Don't they get encrypted on iOS? The last few times I tried to extract stuff from my Android phones, it turned out the SQLite databases were encrypted (AES-something IIRC) and getting them decrypted was a pain in the ass (trying to cobble together Python code and keys from the interwebs).
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If you just need the messages, without being interested in the crypto, you can export it via email.
mine wasn't. On Android I believe that since Android 8 it is encrypted.