diff --git a/sqlite3_type.go b/sqlite3_type.go
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+package sqlite3
+
+/*
+#ifndef USE_LIBSQLITE3
+#include <sqlite3-binding.h>
+#else
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+#endif
+*/
+import "C"
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func (rc *SQLiteRows) ColumnTypeDatabaseTypeName(i int) string {
+	return C.GoString(C.sqlite3_column_decltype(rc.s.s, C.int(i)))
+}
+
+/*
+func (rc *SQLiteRows) ColumnTypeLength(index int) (length int64, ok bool) {
+	return 0, false
+}
+
+func (rc *SQLiteRows) ColumnTypePrecisionScale(index int) (precision, scale int64, ok bool) {
+	return 0, 0, false
+}
+*/
+
+func (rc *SQLiteRows) ColumnTypeNullable(i int) (nullable, ok bool) {
+	return true, true
+}
+
+func (rc *SQLiteRows) ColumnTypeScanType(i int) reflect.Type {
+	switch C.sqlite3_column_type(rc.s.s, C.int(i)) {
+	case C.SQLITE_INTEGER:
+		switch C.GoString(C.sqlite3_column_decltype(rc.s.s, C.int(i))) {
+		case "timestamp", "datetime", "date":
+			return reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{})
+		case "boolean":
+			return reflect.TypeOf(false)
+		}
+		return reflect.TypeOf(int64(0))
+	case C.SQLITE_FLOAT:
+		return reflect.TypeOf(float64(0))
+	case C.SQLITE_BLOB:
+		return reflect.SliceOf(reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
+	case C.SQLITE_NULL:
+		return reflect.TypeOf(nil)
+	case C.SQLITE_TEXT:
+		return reflect.TypeOf("")
+	}
+	return reflect.SliceOf(reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
+}