr_replace($query, $value, strpos($query, '?'), 1);
+          }
+          else {
+            $placeholder = ':db_statement_placeholder_' . $count++;
+            $query = substr_replace($query, $placeholder, strpos($query, '?'), 1);
+            $new_args[$placeholder] = $value;
+          }
+        }
+        $args = $new_args;
+      }
+      else {
+        // Else, this is using named placeholders.
+        foreach ($args as $placeholder => $value) {
+          if (is_numeric($value)) {
+            $query = str_replace($placeholder, $value, $query);
+            unset($args[$placeholder]);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $this->dbh->PDOPrepare($query);
+  }
+
+  public function execute($args, $options) {
+    try {
+      $return = parent::execute($args, $options);
+    }
+    catch (PDOException $e) {
+      if (!empty($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 17) {
+        // The schema has changed. SQLite specifies that we must resend the query.
+        $return = parent::execute($args, $options);
+      }
+      else {
+        // Rethrow the exception.
+        throw $e;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // In some weird cases, SQLite will prefix some column names by the name
+    // of the table. We post-process the data, by renaming the column names
+    // using the same convention as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
+    $rename_columns = array();
+    foreach ($this->columnNames as $k => $column) {
+      if (preg_match("/^.*\.(.*)$/", $column, $matches)) {
+        $rename_columns[$column] = $matches[1];
+        $this->columnNames[$k] = $matches[1];
+      }
+    }
+    if ($rename_columns) {
+      foreach ($this->data as $k => $row) {
+        foreach ($rename_columns as $old_column => $new_column) {
+          $this->data[$k][$new_column] = $this->data[$k][$old_column];
+          unset($this->data[$k][$old_column]);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // This is necessary to ensure that the array with start in a clean state.
+    reset($this->data);
+
+    return $return;
+  }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @} End of "ingroup database".
+ */
diff --git includes/database/sqlite/install.inc includes/database/sqlite/install.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..096c209
--- /dev/null
+++ includes/database/sqlite/install.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * SQLite specific install functions
+ */
+
+class DatabaseInstaller_sqlite extends DatabaseInstaller {
+  protected $pdoDriver = 'sqlite';
+  public function name() {
+    return 'SQLite';
+  }
+}
+
diff --git includes/database/sqlite/query.inc includes/database/sqlite/query.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2fea12
--- /dev/null
+++ includes/database/sqlite/query.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+// $Id $
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup database
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * SQLite specific implementation of InsertQuery.
+ *
+ * We ignore all the default fields and use the clever SQLite syntax:
+ *   INSERT INTO table DEFAULT VALUES
+ * for degenerated "default only" queries.
+ */
+class InsertQuery_sqlite extends InsertQuery {
+
+  public function execute() {
+    if (count($this->insertFields) + count($this->defaultFields) == 0) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    if (count($this->insertFields)) {
+      return parent::execute();
+    }
+    else {
+      return $this->connection->query('INSERT INTO {'. $this->table .'} DEFAULT VALUES', array(), $this->queryOptions);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public function __toString() {
+    // Produce as many generic placeholders as necessary.
+    $placeholders = array_fill(0, count($this->insertFields), '?');
+    return 'INSERT INTO {'. $this->table .'} ('. implode(', ', $this->insertFields) .') VALUES ('. implode(', ', $placeholders) .')';
+  }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * SQLite specific implementation of UpdateQuery.
+ *
+ * SQLite counts all the rows that match the conditions as modified, even if they
+ * will not be affected by the query. We workaround this by ensuring that
+ * we don't select those rows.
+ *
+ * A query like this one:
+ *   UPDATE test SET name = 'newname' WHERE tid = 1
+ * will become:
+ *   UPDATE test SET name = 'newname' WHERE tid = 1 AND name <> 'newname'
+ */
+class UpdateQuery_sqlite extends UpdateQuery {
+
+  /**
+   * Helper function that remove the fields that are already in a condition.
+   *
+   * @param $fields
+   *   The fields.
+   * @param QueryConditionInterface $condition
+   *   A database condition.
+   */
+  protected function removeFieldsInCondition(&$fields, QueryConditionInterface $condition) {
+    foreach ($condition->conditions() as $child_condition) {
+      if ($child_condition['field'] instanceof QueryConditionInterface) {
+        $this->removeFieldsInCondition($fields, $child_condition['field']);
+      }
+      else {
+        unset($fields[$child_condition['field']]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public function execute() {
+    // Get the fields use in the update query, and remove those that are already
+    // in the condition.
