Index: Doc/Extra/Provider/version.html
==================================================================
--- Doc/Extra/Provider/version.html
+++ Doc/Extra/Provider/version.html
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@
     <h1 class="heading">Version History</h1>
     <p><b>1.0.100.0 - February XX, 2016 <font color="red">(release scheduled)</font></b></p>
     <ul>
       <li>Updated to <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_10_0.html">SQLite 3.10.0</a>.</li>
       <li>Properly handle NULL values in the &quot;name&quot; column of the results returned by PRAGMA index_info(). Fix for <a href="https://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/info/5251bd0878">[5251bd0878]</a>.</li>
+      <li>For column types that resolve to boolean, recognize case-insensitive prefixes of &quot;True&quot; and &quot;False&quot;. Fix for <a href="https://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/info/dbd65441a5">[dbd65441a5]</a>.</li>
+      <li>Add NoVerifyTextAffinity connection flag to skip type affinity checking when fetching a column value as a string. Pursuant to <a href="https://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/info/dbd65441a5">[dbd65441a5]</a>.</li>
     </ul>
     <p><b>1.0.99.0 - December 9, 2015</b></p>
     <ul>
       <li>Updated to <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_9_2.html">SQLite 3.9.2</a>.</li>
       <li>Add preliminary support for the .NET Framework 4.6.1.</li>

Index: System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteBase.cs
==================================================================
--- System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteBase.cs
+++ System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteBase.cs
@@ -1147,10 +1147,16 @@
       /// Attempt to unbind all functions provided by other managed assemblies
       /// when closing the connection.
       /// </summary>
       UnbindFunctionsOnClose = 0x100000000,
 
+      /// <summary>
+      /// When returning column values as a <see cref="String" />, skip
+      /// verifying their affinity.
+      /// </summary>
+      NoVerifyTextAffinity = 0x200000000,
+
       /// <summary>
       /// When binding parameter values or returning column values, always
       /// treat them as though they were plain text (i.e. no numeric,
       /// date/time, or other conversions should be attempted).
       /// </summary>

Index: System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConvert.cs
==================================================================
--- System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConvert.cs
+++ System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConvert.cs
@@ -1171,38 +1171,45 @@
       return ToBoolean(ToStringWithProvider(
           source, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Convert a string to true or false.
+    /// Attempts to convert a <see cref="String" /> into a <see cref="Boolean" />.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="source">A string representing true or false</param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
+    /// <param name="source">
+    /// The <see cref="String" /> to convert, cannot be null.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// The converted <see cref="Boolean" /> value.
+    /// </returns>
     /// <remarks>
-    /// "yes", "no", "y", "n", "0", "1", "on", "off" as well as Boolean.FalseString and Boolean.TrueString will all be
-    /// converted to a proper boolean value.
+    /// The supported strings are "yes", "no", "y", "n", "on", "off", "0", "1",
+    /// as well as any prefix of the strings <see cref="Boolean.FalseString" />
+    /// and <see cref="Boolean.TrueString" />.  All strings are treated in a
+    /// case-insensitive manner.
     /// </remarks>
     public static bool ToBoolean(string source)
     {
-      if (String.Compare(source, bool.TrueString, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0) return true;
-      else if (String.Compare(source, bool.FalseString, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0) return false;
-
-      switch(source.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
-      {
-        case "yes":
-        case "y":
-        case "1":
-        case "on":
-          return true;
-        case "no":
-        case "n":
-        case "0":
-        case "off":
-          return false;
-        default:
-          throw new ArgumentException("source");
-      }
+        if (source == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("source");
+        if (String.Compare(source, 0, bool.TrueString, 0, source.Length, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0) return true;
+        else if (String.Compare(source, 0, bool.FalseString, 0, source.Length, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0) return false;
+
+        switch (source.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
+        {
+            case "y":
+            case "yes":
+            case "on":
+            case "1":
+                return true;
+            case "n":
+            case "no":
+            case "off":
+            case "0":
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        throw new ArgumentException("source");
     }
 
     #region Type Conversions
     /// <summary>
     /// Converts a SQLiteType to a .NET Type object

Index: System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteDataReader.cs
==================================================================
--- System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteDataReader.cs
+++ System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteDataReader.cs
@@ -522,11 +522,13 @@
         VerifyForGet();
 
         if (i >= PrivateVisibleFieldCount && _keyInfo != null)
             return _keyInfo.GetChars(i - PrivateVisibleFieldCount, fieldoffset, buffer, bufferoffset, length);
 
-        VerifyType(i, DbType.String);
+        if ((_flags & SQLiteConnectionFlags.NoVerifyTextAffinity) != SQLiteConnectionFlags.NoVerifyTextAffinity)
+            VerifyType(i, DbType.String);
+
         return _activeStatement._sql.GetChars(_activeStatement, i, (int)fieldoffset, buffer, bufferoffset, length);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves the name of the back-end datatype of the column
@@ -1232,11 +1234,13 @@
         VerifyForGet();
 
         if (i >= PrivateVisibleFieldCount && _keyInfo != null)
             return _keyInfo.GetString(i - PrivateVisibleFieldCount);
 
