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gh-89018: Improve documentation of sqlite3 exceptions #27645

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66 changes: 49 additions & 17 deletions Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
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:ref:`placeholders <sqlite3-placeholders>`.

:meth:`execute` will only execute a single SQL statement. If you try to execute
more than one statement with it, it will raise a :exc:`.Warning`. Use
more than one statement with it, it will raise a :exc:`ProgrammingError`. Use
:meth:`executescript` if you want to execute multiple SQL statements with one
call.

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Exceptions
----------

The exception hierarchy is defined by the DB-API 2.0 (:pep:`249`).

.. exception:: Warning

A subclass of :exc:`Exception`.
This exception is not currently raised by the ``sqlite3`` module,
but may be raised by applications using ``sqlite3``,
for example if a user-defined function truncates data while inserting.
``Warning`` is a subclass of :exc:`Exception`.

.. exception:: Error

The base class of the other exceptions in this module. It is a subclass
of :exc:`Exception`.
The base class of the other exceptions in this module.
Use this to catch all errors with one single :keyword:`except` statement.
``Error`` is a subclass of :exc:`Exception`.

.. attribute:: sqlite_errorcode

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.. versionadded:: 3.11

.. exception:: InterfaceError

Exception raised for misuse of the low-level SQLite C API.
In other words, if this exception is raised, it probably indicates a bug in the
``sqlite3`` module.
``InterfaceError`` is a subclass of :exc:`Error`.

.. exception:: DatabaseError

Exception raised for errors that are related to the database.
This serves as the base exception for several types of database errors.
It is only raised implicitly through the specialised subclasses.
``DatabaseError`` is a subclass of :exc:`Error`.

.. exception:: DataError

Exception raised for errors caused by problems with the processed data,
like numeric values out of range, and strings which are too long.
``DataError`` is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.

.. exception:: OperationalError

Exception raised for errors that are related to the database's operation,
and not necessarily under the control of the programmer.
For example, the database path is not found,
or a transaction could not be processed.
``OperationalError`` is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
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.. exception:: IntegrityError

Exception raised when the relational integrity of the database is affected,
e.g. a foreign key check fails. It is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.

.. exception:: ProgrammingError
.. exception:: InternalError

Exception raised for programming errors, e.g. table not found or already
exists, syntax error in the SQL statement, wrong number of parameters
specified, etc. It is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
Exception raised when SQLite encounters an internal error.
If this is raised, it may indicate that there is a problem with the runtime
SQLite library.
``InternalError`` is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.

.. exception:: OperationalError
.. exception:: ProgrammingError

Exception raised for errors that are related to the database's operation
and not necessarily under the control of the programmer, e.g. an unexpected
disconnect occurs, the data source name is not found, a transaction could
not be processed, etc. It is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
Exception raised for ``sqlite3`` API programming errors,
for example supplying the wrong number of bindings to a query,
or trying to operate on a closed :class:`Connection`.
``ProgrammingError`` is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.

.. exception:: NotSupportedError

Exception raised in case a method or database API was used which is not
supported by the database, e.g. calling the :meth:`~Connection.rollback`
method on a connection that does not support transaction or has
transactions turned off. It is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
Exception raised in case a method or database API is not supported by the
underlying SQLite library. For example, setting *deterministic* to
:const:`True` in :meth:`~Connection.create_function`, if the underlying SQLite library
does not support deterministic functions.
``NotSupportedError`` is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.


.. _sqlite3-blob-objects:
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