+    $fields = $this->expressionFields + $this->fields;
+    $this->removeFieldsInCondition($fields, $this->condition);
+
+    // Add the inverse of the fields to the condition.
+    $condition = db_or();
+    foreach ($fields as $field => $data) {
+      if (is_array($data)) {
+        // The field is an expression.
+        $condition->condition($field, $data['expression'], '<>');
+        // The IS NULL operator is badly managed by DatabaseCondition.
+        $condition->where($field . ' IS NULL');
+      }
+      else if (is_null($data)) {
+        // The field will be set to NULL.
+        // The IS NULL operator is badly managed by DatabaseCondition.
+        $condition->where($field . ' IS NOT NULL');
+      }
+      else {
+        $condition->condition($field, $data, '<>');
+        // The IS NULL operator is badly managed by DatabaseCondition.
+        $condition->where($field . ' IS NULL');
+      }
+    }
+    if (count($condition)) {
+      $condition->compile($this->connection);
+      $this->condition->where((string) $condition, $condition->arguments());
+    }
+    return parent::execute();
+  }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @} End of "ingroup database".
+ */
diff --git includes/database/sqlite/schema.inc includes/database/sqlite/schema.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03a3641
--- /dev/null
+++ includes/database/sqlite/schema.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,572 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Database schema code for SQLite databases.
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup schemaapi
+ * @{
+ */
+
+class DatabaseSchema_sqlite extends DatabaseSchema {
+
+  public function tableExists($table) {
+    return (bool) $this->connection->query("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name LIKE '{" . $table . "}'", array(), array())->fetchField();
+  }
+
+  public function columnExists($table, $column) {
+    $schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    return !empty($schema['fields'][$column]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generate SQL to create a new table from a Drupal schema definition.
+   *
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the table to create.
+   * @param $table
+   *   A Schema API table definition array.
+   * @return
+   *   An array of SQL statements to create the table.
+   */
+  public function createTableSql($name, $table) {
+    $sql = array();
+    $sql[] = "CREATE TABLE {". $name ."} (\n". $this->createColumsSql($name, $table) ."\n);\n";
+    return array_merge($sql, $this->createIndexSql($name, $table));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Build the SQL expression for indexes.
+   */
+  protected function createIndexSql($tablename, $schema) {
+    $sql = array();
+    if (!empty($schema['unique keys'])) {
+      foreach ($schema['unique keys'] as $key => $fields) {
+        $sql[] = 'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX {'. $tablename .'}_'. $key .' ON {'. $tablename .'} ('. $this->createKeySql($fields) ."); \n";
+      }
+    }
+    if (!empty($schema['indexes'])) {
+      foreach ($schema['indexes'] as $index => $fields) {
+        $sql[] = 'CREATE INDEX {'. $tablename .'}_'. $index .' ON {'. $tablename .'} ('. $this->createKeySql($fields) ."); \n";
+      }
+    }
+    return $sql;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Build the SQL expression for creating columns.
+   */
+  protected function createColumsSql($tablename, $schema) {
+    $sql = "";
+
+    // Add the SQL statement for each field.
+    foreach ($schema['fields'] as $name => $field) {
+      if ($field['type'] == 'serial') {
+        if (isset($schema['primary key']) && ($key = array_search($name, $schema['primary key'])) !== false) {
+          unset($schema['primary key'][$key]);
+        }
+      }
+      $sql .= $this->createFieldSql($name, $this->processField($field)) .", \n";
+    }
+
+    // Process keys.
+    if (!empty($schema['primary key'])) {
+      $sql .= " PRIMARY KEY (". $this->createKeySql($schema['primary key']) ."), \n";
+    }
+
+    // Remove the last comma and space.
+    $sql = substr($sql, 0, -3);
+    return $sql;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Build the SQL expression for keys.
+   */
+  protected function createKeySql($fields) {
+    $ret = array();
+    foreach ($fields as $field) {
+      if (is_array($field)) {
+        $ret[] = $field[0];
+      }
+      else {
+        $ret[] = $field;
+      }
+    }
+    return implode(', ', $ret);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set database-engine specific properties for a field.
