--- libdbi-drivers-0.8.3-1.orig/drivers/sqlite3/dbd_sqlite3.c	2008-03-03 12:32:26.000000000 -0500
+++ libdbi-drivers-0.8.3-1.orig/drivers/sqlite3/dbd_sqlite3.c	2012-01-22 09:52:00.548705668 -0500
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ 
   const char *encoding;
 
   int timeout;
+  dbi_result dbi_result;
 
   /* initialize error stuff */
   conn->error_number = 0;
@@ -227,7 +228,13 @@ 
     timeout = 0;
   }
 
-  sqlite3_busy_timeout(sqcon, timeout);	
+  sqlite3_busy_timeout(sqcon, timeout);
+
+  /* this is required to make SQLite work like other database engines
+     in that it returns the column information even if there are no
+     rows in a result set */
+  dbi_result = dbd_query(conn, "PRAGMA empty_result_callbacks=1");
+  
   
   return 0;
 }