diff --git a/core/util.rs b/core/util.rs
index 04bc72650..803c0cc59 100644
--- a/core/util.rs
+++ b/core/util.rs
@@ -2621,6 +2621,25 @@ pub mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_trim_ascii_whitespace_helper() {
+        assert_eq!(trim_ascii_whitespace("  hello  "), "hello");
+        assert_eq!(trim_ascii_whitespace("\t\nhello\r\n"), "hello");
+        assert_eq!(trim_ascii_whitespace("hello"), "hello");
+        assert_eq!(trim_ascii_whitespace("   "), "");
+        assert_eq!(trim_ascii_whitespace(""), "");
+
+        // non-breaking space should NOT be trimmed
+        assert_eq!(
+            trim_ascii_whitespace("\u{00A0}hello\u{00A0}"),
+            "\u{00A0}hello\u{00A0}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            trim_ascii_whitespace("  \u{00A0}hello\u{00A0}  "),
+            "\u{00A0}hello\u{00A0}"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_cast_real_to_integer_limits() {
         let max_exact = ((1i64 << 51) - 1) as f64;
diff --git a/core/vdbe/execute.rs b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
index e0855caac..fa263ea45 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/execute.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
@@ -10205,4 +10205,62 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = "3.46.1";
         assert_eq!(execute_turso_version(version_integer), expected);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ascii_whitespace_is_trimmed() {
+        // Regular ASCII whitespace SHOULD be trimmed
+        let ascii_whitespace_cases = vec![
+            (" 12", 12i64),            // space
+            ("12 ", 12i64),            // trailing space
+            (" 12 ", 12i64),           // both sides
+            ("\t42\t", 42i64),         // tab
+            ("\n99\n", 99i64),         // newline
+            (" \t\n123\r\n ", 123i64), // mixed ASCII whitespace
+        ];
+
+        for (input, expected_int) in ascii_whitespace_cases {
+            let mut register = Register::Value(Value::Text(input.into()));
+            apply_affinity_char(&mut register, Affinity::Integer);
+
+            match register {
+                Register::Value(Value::Integer(i)) => {
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        i, expected_int,
+                        "String '{input}' should convert to {expected_int}, got {i}"
+                    );
+                }
+                other => {
+                    panic!("String '{input}' should be converted to integer {expected_int}, got {other:?}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_non_breaking_space_not_trimmed() {
+        let test_strings = vec![
+            ("12\u{00A0}", "text", 3),   // '12' + non-breaking space (3 chars, 4 bytes)
+            ("\u{00A0}12", "text", 3),   // non-breaking space + '12' (3 chars, 4 bytes)
+            ("12\u{00A0}34", "text", 5), // '12' + nbsp + '34' (5 chars, 6 bytes)
+        ];
+
+        for (input, _expected_type, expected_len) in test_strings {
+            let mut register = Register::Value(Value::Text(input.into()));
+            apply_affinity_char(&mut register, Affinity::Integer);
+
+            match register {
+                Register::Value(Value::Text(t)) => {
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        t.as_str().chars().count(),
+                        expected_len,
+                        "String '{input}' should have {expected_len} characters",
+                    );
+                }
+                Register::Value(Value::Integer(_)) => {
+                    panic!("String '{input}' should NOT be converted to integer");
+                }
+                other => panic!("Unexpected value type: {other:?}"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/testing/affinity.test b/testing/affinity.test
index 1c32d4e4d..d580856c2 100755
--- a/testing/affinity.test
+++ b/testing/affinity.test
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} affinity-rowid {
 	select * from t where a = '1';
 } {1
 1}
+
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} affinity-ascii-whitespace-1.1 {
+  CREATE TABLE nb1(i INTEGER);
+  INSERT INTO nb1 VALUES ('12' || CHAR(160));
+  SELECT TYPEOF(i), LENGTH(i) FROM nb1;
+} {text|3}
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