diff --git a/ext/csv/arg_test.go b/ext/csv/arg_test.go
index 50d4c47..6d009b8 100644
--- a/ext/csv/arg_test.go
+++ b/ext/csv/arg_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ func Test_uintArg(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_boolArg(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		arg string
 		key string
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ func Test_boolArg(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_runeArg(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		arg string
 		key string
diff --git a/ext/csv/csv.go b/ext/csv/csv.go
index eb931c1..70517e1 100644
--- a/ext/csv/csv.go
+++ b/ext/csv/csv.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3"
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ func RegisterFS(db *sqlite3.Conn, fsys fs.FS) {
 				}
 			}
 			schema = getSchema(header, columns, row)
+		} else {
+			table.typs = getColumnAffinities(schema)
 		}
 
 		err = db.DeclareVTab(schema)
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ type table struct {
 	fsys   fs.FS
 	name   string
 	data   string
+	typs   []affinity
 	comma  rune
 	header bool
 }
@@ -226,7 +230,40 @@ func (c *cursor) RowID() (int64, error) {
 
 func (c *cursor) Column(ctx *sqlite3.Context, col int) error {
 	if col < len(c.row) {
-		ctx.ResultText(c.row[col])
+		var typ affinity
+		if col < len(c.table.typs) {
+			typ = c.table.typs[col]
+		}
+
+		txt := c.row[col]
+		if typ == blob {
+			ctx.ResultText(txt)
+			return nil
+		}
+		if txt == "" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		switch typ {
+		case numeric, integer:
+			if strings.TrimLeft(txt, "+-0123456789") == "" {
+				if i, err := strconv.ParseInt(txt, 10, 64); err == nil {
+					ctx.ResultInt64(i)
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
+			fallthrough
+		case real:
+			if strings.TrimLeft(txt, "+-.0123456789Ee") == "" {
+				if f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(txt, 64); err == nil {
+					ctx.ResultFloat(f)
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
+			fallthrough
+		case text:
+			ctx.ResultText(c.row[col])
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/ext/csv/csv_test.go b/ext/csv/csv_test.go
index 5f64343..5ae91e2 100644
--- a/ext/csv/csv_test.go
+++ b/ext/csv/csv_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,50 @@ Robert	"Griesemer"	"gri"`
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAffinity(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, err := sqlite3.Open(":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	csv.Register(db)
+
+	const data = "01\n0.10\ne"
+	err = db.Exec(`
+		CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE temp.nums USING csv(
+			data   = ` + sqlite3.Quote(data) + `,
+			schema = 'CREATE TABLE x(a numeric)'
+		)`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	stmt, _, err := db.Prepare(`SELECT * FROM temp.nums`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer stmt.Close()
+
+	if stmt.Step() {
+		if got := stmt.ColumnText(0); got != "1" {
+			t.Errorf("got %q want 1", got)
+		}
+	}
+	if stmt.Step() {
+		if got := stmt.ColumnText(0); got != "0.1" {
+			t.Errorf("got %q want 0.1", got)
+		}
+	}
+	if stmt.Step() {
+		if got := stmt.ColumnText(0); got != "e" {
+			t.Errorf("got %q want e", got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRegister_errors(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/ext/csv/types.go b/ext/csv/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..967b4e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/csv/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package csv
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/util/vtabutil"
+)
+
+type affinity byte
+
+const (
+	blob    affinity = 0
+	text    affinity = 1
+	numeric affinity = 2
+	integer affinity = 3
+	real    affinity = 4
+)
+
+func getColumnAffinities(schema string) []affinity {
+	tab, err := vtabutil.Parse(schema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer tab.Close()
+
+	types := make([]affinity, tab.NumColumns())
+	for i := range types {
+		col := tab.Column(i)
+		types[i] = getAffinity(col.Type())
+	}
+	return types
+}
+
+func getAffinity(declType string) affinity {
+	// https://sqlite.org/datatype3.html#determination_of_column_affinity
+	if declType == "" {
+		return blob
+	}
+	name := strings.ToUpper(declType)
+	if strings.Contains(name, "INT") {
+		return integer
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(name, "CHAR") || strings.Contains(name, "CLOB") || strings.Contains(name, "TEXT") {