+   *
+   * @param $field
+   *   A field description array, as specified in the schema documentation.
+   */
+  protected function processField($field) {
+    if (!isset($field['size'])) {
+      $field['size'] = 'normal';
+    }
+    // Set the correct database-engine specific datatype.
+    if (!isset($field['sqlite_type'])) {
+      $map = $this->getFieldTypeMap();
+      $field['sqlite_type'] = $map[$field['type'] .':'. $field['size']];
+    }
+
+    if ($field['type'] == 'serial') { // this should check if field is a primary key
+      $field['auto_increment'] = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    return $field;
+  }
+
+  /**
+  * Create an SQL string for a field to be used in table creation or alteration.
+  *
+  * Before passing a field out of a schema definition into this function it has
+  * to be processed by db_processField().
+  *
+  * @param $name
+  *    Name of the field.
+  * @param $spec
+  *    The field specification, as per the schema data structure format.
+  */
+  protected function createFieldSql($name, $spec) {
+    if (!empty($spec['auto_increment'])) {
+      $sql = "". $name ." INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT";
+    }
+    else {
+      $sql = "". $name ." ". $spec['sqlite_type'];
+
+      if (isset($spec['length'])) {
+        $sql .= '('. $spec['length'] .')';
+      }
+
+      if (!empty($spec['not null'])) {
+        $sql .= ' NOT NULL';
+      }
+
+      if (isset($spec['default'])) {
+        if (is_string($spec['default'])) {
+          $spec['default'] = "'". $spec['default'] ."'";
+        }
+        $sql .= ' DEFAULT '. $spec['default'];
+      }
+
+      if (empty($spec['not null']) && !isset($spec['default'])) {
+        $sql .= ' DEFAULT NULL';
+      }
+    }
+    return $sql;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This maps a generic data type in combination with its data size
+   * to the engine-specific data type.
+   */
+  public function getFieldTypeMap() {
+    // Put :normal last so it gets preserved by array_flip.  This makes
+    // it much easier for modules (such as schema.module) to map
+    // database types back into schema types.
+    $map = array(
+      'varchar:normal'  => 'VARCHAR',
+
+      'text:tiny'       => 'TEXT',
+      'text:small'      => 'TEXT',
+      'text:medium'     => 'TEXT',
+      'text:big'        => 'TEXT',
+      'text:normal'     => 'TEXT',
+
+      'serial:tiny'     => 'INTEGER',
+      'serial:small'    => 'INTEGER',
+      'serial:medium'   => 'INTEGER',
+      'serial:big'      => 'INTEGER',
+      'serial:normal'   => 'INTEGER',
+
+      'int:tiny'        => 'INTEGER',
+      'int:small'       => 'INTEGER',
+      'int:medium'      => 'INTEGER',
+      'int:big'         => 'INTEGER',
+      'int:normal'      => 'INTEGER',
+
+      'float:tiny'      => 'FLOAT',
+      'float:small'     => 'FLOAT',
+      'float:medium'    => 'FLOAT',
+      'float:big'       => 'FLOAT',
+      'float:normal'    => 'FLOAT',
+
+      'numeric:normal'  => 'NUMERIC',
+
+      'blob:big'        => 'BLOB',
+      'blob:normal'     => 'BLOB',
+
+      'datetime:normal' => 'TIMESTAMP',
+    );
+    return $map;
+  }
+
+  /**
+  * Rename a table.
+  *
+  * @param $ret
+  *   Array to which query results will be added.
+  * @param $table
+  *   The table to be renamed.
+  * @param $new_name
+  *   The new name for the table.
+  */
+  public function renameTable(&$ret, $table, $new_name) {
+    $ret[] = update_sql('ALTER TABLE {'. $table .'} RENAME TO {'. $new_name .'}');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Drop a table.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be dropped.
+   */
+  public function dropTable(&$ret, $table) {
+    $ret[] = update_sql('DROP TABLE {' . $table . '}');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a new field to a table.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   Name of the table to be altered.
+   * @param $field
+   *   Name of the field to be added.
+   * @param $spec
+   *   The field specification array, as taken from a schema definition.
+   */
+  public function addField(&$ret, $table, $field, $spec, $keys_new = array()) {
+    // TODO: $keys_new is not supported yet.
