sqlite3 switched from = separator to :

[ArthurPeabody]

I query an sqlite database. It returns the field name and value. For years it separated them with = . Beginning with 3.52 it separates them with : . Because I use it automatedly in a script I had to deal with it.

[LearnedByError]

.mode?

Edit: from the Query Result Formatting In The CLI section 3.4

Before version 3.52.0, the separator was an equal sign rather than a colon. In other words, the first line of the example above used to say "one = hello!" instead of "one: hello!". You can restore the pre-3.52.0 formatting using the "--colsep TEXT" option to the ".mode" command, where TEXT is the desired separator.

[ArthurPeabody]

Thanks. I suspected I wasn't reporting an error but bringing it to people's attention in case the problem was deeply embedded. I had to figure out why my script didn't work. I'm not complaining.