+		return text
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(name, "BLOB") {
+		return blob
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(name, "REAL") || strings.Contains(name, "FLOA") || strings.Contains(name, "DOUB") {
+		return real
+	}
+	return numeric
+}
diff --git a/ext/csv/types_test.go b/ext/csv/types_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b88c351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/csv/types_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package csv
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_getAffinity(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		decl string
+		want affinity
+	}{
+		{"", blob},
+		{"INTEGER", integer},
+		{"TINYINT", integer},
+		{"TEXT", text},
+		{"CHAR", text},
+		{"CLOB", text},
+		{"BLOB", blob},
+		{"REAL", real},
+		{"FLOAT", real},
+		{"DOUBLE", real},
+		{"NUMERIC", numeric},
+		{"DECIMAL", numeric},
+		{"BOOLEAN", numeric},
+		{"DATETIME", numeric},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.decl, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := getAffinity(tt.decl); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("getAffinity() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/README.md b/util/vtabutil/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7653ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Virtual Table utility functions 
+
+This package implements utilities mostly useful to virtual table implementations.
+
+It also wraps a [parser](https://github.com/marcobambini/sqlite-createtable-parser)
+for the [`CREATE`](https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html) and
+[`ALTER TABLE`](https://sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html) commands,
+created by [Marco Bambini](https://github.com/marcobambini).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/arg.go b/util/vtabutil/arg.go
index 15e2b74..7f8fac9 100644
--- a/util/vtabutil/arg.go
+++ b/util/vtabutil/arg.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package ioutil implements virtual table utility functions.
 package vtabutil
 
 import "strings"
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/parse.go b/util/vtabutil/parse.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56154ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/parse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package vtabutil
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+
+	_ "embed"
+
+	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/internal/util"
+	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero"
+	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero/api"
+)
+
+const (
+	code = 4
+	base = 8
+)
+
+var (
+	//go:embed parse/sql3parse_table.wasm
+	binary  []byte
+	ctx     context.Context
+	once    sync.Once
+	runtime wazero.Runtime
+)
+
+// Table holds metadata about a table.
+type Table struct {
+	mod api.Module
+	ptr uint32
+	sql string
+}
+
+// Parse parses a [CREATE] or [ALTER TABLE] command.
+//
+// [CREATE]: https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html
+// [ALTER TABLE]: https://sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html
+func Parse(sql string) (*Table, error) {
+	once.Do(func() {
+		ctx = context.Background()
+		cfg := wazero.NewRuntimeConfigInterpreter().WithDebugInfoEnabled(false)
+		runtime = wazero.NewRuntimeWithConfig(ctx, cfg)
+	})
+
+	mod, err := runtime.InstantiateWithConfig(ctx, binary, wazero.NewModuleConfig().WithName(""))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if buf, ok := mod.Memory().Read(base, uint32(len(sql))); ok {
+		copy(buf, sql)
+	}
+	r, err := mod.ExportedFunction("sql3parse_table").Call(ctx, base, uint64(len(sql)), code)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	c, _ := mod.Memory().ReadUint32Le(code)
+	if c == uint32(_MEMORY) {
+		panic(util.OOMErr)
+	}
+	if c != uint32(_NONE) {
+		return nil, ecode(c)
+	}
+	if r[0] == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return &Table{
+		sql: sql,
+		mod: mod,
+		ptr: uint32(r[0]),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Close closes a table handle.
+func (t *Table) Close() error {
+	mod := t.mod
+	t.mod = nil
+	return mod.Close(ctx)
+}
+
+// NumColumns returns the number of columns of the table.
+func (t *Table) NumColumns() int {
+	r, err := t.mod.ExportedFunction("sql3table_num_columns").Call(ctx, uint64(t.ptr))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return int(int32(r[0]))
+}
+
+// Column returns data for the ith column of the table.
