1 files changed, 37 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index fc741b729..bed64bfae 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -5657,26 +5657,42 @@ typedef struct sqlite3_blob sqlite3_blob;
 **     SELECT zColumn FROM zDb.zTable WHERE [rowid] = iRow;
 ** </pre>)^
 **
+** ^(Parameter zDb is not the filename that contains the database, but 
+** rather the symbolic name of the database. For attached databases, this is
+** the name that appears after the AS keyword in the [ATTACH] statement.
+** For the main database file, the database name is "main". For TEMP
+** tables, the database name is "temp".)^
+**
 ** ^If the flags parameter is non-zero, then the BLOB is opened for read
-** and write access. ^If it is zero, the BLOB is opened for read access.
-** ^It is not possible to open a column that is part of an index or primary 
-** key for writing. ^If [foreign key constraints] are enabled, it is 
-** not possible to open a column that is part of a [child key] for writing.
-**
-** ^Note that the database name is not the filename that contains
-** the database but rather the symbolic name of the database that
-** appears after the AS keyword when the database is connected using [ATTACH].
-** ^For the main database file, the database name is "main".
-** ^For TEMP tables, the database name is "temp".
-**
-** ^(On success, [SQLITE_OK] is returned and the new [BLOB handle] is written
-** to *ppBlob. Otherwise an [error code] is returned and *ppBlob is set
-** to be a null pointer.)^
-** ^This function sets the [database connection] error code and message
-** accessible via [sqlite3_errcode()] and [sqlite3_errmsg()] and related
-** functions. ^Note that the *ppBlob variable is always initialized in a
-** way that makes it safe to invoke [sqlite3_blob_close()] on *ppBlob
-** regardless of the success or failure of this routine.
+** and write access. ^If the flags parameter is zero, the BLOB is opened for
+** read-only access.
+**
+** ^(On success, [SQLITE_OK] is returned and the new [BLOB handle] is stored
+** in *ppBlob. Otherwise an [error code] is returned and, unless the error
+** code is SQLITE_MISUSE, *ppBlob is set to NULL.)^ ^This means that, provided
+** the API is not misused, it is always safe to call [sqlite3_blob_close()] 
+** on *ppBlob after this function it returns.
+**
+** This function fails with SQLITE_ERROR if any of the following are true:
+** <ul>
+**   <li> ^(Database zDb does not exist)^, 
+**   <li> ^(Table zTable does not exist within database zDb)^, 
+**   <li> ^(Table zTable is a WITHOUT ROWID table)^, 
+**   <li> ^(Column zColumn does not exist)^,
+**   <li> ^(Row iRow is not present in the table)^,
+**   <li> ^(The specified column of row iRow contains a value that is not
+**         a TEXT or BLOB value)^,
+**   <li> ^(Column zColumn is part of an index, PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE 
+**         constraint and the blob is being opened for read/write access)^,
+**   <li> ^([foreign key constraints | Foreign key constraints] are enabled, 
+**         column zColumn is part of a [child key] definition and the blob is
+**         being opened for read/write access)^.
+** </ul>
+**
+** ^Unless it returns SQLITE_MISUSE, this function sets the 
+** [database connection] error code and message accessible via 
+** [sqlite3_errcode()] and [sqlite3_errmsg()] and related functions. 
+**
 **
 ** ^(If the row that a BLOB handle points to is modified by an
 ** [UPDATE], [DELETE], or by [ON CONFLICT] side-effects
@@ -5694,13 +5710,9 @@ typedef struct sqlite3_blob sqlite3_blob;
 ** interface.  Use the [UPDATE] SQL command to change the size of a
 ** blob.
 **
-** ^The [sqlite3_blob_open()] interface will fail for a [WITHOUT ROWID]
-** table.  Incremental BLOB I/O is not possible on [WITHOUT ROWID] tables.
-**
 ** ^The [sqlite3_bind_zeroblob()] and [sqlite3_result_zeroblob()] interfaces
-** and the built-in [zeroblob] SQL function can be used, if desired,
-** to create an empty, zero-filled blob in which to read or write using
-** this interface.
+** and the built-in [zeroblob] SQL function may be used to create a 
+** zero-filled blob to read or write using the incremental-blob interface.
 **
 ** To avoid a resource leak, every open [BLOB handle] should eventually
 ** be released by a call to [sqlite3_blob_close()].