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diff --git a/doc/dbschema.rst b/doc/dbschema.rst index c57de92e..34f4a92e 100644 --- a/doc/dbschema.rst +++ b/doc/dbschema.rst @@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ For most needs, the :class:`.CoverageData` API will be sufficient, and should be preferred to accessing the database directly. Only advanced uses will need to use the database. +The schema can change without changing the major version of coverage.py, so be +careful when accessing the database directly. The `coverage_schema` table has +the schema number of the database. The schema described here corresponds to: + +.. copied_from: coverage/sqldata.py + +.. code:: + + SCHEMA_VERSION = 7 + +.. end_copied_from + You can use SQLite tools such as the :mod:`sqlite3 <python:sqlite3>` module in the Python standard library to access the data. Some data is stored in a packed format that will need custom functions to access. See |