-        VerifyType(i, DbType.String);
+        if ((_flags & SQLiteConnectionFlags.NoVerifyTextAffinity) != SQLiteConnectionFlags.NoVerifyTextAffinity)
+            VerifyType(i, DbType.String);
+
         return _activeStatement._sql.GetText(_activeStatement, i);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves the column as an object corresponding to the underlying datatype of the column

ADDED   Tests/tkt-dbd65441a5.eagle
Index: Tests/tkt-dbd65441a5.eagle
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ Tests/tkt-dbd65441a5.eagle
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# tkt-dbd65441a5.eagle --
+#
+# Written by Joe Mistachkin.
+# Released to the public domain, use at your own risk!
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+package require Eagle
+package require Eagle.Library
+package require Eagle.Test
+
+runTestPrologue
+
+###############################################################################
+
+package require System.Data.SQLite.Test
+runSQLiteTestPrologue
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-dbd65441a5-1.1 {BOOLEAN with 't' and 'f', etc} -setup {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-dbd65441a5-1.1.db] "" "" "" NoVerifyTextAffinity
+} -body {
+  sql execute $db {
+    CREATE TABLE t1(x BOOLEAN);
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('true');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('tru');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('tr');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('t');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('false');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('fals');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('fal');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('fa');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('f');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-0');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-1');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-2');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-3');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('0');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('1');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('2');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('3');
+  }
+
+  set dataReader [sql execute -execute reader -format datareader \
+      -alias $db "SELECT x FROM t1 ORDER BY x;"]
+
+  set results [list]
+
+  while {[$dataReader Read]} {
+    catch {
+      list [$dataReader GetString 0] [$dataReader GetValue 0]
+    } result
+
+    lappend results $result
+  }
+
+  set results
+} -cleanup {
+  unset -nocomplain dataReader
+
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+
+  unset -nocomplain result results db fileName
+} -constraints {eagle command.object monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA SQLite\
+System.Data.SQLite} -result {{-3 True} {-2 True} {-1 True} {0 False} {0 False}\
+{1 True} {2 True} {3 True} {f False} {fa False} {fal False} {fals False} {false\
+False} {t True} {tr True} {tru True} {true True}}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-dbd65441a5-1.2 {BOOLEAN with 't' and 'f', etc} -setup {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-dbd65441a5-1.1.db]
+} -body {
+  sql execute $db {
+    CREATE TABLE t1(x BOOLEAN);
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('true');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('tru');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('tr');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('t');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('false');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('fals');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('fal');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('fa');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('f');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-0');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-1');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-2');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('-3');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('0');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('1');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('2');
+    INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES('3');
+  }
+
+  set dataReader [sql execute -execute reader -format datareader \
+      -alias $db "SELECT x FROM t1 ORDER BY x;"]
+
+  set results [list]
+
+  while {[$dataReader Read]} {
+    catch {
+      list [$dataReader GetString 0] [$dataReader GetValue 0]
+    } result
+
+    lappend results $result
+  }
+
+  set results
+} -cleanup {
+  unset -nocomplain dataReader
+
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+
+  unset -nocomplain result results db fileName
+} -constraints {eagle command.object monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA SQLite\
+System.Data.SQLite} -match glob -result {{* ---> System.InvalidCastException:\
+*} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException: *} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException:\
+*} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException: *} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException:\
+*} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException: *} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException:\
+*} {* ---> System.InvalidCastException: *} {f False} {fa False} {fal False}\
+{fals False} {false False} {t True} {tr True} {tru True} {true True}}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runSQLiteTestEpilogue
+runTestEpilogue

Index: readme.htm
==================================================================
--- readme.htm
+++ readme.htm
@@ -212,10 +212,12 @@
     <b>1.0.100.0 - February XX, 2016 <font color="red">(release scheduled)</font></b>
 </p>
 <ul>
     <li>Updated to <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_10_0.html">SQLite 3.10.0</a>.</li>
     <li>Properly handle NULL values in the &quot;name&quot; column of the results returned by PRAGMA index_info(). Fix for [5251bd0878].</li>
+    <li>For column types that resolve to boolean, recognize case-insensitive prefixes of &quot;True&quot; and &quot;False&quot;. Fix for [dbd65441a5].</li>
+    <li>Add NoVerifyTextAffinity connection flag to skip type affinity checking when fetching a column value as a string. Pursuant to [dbd65441a5].</li>
 </ul>
 <p>
     <b>1.0.99.0 - December 9, 2015</b>
 </p>
 <ul>

Index: www/news.wiki
==================================================================
--- www/news.wiki
+++ www/news.wiki
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
     <b>1.0.100.0 - February XX, 2016 <font color="red">(release scheduled)</font></b>
 </p>
 <ul>
     <li>Updated to <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_10_0.html">SQLite 3.10.0</a>.</li>
     <li>Properly handle NULL values in the &quot;name&quot; column of the results returned by PRAGMA index_info(). Fix for [5251bd0878].</li>
+    <li>For column types that resolve to boolean, recognize case-insensitive prefixes of &quot;True&quot; and &quot;False&quot;. Fix for [dbd65441a5].</li>
+    <li>Add NoVerifyTextAffinity connection flag to skip type affinity checking when fetching a column value as a string. Pursuant to [dbd65441a5].</li>
 </ul>
 <p>
     <b>1.0.99.0 - December 9, 2015</b>
 </p>
 <ul>