3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/c.zig b/c.zig
index a346a3a..c15b987 100644
--- a/c.zig
+++ b/c.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 pub const c = @cImport({
     @cInclude("sqlite3.h");
 });
+
+// versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo returns true if the SQLite version is >= to the major.minor.patch provided.
+pub fn versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(major: u8, minor: u8, patch: u8) bool {
+    return c.SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= @as(u32, major) * 1000000 + @as(u32, minor) * 1000 + @as(u32, patch);
+}
+
+comptime {
+    if (!versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(3, 21, 0)) {
+        @compileError("must use SQLite >= 3.21.0");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/errors.zig b/errors.zig
index 2beef5f..add4b37 100644
--- a/errors.zig
+++ b/errors.zig
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const mem = std.mem;
 
 const c = @import("c.zig").c;
-
-const versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo = @import("sqlite.zig").versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo;
+const versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo = @import("c.zig").versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo;
 
 pub const SQLiteExtendedIOError = error{
     SQLiteIOErrRead,
diff --git a/sqlite.zig b/sqlite.zig
index 89ddd67..7af98b8 100644
--- a/sqlite.zig
+++ b/sqlite.zig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const mem = std.mem;
 const testing = std.testing;
 
 const c = @import("c.zig").c;
+const versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo = @import("c.zig").versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo;
 
 pub const ParsedQuery = @import("query.zig").ParsedQuery;
 
@@ -20,11 +21,6 @@ const getDetailedErrorFromResultCode = errors.getDetailedErrorFromResultCode;
 
 const logger = std.log.scoped(.sqlite);
 
-// versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo returns true if the SQLite version is >= to the major.minor.patch provided.
-pub fn versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(major: u8, minor: u8, patch: u8) bool {
-    return c.SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= @as(u32, major) * 1000000 + @as(u32, minor) * 1000 + @as(u32, patch);
-}
-
 /// Text is used to represent a SQLite TEXT value when binding a parameter or reading a column.
 pub const Text = struct { data: []const u8 };