diff --git a/core/util.rs b/core/util.rs
index 745eb7a0b8..38eab7f4ee 100644
--- a/core/util.rs
+++ b/core/util.rs
@@ -951,6 +951,24 @@ pub fn decode_percent(uri: &str) -> String {
     String::from_utf8_lossy(&decoded).to_string()
 }
 
+pub fn trim_ascii_whitespace(s: &str) -> &str {
+    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+    let start = bytes
+        .iter()
+        .position(|&b| !b.is_ascii_whitespace())
+        .unwrap_or(bytes.len());
+    let end = bytes
+        .iter()
+        .rposition(|&b| !b.is_ascii_whitespace())
+        .map(|i| i + 1)
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    if start <= end {
+        &s[start..end]
+    } else {
+        ""
+    }
+}
+
 /// When casting a TEXT value to INTEGER, the longest possible prefix of the value that can be interpreted as an integer number
 /// is extracted from the TEXT value and the remainder ignored. Any leading spaces in the TEXT value when converting from TEXT to INTEGER are ignored.
 /// If there is no prefix that can be interpreted as an integer number, the result of the conversion is 0.
@@ -2577,4 +2595,23 @@ pub mod tests {
             Ok(Float(-3.22))
         );
     }
+
+    #[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}"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/vdbe/execute.rs b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
index 176d19ef91..47c850d102 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/execute.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use crate::types::{
 };
 use crate::util::{
     normalize_ident, rewrite_column_references_if_needed, rewrite_fk_parent_cols_if_self_ref,
+    trim_ascii_whitespace,
 };
 use crate::vdbe::insn::InsertFlags;
 use crate::vdbe::{registers_to_ref_values, EndStatement, TxnCleanup};
@@ -9882,7 +9883,7 @@ fn apply_affinity_char(target: &mut Register, affinity: Affinity) -> bool {
                 }
 
                 if let Value::Text(t) = value {
-                    let text = t.as_str().trim();
+                    let text = trim_ascii_whitespace(t.as_str());
 
                     // Handle hex numbers - they shouldn't be converted
                     if text.starts_with("0x") {
@@ -11784,4 +11785,62 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(!bitfield.get(i));
         }
     }
+
+    #[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 1c32d4e4dd..d580856c26 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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