diff --git a/c_src/sqlite3_drv.c b/c_src/sqlite3_drv.c
index 30b4774..ca918d2 100644
--- a/c_src/sqlite3_drv.c
+++ b/c_src/sqlite3_drv.c
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ static inline int return_error(
   (*p_dataset)[*p_term_count - 3] = strlen(error);
   (*p_dataset)[*p_term_count - 2] = ERL_DRV_TUPLE;
   (*p_dataset)[*p_term_count - 1] = 3;
+//  int i;
+//  for (i = 0; i < *p_term_count; i++) {
+//	  printf("%d\n", (*p_dataset)[i]);
+//  }
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -289,7 +293,6 @@ static int sql_exec(sqlite3_drv_t *drv, char *command, int command_size) {
   } else if (statement == NULL) {
     return output_error(drv, SQLITE_MISUSE, "empty statement");
   }
-
   return sql_exec_statement(drv, statement);
 }
 
@@ -592,6 +595,7 @@ static int sql_exec_one_statement(
   int column_count = sqlite3_column_count(statement);
   int row_count = 0, next_row;
   int base_term_count;
+  int has_error = 0; // bool
   sqlite3_drv_t *drv = async_command->driver_data;
   ptr_list **ptrs_p = &(async_command->ptrs);
   ptr_list **binaries_p = &(async_command->binaries);
@@ -727,37 +731,46 @@ static int sql_exec_one_statement(
     row_count++;
   }
 
-  if (next_row == SQLITE_BUSY) {
-    return_error(drv, SQLITE_BUSY, "SQLite3 database is busy",
-                 dataset_p, term_count_p,
-                 term_allocated_p, &async_command->error_code);
-    async_command->finalize_statement_on_free = 1;
-    return next_row;
-  }
   if (next_row != SQLITE_DONE) {
-    return_error(drv, next_row, sqlite3_errmsg(drv->db),
-                 dataset_p, term_count_p,
-                 term_allocated_p, &async_command->error_code);
-    async_command->finalize_statement_on_free = 1;
-    return next_row;
+	if (column_count == 0) {
+      return_error(drv, next_row, sqlite3_errmsg(drv->db),
+                   dataset_p, term_count_p,
+                   term_allocated_p, &async_command->error_code);
+      async_command->finalize_statement_on_free = 1;
+      return 1;
+	} else {
+      has_error = 1;
+	}
   }
 
   if (column_count > 0) {
-    *term_count_p += 3+2+3;
+    *term_count_p += 3+2;
     if (*term_count_p > *term_allocated_p) {
       *term_allocated_p = max(*term_count_p, *term_allocated_p*2);
       *dataset_p = driver_realloc(*dataset_p, sizeof(ErlDrvTermData) * *term_allocated_p);
     }
-    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 8] = ERL_DRV_NIL;
-    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 7] = ERL_DRV_LIST;
-    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 6] = row_count + 1;
+    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 5] = ERL_DRV_NIL;
+    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 4] = ERL_DRV_LIST;
+    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 3] = row_count + 1;
 
-    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 5] = ERL_DRV_TUPLE;
-    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 4] = 2;
+    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 2] = ERL_DRV_TUPLE;
+    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 1] = 2;
+
+    if (has_error) {
+      return_error(drv, next_row, sqlite3_errmsg(drv->db),
+                   dataset_p, term_count_p,
+                   term_allocated_p, &async_command->error_code);
+    }
+
+    *term_count_p += 3;
+    if (*term_count_p > *term_allocated_p) {
+      *term_allocated_p = max(*term_count_p, *term_allocated_p*2);
+      *dataset_p = driver_realloc(*dataset_p, sizeof(ErlDrvTermData) * *term_allocated_p);
+    }
 
     (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 3] = ERL_DRV_NIL;
     (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 2] = ERL_DRV_LIST;
-    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 1] = 3;
+    (*dataset_p)[*term_count_p - 1] = 3 + has_error;
   } else if (sql_is_insert(sqlite3_sql(statement))) {
     ErlDrvSInt64 *rowid_ptr = driver_alloc(sizeof(ErlDrvSInt64));
     *rowid_ptr = (ErlDrvSInt64) sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(drv->db);
@@ -789,7 +802,7 @@ static int sql_exec_one_statement(
 #endif
   async_command->finalize_statement_on_free = 1;
 
-  return 0;
+  return has_error;
 }
 
 static void sql_exec_async(void *_async_command) {
diff --git a/include/sqlite3.hrl b/include/sqlite3.hrl
index 5b3507d..c505b39 100644
--- a/include/sqlite3.hrl
+++ b/include/sqlite3.hrl
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
 -type sqlite_error() :: {error, integer(), string()} | {error, term()}.
 -type sql_params() :: [sql_value() | {atom() | string() | integer(), sql_value()}].
 -type sql_non_query_result() :: ok | sqlite_error() | {rowid, integer()}.
--type sql_result() :: sql_non_query_result() | [{columns, [column_id()]} | {rows, [tuple()]}].
+-type sql_result() :: sql_non_query_result() | [{columns, [column_id()]} | {rows, [tuple()]} | sqlite_error()].
diff --git a/src/sqlite3.erl b/src/sqlite3.erl
index c33d4ff..3e3d4b3 100644
--- a/src/sqlite3.erl
+++ b/src/sqlite3.erl
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ list_init([H|T]) -> [H|list_init(T)].
 %% @end
 %% @type sqlite_error() = {'error', integer(), string()} | {'error', any()}.
 %% 
-%% Errors occuring on the C side are represented by 3-element tuples containing 
+%% Errors reported by SQLite side are represented by 3-element tuples containing 
 %% atom 'error', SQLite result code ([http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/c_abort.html], 
 %% [http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/c_busy_recovery.html]) and an English-language error
 %% message.
@@ -1220,8 +1220,10 @@ list_init([H|T]) -> [H|list_init(T)].
 %% The result returned by functions which call the database but don't return
 %% any records.
 %% @end
-%% @type sql_result() = sql_non_query_result() | [{columns, [string()]} | {rows, [tuple()]}].
-%% The result returned by functions which query the database.
+%% @type sql_result() = sql_non_query_result() | [{columns, [string()]} | {rows, [tuple()]} | sqlite_error()].
+%% The result returned by functions which query the database. If there are errors,
+%% list of three tuples is returned: [{columns, ListOfColumnNames}, {rows, ListOfResults}, ErrorTuple].
+%% If there are no errors, the list has two elements.
 %% @end
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/test/sqlite3_test.erl b/test/sqlite3_test.erl
index b177287..b0cd89b 100644
--- a/test/sqlite3_test.erl
+++ b/test/sqlite3_test.erl
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ all_test_() ->
       ?FuncTest(nonexistent_table_info),
       ?FuncTest(large_number),
       ?FuncTest(unicode),
-      ?FuncTest(acc_string_encoding)]}.
+      ?FuncTest(acc_string_encoding),
+      ?FuncTest(large_offset)]}.
 
 open_db() ->
     sqlite3:open(ct, [in_memory]).
@@ -295,6 +296,13 @@ script_test() ->
         sqlite3:sql_exec_script(script, BadScript)),
     sqlite3:close(script).
 
+large_offset() ->
+	drop_table_if_exists(ct, large_offset),
+	ok = sqlite3:create_table(ct, large_offset, [{id, integer}]),
+	?assertEqual(
+	    [{columns, ["id"]}, {rows, []}, {error, 20, "datatype mismatch"}],
+	    sqlite3:sql_exec(ct, "select * from large_offset limit 1 offset 9223372036854775808")).
+
 % create, read, update, delete
 %%====================================================================
 %% Internal functions