- Added version checks in C code to make sure we don't trigger bugs in older
  SQLite versions.
- Added version checks in test suite so that we don't execute tests that we
  know will fail with older (buggy) SQLite versions.

Now, all tests should run against all SQLite versions from 3.0.8 until 3.3.6
(latest one now). The sqlite3 module can be built against all these SQLite
versions and the sqlite3 module does its best to not trigger bugs in SQLite,
but using SQLite 3.3.3 or later is recommended.
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
index b10b3ef..7deab98 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
             pass
 
     def CheckCollationIsUsed(self):
+        if sqlite.version_info < (3, 2, 1):     # old SQLite versions crash on this test
+            return
         def mycoll(x, y):
             # reverse order
             return -cmp(x, y)
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
index 215178c..587d39c 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@
         self.failUnlessEqual(val, buffer("blob"))
 
     def CheckFuncException(self):
+        if sqlite.version_info < (3, 3, 3):     # don't raise bug in earlier SQLite versions
+            return
         cur = self.con.cursor()
         try:
             cur.execute("select raiseexception()")
@@ -283,6 +285,8 @@
             self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], "AggrNoStep instance has no attribute 'step'")
 
     def CheckAggrNoFinalize(self):
+        if sqlite.version_info < (3, 3, 3):     # don't raise bug in earlier SQLite versions
+            return
         cur = self.con.cursor()
         try:
             cur.execute("select nofinalize(t) from test")
@@ -292,6 +296,8 @@
             self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], "user-defined aggregate's 'finalize' method raised error")
 
     def CheckAggrExceptionInInit(self):
+        if sqlite.version_info < (3, 3, 3):     # don't raise bug in earlier SQLite versions
+            return
         cur = self.con.cursor()
         try:
             cur.execute("select excInit(t) from test")
@@ -301,6 +307,8 @@
             self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], "user-defined aggregate's '__init__' method raised error")
 
     def CheckAggrExceptionInStep(self):
+        if sqlite.version_info < (3, 3, 3):     # don't raise bug in earlier SQLite versions
+            return
         cur = self.con.cursor()
         try:
             cur.execute("select excStep(t) from test")
@@ -310,6 +318,8 @@
             self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], "user-defined aggregate's 'step' method raised error")
 
     def CheckAggrExceptionInFinalize(self):
+        if sqlite.version_info < (3, 3, 3):     # don't raise bug in earlier SQLite versions
+            return
         cur = self.con.cursor()
         try:
             cur.execute("select excFinalize(t) from test")
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index bf74710..f63d88c 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@
 
 static int connection_set_isolation_level(Connection* self, PyObject* isolation_level);
 
+
+void _sqlite3_result_error(sqlite3_context* ctx, const char* errmsg, int len)
+{
+    /* in older SQLite versions, calling sqlite3_result_error in callbacks
+     * triggers a bug in SQLite that leads either to irritating results or
+     * segfaults, depending on the SQLite version */
+#if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= 3003003
+    sqlite3_result_error(ctx, errmsg, len);
+#endif
+}
+
 int connection_init(Connection* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwargs)
 {
     static char *kwlist[] = {"database", "timeout", "detect_types", "isolation_level", "check_same_thread", "factory", "cached_statements", NULL, NULL};
@@ -526,7 +537,7 @@
         } else {
             PyErr_Clear();
         }
-        sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined function raised exception", -1);
+        _sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined function raised exception", -1);
     }
 
     PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
@@ -558,7 +569,7 @@
             } else {
                 PyErr_Clear();
             }
-            sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined aggregate's '__init__' method raised error", -1);
+            _sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined aggregate's '__init__' method raised error", -1);
             goto error;
         }
     }
@@ -582,7 +593,7 @@
         } else {
             PyErr_Clear();
         }
-        sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined aggregate's 'step' method raised error", -1);
+        _sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined aggregate's 'step' method raised error", -1);
     }
 
 error:
@@ -619,7 +630,7 @@
         } else {
             PyErr_Clear();
         }
-        sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined aggregate's 'finalize' method raised error", -1);
+        _sqlite3_result_error(context, "user-defined aggregate's 'finalize' method raised error", -1);
     } else {
         _set_result(context, function_result);
     }