+    $query = 'ALTER TABLE {'. $table .'} ADD ';
+    $query .= $this->createFieldSql($field, $this->processField($spec));
+    $ret[] = update_sql($query);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Recreate a table with a new schema with the old content.
+   *
+   * As SQLite does not support ALTER TABLE (with a few exceptions) it is
+   * necessary to create a new table and copy over the old content.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   Name of the table to be altered.
+   * @param $new_schema
+   *   The new schema array for the table.
+   */
+  protected function alterTable(&$ret, $table, $new_schema) {
+    $i = 0;
+    do {
+      $new_table = $table . '_' . $i++;
+    } while ($this->tableExists($new_table));
+    $this->createTable($ret, $new_table, $new_schema);
+    $fields = implode(', ', array_keys($new_schema['fields']));
+    $ret[] = update_sql('INSERT INTO {'. $new_table ."} ($fields) SELECT $fields FROM {". $table . '}');
+    $old_count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {'. $table .'}')->fetchField();
+    $new_count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {'. $new_table .'}')->fetchField();
+    if ($old_count == $new_count) {
+      do {
+        $temp_table = $table . '_' . $i++;
+      } while ($this->tableExists($temp_table));
+      $this->renameTable($ret, $table, $temp_table);
+      $this->renameTable($ret, $new_table, $table);
+      $this->dropTable($ret, $temp_table);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find out the schema of a table.
+   *
+   * This function uses introspection methods provided by the database to
+   * create a schema array. This is useful for examnple during update when
+   * the old schema is not available.
+   *
+   * @param $table
+   *   Name of the table.
+   * @return
+   *   An array representing the schema, @see drupal_get_schema.
+   */
+  protected function introspectSchema($table) {
+    $mapped_fields = array_flip($this->getFieldTypeMap());
+    $schema = array();
+    foreach (db_query("PRAGMA table_info('{" . $table . "}')") as $row) {
+      if (preg_match('/^([^(]+)\((.*)\)$/', $row->type, $matches)) {
+        $type = $matches[1];
+        $length = $matches[2];
+      }
+      else {
+        $type = $row->type;
+        $length = NULL;
+      }
+      if (isset($mapped_fields[$type])) {
+        list($type, $size) = explode(':', $mapped_fields[$type]);
+        $schema['fields'][$row->name] = array(
+          'type' => $type,
+          'size' => $size,
+          'not null' => !empty($row->notnull),
+          'default' => trim($row->dflt_value, "'"),
+        );
+        if ($length) {
+          $schema['fields'][$row->name]['length'] = $length;
+        }
+        if ($row->pk) {
+          $schema['primary key'][] = $row->name;
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        new Exception("Unable to parse the column type " . $row->type);
+      }
+    }
+    $indexes = array();
+    foreach (db_query("PRAGMA index_list('{" . $table . "}')") as $row) {
+      if (strpos($row->name, 'sqlite_autoindex_') !== 0) {
+        $indexes[] = array(
+          'schema_key' => $row->unique ? 'unique keys' : 'indexes',
+          'name' => $row->name,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    $n = strlen($table) + 1;
+    foreach ($indexes as $index) {
+      $name = $index['name'];
+      $index_name = substr($name, $n);
+      foreach (db_query("PRAGMA index_info('$name')") as $row) {
+        $schema[$index['schema_key']][$index_name][] = $row->name;
+      }
+    }
+    return $schema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Drop a field.
+   *
+   * This implementation can't use ALTER TABLE directly, because SQLite only
+   * supports a limited subset of that command.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $field
+   *   The field to be dropped.
+   */
+  public function dropField(&$ret, $table, $field) {
+    $new_schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    unset($new_schema['fields'][$field]);
+    foreach ($new_schema['indexes'] as $index => $fields) {
+      foreach ($fields as $key => $field_name) {
+        if ($field_name == $field) {
+          unset($new_schema['indexes'][$index][$key]);
+        }
+      }
+      // If this index has no more fields then remove it.
+      if (empty($new_schema['indexes'][$index])) {
+        unset($new_schema['indexes'][$index]);
+      }
+    }
+    $this->alterTable($ret, $table, $new_schema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Change a field definition.
+   *
+   * This implementation can't use ALTER TABLE directly, because SQLite only
+   * supports a limited subset of that command.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   Name of the table.
