pythongh-131002: clarify how to enforce sqlite3 column types for generated fields (python#131006)

Author: erlend-aasland

Doc/library/sqlite3.rst

@@ -290,9 +290,6 @@ Module functions
        :const:`PARSE_DECLTYPES` and :const:`PARSE_COLNAMES`
        to enable this.
        Column names takes precedence over declared types if both flags are set.
-       Types cannot be detected for generated fields (for example ``max(data)``),
-       even when the *detect_types* parameter is set; :class:`str` will be
-       returned instead.
        By default (``0``), type detection is disabled.
 
    :param isolation_level:
@@ -436,21 +433,6 @@ Module constants
    old style (pre-Python 3.12) transaction control behaviour.
    See :ref:`sqlite3-transaction-control-isolation-level` for more information.
 
-.. data:: PARSE_COLNAMES
-
-   Pass this flag value to the *detect_types* parameter of
-   :func:`connect` to look up a converter function by
-   using the type name, parsed from the query column name,
-   as the converter dictionary key.
-   The type name must be wrapped in square brackets (``[]``).
-
-   .. code-block:: sql
-
-      SELECT p as "p [point]" FROM test;  ! will look up converter "point"
-
-   This flag may be combined with :const:`PARSE_DECLTYPES` using the ``|``
-   (bitwise or) operator.
-
 .. data:: PARSE_DECLTYPES
 
    Pass this flag value to the *detect_types* parameter of
@@ -472,6 +454,27 @@ Module constants
    This flag may be combined with :const:`PARSE_COLNAMES` using the ``|``
    (bitwise or) operator.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      Generated fields (for example ``MAX(p)``) are returned as :class:`str`.
+      Use :const:`!PARSE_COLNAMES` to enforce types for such queries.
+
+.. data:: PARSE_COLNAMES
+
+   Pass this flag value to the *detect_types* parameter of
+   :func:`connect` to look up a converter function by
+   using the type name, parsed from the query column name,
+   as the converter dictionary key.
+   The query column name must be wrapped in double quotes (``"``)
+   and the type name must be wrapped in square brackets (``[]``).
+
+   .. code-block:: sql
+
+      SELECT MAX(p) as "p [point]" FROM test;  ! will look up converter "point"
+
+   This flag may be combined with :const:`PARSE_DECLTYPES` using the ``|``
+   (bitwise or) operator.
+
 .. data:: SQLITE_OK
           SQLITE_DENY
           SQLITE_IGNORE