There's a static function in the sqlite3.c file called columnName. I know it's not part of the API but hoped by opening it up I'd be able to get the DB, table and name for the i'th column in a stmt. I can only get it to return a meaningful value for useType 0 & 1 though. Does anyone know why it always seems to return "0.0" for useType 2,3 & 4? That's the case even for simple stmts such as "select col from tbl" where col is a valid column name within table tbl. /* ** Convert the N-th element of pStmt->pColName[] into a string using ** xFunc() then return that string. If N is out of range, return 0. ** ** There are up to 5 names for each column. useType determines which ** name is returned. Here are the names: ** ** 0 The column name as it should be displayed for output ** 1 The datatype name for the column ** 2 The name of the database that the column derives from ** 3 The name of the table that the column derives from ** 4 The name of the table column that the result column derives from ** ** If the result is not a simple column reference (if it is an expression ** or a constant) then useTypes 2, 3, and 4 return NULL. */ static const void *columnName( sqlite3_stmt *pStmt, /* The statement */ int N, /* Which column to get the name for */ int useUtf16, /* True to return the name as UTF16 */ int useType /* What type of name */ ){ const void *ret; Vdbe *p; int n; sqlite3 *db; #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_API_ARMOR if( pStmt==0 ){ (void)SQLITE_MISUSE_BKPT; return 0; } #endif ret = 0; p = (Vdbe *)pStmt; db = p->db; assert( db!=0 ); n = sqlite3_column_count(pStmt); if( N<n && N>=0 ){ N += useType*n; sqlite3_mutex_enter(db->mutex); assert( db->mallocFailed==0 ); #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_UTF16 if( useUtf16 ){ ret = sqlite3_value_text16((sqlite3_value*)&p->aColName[N]); }else #endif { ret = sqlite3_value_text((sqlite3_value*)&p->aColName[N]); } /* A malloc may have failed inside of the _text() call. If this ** is the case, clear the mallocFailed flag and return NULL. */ if( db->mallocFailed ){ sqlite3OomClear(db); ret = 0; } sqlite3_mutex_leave(db->mutex); } return ret; }