+   * @param $field
+   *   Name of the field to change.
+   * @param $field_new
+   *   New name for the field (set to the same as $field if you don't want to change the name).
+   * @param $spec
+   *   The field specification for the new field.
+   * @param $keys_new
+   *   Optional keys and indexes specification to be created on the
+   *   table along with changing the field. The format is the same as a
+   *   table specification but without the 'fields' element.
+   */
+  public function changeField(&$ret, $table, $field, $field_new, $spec, $keys_new = array()) {
+    $new_schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    unset($new_schema['fields'][$field]);
+    $new_schema['fields'][$field_new] = $spec;
+    if (isset($keys_new['primary keys'])) {
+      $new_schema['primary keys'] = $keys_new['primary keys'];
+      $keys_new['primary keys'];
+    }
+    foreach (array('unique keys', 'indexes') as $k) {
+      if (!empty($keys_new[$k])) {
+        $new_schema[$k] = $keys_new[$k] + $new_schema[$k];
+      }
+    }
+    $this->alterTable($ret, $table, $new_schema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add an index.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the index.
+   * @param $fields
+   *   An array of field names.
+   */
+  public function addIndex(&$ret, $table, $name, $fields) {
+    $schema['indexes'][$name] = $fields;
+    $ret[] = update_sql($this->createIndexSql($table, $schema));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Drop an index.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the index.
+   */
+  public function dropIndex(&$ret, $table, $name) {
+    $ret[] = update_sql('DROP INDEX ' . '{' . $table . '}_' . $name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a unique key.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the key.
+   * @param $fields
+   *   An array of field names.
+   */
+  public function addUniqueKey(&$ret, $table, $name, $fields) {
+    $schema['unique keys'][$name] = $fields;
+    $ret[] = update_sql($this->createIndexSql($table, $schema));
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Drop a unique key.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the key.
+   */
+  public function dropUniqueKey(&$ret, $table, $name) {
+    $ret[] = update_sql('DROP INDEX ' . '{' . $table . '}_' . $name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a primary key.
+   *
+   * This implementation can't use ALTER TABLE directly, because SQLite only
+   * supports a limited subset of that command.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $fields
+   *   Fields for the primary key.
+   */
+  public function addPrimaryKey(&$ret, $table, $fields) {
+    $new_schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    $new_schema['primary key'] = $fields;
+    $this->alterTable($ret, $table, $new_schema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Drop the primary key.
+   *
+   * This implementation can't use ALTER TABLE directly, because SQLite only
+   * supports a limited subset of that command.`
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   */
+  public function dropPrimaryKey(&$ret, $table) {
+    $new_schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    unset($new_schema['primary key']);
+    $this->alterTable($ret, $table, $new_schema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the default value for a field.
+   *
+   * This implementation can't use ALTER TABLE directly, because SQLite only
+   * supports a limited subset of that command.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $field
+   *   The field to be altered.
+   * @param $default
+   *   Default value to be set. NULL for 'default NULL'.
+   */
+  public function fieldSetDefault(&$ret, $table, $field, $default) {
+    $new_schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    $new_schema['fields'][$field]['default'] = $default;
+    $this->alterTable($ret, $table, $new_schema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set a field to have no default value.
+   *
+   * This implementation can't use ALTER TABLE directly, because SQLite only
+   * supports a limited subset of that command.
+   *
+   * @param $ret
+   *   Array to which query results will be added.
+   * @param $table
+   *   The table to be altered.
+   * @param $field
+   *   The field to be altered.
+   */
+  public function fieldSetNoDefault(&$ret, $table, $field) {
+    $new_schema = $this->introspectSchema($table);
+    unset($new_schema['fields'][$field]['default']);
+    $this->alterTable($ret, $table, $new_schema);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find all tables that are like the specified base table name.
+   *
+   * @param $table_expression
+   *   An SQL expression, for example "simpletest%" (without the quotes).
+   *   BEWARE: this is not prefixed, the caller should take care of that.
+   * @return
+   *   Array, both the keys and the values are the matching tables.
+   */
+  public function findTables($table_expression) {
+    $result = db_query("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE name LIKE :table_name", array(
+      ':table_name' => $table_expression,
+    ));
+    return $result->fetchAllKeyed(0, 0);
+  }
+}
