diff -ur RSQLite/src/RS-SQLite.c RSQLite/src/RS-SQLite.c
--- RSQLite/src/RS-SQLite.c	2007-04-25 22:13:13.000000000 +0530
+++ RSQLite/src/RS-SQLite.c	2007-07-05 19:00:20.444167700 +0530
@@ -903,8 +903,13 @@
     col_type = sqlite3_column_type(db_statement, j);
     if (col_type == SQLITE_NULL) {
         /* try to get type from origin column */
-        col_decltype = sqlite3_column_decltype(db_statement, j);
-        col_type = SQLite_decltype_to_type(col_decltype);
+        col_decltype = sqlite3_column_decltype(db_statement, j);
+        
+        /* if SQLite doesn't give the information, assume it is an integer */
+        if(col_decltype == NULL)
+            col_type = SQLITE_INTEGER;
+        else
+            col_type = SQLite_decltype_to_type(col_decltype);
     }
     switch(col_type) {
     case SQLITE_INTEGER: