Jack Douglas

> should we commitSync after the 'select'? No, `con.commitSync()` just commits the transaction in Firebird, but you haven't done anything that need committing so it will have no effect.

I've got 3.27 working : ```dockerfile && sed -i '1i#define SQLITE_DIRECTONLY 0' sqlite3.h \ && sed -i '1i#define SQLITE_VTAB_DIRECTONLY 1' sqlite3.h \ && sed -i '1i#define SQLITE_ENABLE_DESERIALIZE 1' sqlite3.c \...

I don't think this approach is going to work for 3.16 as `sqlite3_serialize()` doesn't exist that far back. I can get 3.15 with [v1.3.9](https://github.com/WiseLibs/better-sqlite3/releases/tag/v1.3.9) and 3.18 with [v2.2.0](https://github.com/WiseLibs/better-sqlite3/releases/tag/v2.2.0) but am...

Thanks @JoshuaWise that makes sense :)