Fix and test strict keyword.

src/SQLite.jl

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ mutable struct Stmt <: DBInterface.Statement
     end
 end
 
-_get_stmt_handle(stmt::Stmt) = stmt.stmt_wrapper[]
+_get_stmt_handle(stmt::Stmt)::StmtHandle = stmt.stmt_wrapper[]
 function _set_stmt_handle(stmt::Stmt, handle)
     stmt.stmt_wrapper[] = handle
 end
@@ -484,15 +484,15 @@ function sqlitevalue(
     ::Type{T},
     handle,
     col,
-) where {T<:Union{Base.BitSigned,Base.BitUnsigned}}
+)::T where {T<:Union{Base.BitSigned,Base.BitUnsigned}}
     convert(T, C.sqlite3_column_int64(handle, col - 1))
 end
 const FLOAT_TYPES = Union{Float16,Float32,Float64} # exclude BigFloat
-function sqlitevalue(::Type{T}, handle, col) where {T<:FLOAT_TYPES}
+function sqlitevalue(::Type{T}, handle, col)::T where {T<:FLOAT_TYPES}
     convert(T, C.sqlite3_column_double(handle, col - 1))
 end
 #TODO: test returning a WeakRefString instead of calling `unsafe_string`
-function sqlitevalue(::Type{T}, handle, col) where {T<:AbstractString}
+function sqlitevalue(::Type{T}, handle, col)::T where {T<:AbstractString}
     convert(T, unsafe_string(C.sqlite3_column_text(handle, col - 1)))
 end
 function sqlitevalue(::Type{T}, handle, col) where {T}

src/tables.jl

@@ -78,26 +78,34 @@ end
 end
 
 function getvalue(
-    q::Query{strict},
+    q::Query{true},
     col::Int,
     rownumber::Int,
     ::Type{T},
-) where {strict,T}
+)::Union{Missing,nonmissingtype(T)} where {T}
+    rownumber == q.current_rownumber[] || wrongrow(rownumber)
+    handle = _get_stmt_handle(q.stmt)
+    t = C.sqlite3_column_type(handle, col - 1)
+    if t == C.SQLITE_NULL
+        return missing
+    end
+    sqlitevalue(nonmissingtype(T), handle, col)
+end
+
+function getvalue(
+    q::Query{false},
+    col::Int,
+    rownumber::Int,
+    ::Type{T},
+) where {T}
     rownumber == q.current_rownumber[] || wrongrow(rownumber)
     handle = _get_stmt_handle(q.stmt)
     t = C.sqlite3_column_type(handle, col - 1)
     if t == C.SQLITE_NULL
         return missing
-    elseif strict
-        return sqlitevalue(T, handle, col)
-    else
-        TT = juliatype(t) # native SQLite Int, Float, and Text types
-        return sqlitevalue(
-            ifelse(TT === Any && !isbitstype(T), T, TT),
-            handle,
-            col,
-        )
     end
+    TT = juliatype(t) # native SQLite Int, Float, and Text types
+    return sqlitevalue(ifelse(TT === Any && !isbitstype(T), T, TT), handle, col)
 end
 
 function Tables.getcolumn(r::Row, ::Type{T}, i::Int, nm::Symbol) where {T}

test/runtests.jl

@@ -999,6 +999,48 @@ end
     tbl = DBInterface.execute(db, "select x from tmp") |> columntable
     @test isequal(tbl.x, [missing, :a])
 
+    # Symbol in TEXT type doesn't work 
+    # when strict and first row is NULL
+    tbl =
+        DBInterface.execute(
+            DBInterface.prepare(db, "select x from tmp"),
+            ();
+            strict = true,
+        ) |> columntable
+    @test isequal(tbl.x, [missing, "7JL\x1e\x04"])
+
+    # Symbol in BLOB type does work strict
+    db = SQLite.DB()
+    DBInterface.execute(db, "create table tmp ( x BLOB )")
+    DBInterface.execute(db, "insert into tmp values (?)", (nothing,))
+    DBInterface.execute(db, "insert into tmp values (?)", (:a,))
+    tbl = DBInterface.execute(db, "select x from tmp") |> columntable
+    @test isequal(tbl.x, [missing, :a])
+
+    tbl =
+        DBInterface.execute(
+            DBInterface.prepare(db, "select x from tmp"),
+            ();
+            strict = true,
+        ) |> columntable
+    @test isequal(tbl.x, [missing, :a])
+
+    # Symbol in TEXT always works when first row is not NULL
+    db = SQLite.DB()
+    DBInterface.execute(db, "create table tmp ( x TEXT )")
+    DBInterface.execute(db, "insert into tmp values (?)", (:a,))
+    DBInterface.execute(db, "insert into tmp values (?)", (nothing,))
+    tbl = DBInterface.execute(db, "select x from tmp") |> columntable
+    @test isequal(tbl.x, [:a, missing])
+
+    tbl =
+        DBInterface.execute(
+            DBInterface.prepare(db, "select x from tmp"),
+            ();
+            strict = true,
+        ) |> columntable
+    @test isequal(tbl.x, [:a, missing])
+
     db = SQLite.DB()
     DBInterface.execute(
         db,