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SQLite offers a lot of different installation packages, depending on your operating systems. It also offers a lot of APIs for a broad range of programming languages.
SQLite Expert Professional is available for you to try as fully functional product, with no obligation, for a period of 30 days. After the expiration of the evaluation period you must either purchase this software or remove it from your computer.
In this tutorial, you will learn-
Download & Install SQLite Package Installer
Installation packages available for Windows 10 users:
- There are over 1 trillion (1e12) SQLite databases in active use. SQLite source code is in the public-domain and is free to everyone to use for any purpose. Latest Release Version 3.29.0 (2019-07-10). Download Prior Releases.
- There are over 1 trillion (1e12) SQLite databases in active use. SQLite source code is in the public-domain and is free to everyone to use for any purpose. Latest Release Version 3.29.0 (2019-07-10). Download Prior Releases.
- This is a minor bug fix release for most people, but does address one fairly important problem with the Windows installer for the previous (3.10.0) release. That previous release included updated MSVC redistributables which rebooted some people's computers at the end of the install, without warning.
From the SQLite official website in the download section. The following screenshot allows you to download different SQLite's installation packages for Windows:
The command line shell program:
The highlighted download package is called the Command-Line Program (CLP). CLP is a command line application that let you access the SQLite database management system and all the features of the SQLite. Using CLP, you can create and manage the SQLite database. And it is the tool that we will use throughout the tutorial.
- 32-bit DLL(x86): The SQLite Database system core library for x86 platforms.
- 64-bit DLL (x64): The SQLite Database system core library for x64 platforms.
Installing the Command-Line Program (CLP) on your machine:
In the following steps, you will find the steps for how to install the Command-Line Program (CLP) on your machine:
Step 1) Download the highlighted download package from the previous image to your PC. It is a 'zip' file.
Step 2) Extract the zip file. You will find the 'sqlite3.exe' in the extracted file as following:
Step 3) Open My Computer, and double-click the partition 'C' to navigate to it:
Step 4) Create a new directory 'sqlite':
Step 5) Copy the file 'sqlite3.exe' into it. This is what we will use through the tutorials to run SQLite queries:
However, there are some other packages for different purposes. They are not required. But you might need it if you are using a different OS than Windows you can get the Linux or Mac OS version of SQLite.
Also, you can get the documentation or source code from there if you wish. You can also get the API for Windows Phone 8 or .Net and other programming languages.
Here are some other different packages for different purposes:
- The Source Code and some alternative Source Code Formats – The complete source code that made up the SQLite.
- The documentation – The documentation of the SQLite as HTML pages. It is the same online documentation, but downloadable as HTML page so that you can open them offline.
- Precompiled Binaries for Linux.
- Precompiled Binaries for Mac OS X (x86).
- Precompiled Binaries for Windows Phone 8 – SDK and components to develop an application for Windows Phone 8 that uses SQLite databases.
- Precompiled Binaries for Windows Runtime – SDK and other components for developing an application to connect to SQLite databases for the Windows Runtime platforms.
- Precompiled Binaries for .NET – these are some set of DLLs and .NET libraries that you can use them from .NET application to connect to SQLite databases.
SQLite Studio – Manager and Administration
There are lots of SQLite management tools that make working with SQLite databases easier. Instead of creating and managing databases using a command line, these tools provide a set of GUI tools that let you create and manage the database.
The official SQLite website has dozens of such tools listed; you can view them from here: SQLite Management Tools. Here is the recommended one
SQLite Studio: It is a portable tool that doesn't require an installation. It supports both SQLite3 and SQLite2. You can easily import and export data to various formats like CSV, HTML, PDF, JSON. Its open source and supports Unicode.
Introducing Sample database
In the following steps, we will create the sample database that we will use throughout the tutorials:
Step 1) Open a text file and paste the following commands into it:
Step 2) Save the file as 'TutorialsSampleDB.sql' in the following directory 'C:sqlite'.
Step 3) Open the Windows Command Line tool (cmd.exe) from the start menu, type 'cmd' and open it.
Step 4) It will open in the default path, you need to navigate to the 'C:sqlite' folder we had created earlier in this tutorial by the following command 'cd 'C:sqlite':
Step 5) Write the following command,
The command should be completed successfully, and you should see no output after that command as the following screenshot:
Step 6) You should now be able to see the database file 'TutorialsSampleDB.db' created in the directory 'C:sqlite':
From Postgresql Community: SQLite is a in-process library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. The code for SQLite is in the public domain and is thus free for use for any purpose, commercial or private. SQLite is currently found in more applications than we can count, including several high-profile projects. SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine. Unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have a separate server process. SQLite reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with multiple tables, indices, triggers, and views, is contained in a single disk file. The database file format is cross-platform - you can freely copy a database between 32-bit and 64-bit systems or between big-endian and little-endian architectures. These features make SQLite a popular choice as an Application File Format. Think of SQLite not as a replacement for Oracle but as a replacement for fopen() If you need a GUI for database management, you can install NAVICAT. SQLite is a compact library. With all features enabled, the library size can be less than 300KiB, depending on compiler optimization settings. (Some compiler optimizations such as aggressive function inlining and loop unrolling can cause the object code to be much larger.) If optional features are omitted, the size of the SQLite library can be reduced below 180KiB. SQLite can also be made to run in minimal stack space (4KiB) and very little heap (100KiB), making SQLite a popular database engine choice on memory constrained gadgets such as cellphones, PDAs, and MP3 players. There is a tradeoff between memory usage and speed. SQLite generally runs faster the more memory you give it. Nevertheless, performance is usually quite good even in low-memory environments.
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SQLite is a in-process library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. The code for SQLite is in the public domain and is thus free for use for any purpose, commercial or private. SQLite is currently found in more applications than we can count, including several high-profile projects. SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine. Unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have a separate server process. SQLite reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with multiple tables, indices, triggers, and views, is contained in a single disk file. The database file format is cross-platform - you can freely copy a database between 32-bit and 64-bit systems or between big-endian and little-endian architectures. These features make SQLite a popular choice as an Application File Format. Think of SQLite not as a replacement for Oracle but as a replacement for fopen() If you need a GUI for database management, you can install NAVICAT. SQLite is a compact library. With all features enabled, the library size can be less than 300KiB, depending on compiler optimization settings. (Some compiler optimizations such as aggressive function inlining and loop unrolling can cause the object code to be much larger.) If optional features are omitted, the size of the SQLite library can be reduced below 180KiB. SQLite can also be made to run in minimal stack space (4KiB) and very little heap (100KiB), making SQLite a popular database engine choice on memory constrained gadgets such as cellphones, PDAs, and MP3 players. There is a tradeoff between memory usage and speed. SQLite generally runs faster the more memory you give it. Nevertheless, performance is usually quite good even in low-memory environments.