+//
+// https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#column_definitions
+func (t *Table) Column(i int) Column {
+	r, err := t.mod.ExportedFunction("sql3table_get_column").Call(ctx, uint64(t.ptr), uint64(i))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return Column{
+		tab: t,
+		ptr: uint32(r[0]),
+	}
+}
+
+// Column holds metadata about a column.
+type Column struct {
+	tab *Table
+	ptr uint32
+}
+
+// Type returns the declared type of a column.
+//
+// https://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html#column_data_types
+func (c Column) Type() string {
+	r, err := c.tab.mod.ExportedFunction("sql3column_type").Call(ctx, uint64(c.ptr))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if r[0] == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	off, _ := c.tab.mod.Memory().ReadUint32Le(uint32(r[0]) + 0)
+	len, _ := c.tab.mod.Memory().ReadUint32Le(uint32(r[0]) + 4)
+	return c.tab.sql[off-base : off+len-base]
+}
+
+type ecode uint32
+
+const (
+	_NONE ecode = iota
+	_MEMORY
+	_SYNTAX
+	_UNSUPPORTEDSQL
+)
+
+func (e ecode) Error() string {
+	switch e {
+	case _SYNTAX:
+		return "sql3parse: invalid syntax"
+	case _UNSUPPORTEDSQL:
+		return "sql3parse: unsupported SQL"
+	default:
+		panic(util.AssertErr())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/parse/.gitignore b/util/vtabutil/parse/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b0defe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/parse/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sql3parse_table.c
+sql3parse_table.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/parse/build.sh b/util/vtabutil/parse/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a21b01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/parse/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")"
+
+ROOT=../../../
+BINARYEN="$ROOT/tools/binaryen-version_117/bin"
+WASI_SDK="$ROOT/tools/wasi-sdk-22.0/bin"
+
+"$WASI_SDK/clang" --target=wasm32-wasi -std=c17 -flto -g0 -Oz \
+	-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function \
+	-o sql3parse_table.wasm sql3parse_table.c \
+	-mexec-model=reactor \
+	-msimd128 -mmutable-globals -mmultivalue \
+	-mbulk-memory -mreference-types \
+	-mnontrapping-fptoint -msign-ext \
+	-fno-stack-protector -fno-stack-clash-protection \
+	-Wl,--stack-first \
+	-Wl,--import-undefined \
+	$(awk '{print "-Wl,--export="$0}' exports.txt)
+
+trap 'rm -f sql3parse_table.tmp' EXIT
+"$BINARYEN/wasm-ctor-eval" -g -c _initialize sql3parse_table.wasm -o sql3parse_table.tmp
+"$BINARYEN/wasm-opt" -g --strip --strip-producers -c -Oz \
+	sql3parse_table.tmp -o sql3parse_table.wasm \
+	--enable-simd --enable-mutable-globals --enable-multivalue \
+	--enable-bulk-memory --enable-reference-types \
+	--enable-nontrapping-float-to-int --enable-sign-ext
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/parse/download.sh b/util/vtabutil/parse/download.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ef99a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/parse/download.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")"
+
+curl -#OL "https://github.com/ncruces/sqlite-createtable-parser/raw/master/sql3parse_table.c"
+curl -#OL "https://github.com/ncruces/sqlite-createtable-parser/raw/master/sql3parse_table.h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/parse/exports.txt b/util/vtabutil/parse/exports.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bc38bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/parse/exports.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+sql3parse_table
+sql3table_get_column
+sql3table_num_columns
+sql3column_type
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/parse/sql3parse_table.wasm b/util/vtabutil/parse/sql3parse_table.wasm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bf1efd6
Binary files /dev/null and b/util/vtabutil/parse/sql3parse_table.wasm differ
diff --git a/util/vtabutil/vtabutil.go b/util/vtabutil/vtabutil.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb79778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/vtabutil/vtabutil.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Package vtabutil implements virtual table utility functions.
+package vtabutil