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System.Data.SQLite.Core SUM operation always returns as Int64
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Hello,

This most certainly looks like a bug to me. The same query gives a different result when using DB Browser vs the C# System.Data.SQLite.Core wrapper.

The following query:

```
var sqlCmd = new SQLiteCommand("SELECT SUM(Cost * Quantity) FROM Parts", connection);
var value = await sqlCmd.ExecuteScalarAsync();
```

always returns an Int64 value, despite Cost=numeric and Quantity=integer. Even if you cast the SUM as a numeric type, you still get back an Int64 and it truncates the decimal values. The same query results in a numeric type when using something like DB Browser, and not an Int64. I can't seem to find a workaround.

Can anyone else confirm this?