public ReadOnlySpan <byte> ColumnBlob(int index) { // https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/column_blob.html // "The safest policy is to invoke these routines in one of the following ways:" // "sqlite3_column_blob() followed by sqlite3_column_bytes()" var pointer = _sqlite3.ColumnBlob(_statement, index); var byteCount = _sqlite3.ColumnBytes(_statement, index); if (byteCount > 0 && pointer.IsValid()) { unsafe { return(new ReadOnlySpan <byte>( pointer.ToPointer(), byteCount)); } } return(ReadOnlySpan <byte> .Empty); }