SQLite Modify Column

Question

I need to modify a column in a SQLite database but I have to do it programatically due to the database already being in production. From my research I have found that in or

Answer 1

If the modification is not too big (e.g. change the length of a varchar), you can dump the db, manually edit the database definition and import it back again:

echo '.dump' | sqlite3 test.db > test.dump

then open the file with a text editor, search for the definition you want to modify and then:

cat test.dump | sqlite3 new-test.db