SQLite
Developer(s) | D. Richard Hipp |
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Initial release | 17 August 2000 |
Stable release | 3.45.3[1] (15 April 2024 ) [±] |
Repository | |
Written in | RDBMS (embedded) |
License | Public domain[2] |
Website | sqlite |
Filename extension |
.sqlite, .sqlite3, .db, .db3, .s3db, .sl3 |
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Public Domain) | |
Website | www |
SQLite (
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In August 2000, version 1.0 of SQLite was released, with storage based on
SQLite is one of four formats recommended for long-term storage of datasets approved for use by the Library of Congress.[14][15][16]
Design
SQLite was designed to allow the program to be operated without installing a database management system or requiring a
Due to the serverless design, SQLite applications require less configuration than client–server databases. SQLite is called zero-conf[17] because it does not require service management (such as startup scripts) or access control based on GRANT and passwords. Access control is handled by means of file-system permissions given to the database file itself. Databases in client–server systems use file-system permissions that give access to the database files only to the daemon process, which handles its locks internally, allowing concurrent writes from several processes.
SQLite stores the whole database (definitions,
SQLite uses
Features
SQLite implements most of the
SQLite uses an unusual
CHECK(typeof(x)='integer')
.[10] Strict tables were added in version 3.37.1.[22]Tables normally include a hidden rowid index column, which gives faster access.
Version 3.6.19 released on October 14, 2009 added support for foreign key constraints.[26][27]
Stored procedures are not supported; this is an explicit choice by the developers to favor simplicity, as the typical use case of SQLite is to be embedded inside a host application that can define its own procedures around the database.[28]
Full support for Unicode case-conversions can be enabled through an optional extension.[29]
SQLite version 3.7.4 first saw the addition of the FTS4 (
In 2015, with the json1 extension[35] and new subtype interfaces, SQLite version 3.9 introduced JSON content managing.
As of version 3.33.0, the maximum supported database size is 281 TB.[36]
Development and distribution
SQLite's code is hosted with
SQLite is public domain, but not "open-contribution", with the website stating "the project does not accept patches from people who have not submitted an affidavit dedicating their contribution into the public domain."[39] Instead of a code of conduct, the founders have adopted a code of ethics based on the Rule of St. Benedict.[40]
A standalone command-line shell program called sqlite3[41] is provided in SQLite's distribution. It can be used to create a database, define tables, insert and change rows, run queries and manage an SQLite database file. It also serves as an example for writing applications that use the SQLite library.
SQLite uses automated regression testing prior to each release. Over 2 million tests[42] are run as part of a release's verification. Starting with the August 10, 2009 release of SQLite 3.6.17, SQLite releases have 100% branch test coverage, one of the components of code coverage. The tests and test harnesses are partially public-domain and partially proprietary.[42]
Notable uses
Operating systems
SQLite is included by default in:[11]
- Android
- BlackBerry 10 OS
- rpmcore package management system
- FreeBSD where starting with 10-RELEASE version in January 2014, it is used by the core package management system.
- illumos
- iOS
- API from the original implementation)
- Maemo
- MeeGo
- MorphOS 3.10 onwards
- NetBSD
- NixOS where it is used by the Nix core package management system
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux where it is used in the same way as Fedora, from which Red Hat Enterprise Linux is derived
- Solaris 10 where the Service Management Facilitydatabase is serialized for booting.
- Symbian OS
- Tizen
- webOS
- Windows 10 onwards[43]
Middleware
- ADO.NET adapter, initially developed by Robert Simpson, is maintained jointly with the SQLite developers since April 2010.[44]
- ODBC driver has been developed and is maintained separately by Christian Werner.[45] Werner's ODBC driver is the recommended connection method for accessing SQLite from OpenOffice.org.[46]
- COM (ActiveX) wrapper making SQLite accessible on Windows to scripted languages such as JScript and VBScript. This adds SQLite database capabilities to HTML Applications (HTA).[47]
Web browsers
- The browsers
- "Firefox Quantum"), there was a third-party add-on that used the API supporting this functionality to provide a user interface for managing arbitrary SQLite databases.[50]
- Several third-party add-ons can make use of JavaScript APIs to manage SQLite databases.[51][52]
Web application frameworks
- Symfony
- Laravel
- Bugzilla
- Django's default database management system
- Drupal
- Trac
- Ruby on Rails's default database management system
- web2py
- Jam.py
Others
- Adobe Reader.[11]
- As with much Apple software, Photos uses SQLite internally.[53]
- Audacity uses SQLite as its file format, as of version 3.0.0.[54]
- Evernote uses SQLite to store its local database repository in Windows.
- Skype[55]
- The Service Management Facility, used for service management within the Solaris and OpenSolarisoperating systems
- Flame (malware)
- IDriveSat Nav system
- TomTom GPS systems, for the NDS map data
- Proxmox VE - Proxmox Cluster File System (pmxcfs)
See also
- Comparison of relational database management systems
- List of relational database management systems
- MySQL
- SpatiaLite
References
Citations
- ^ "SQLite Release 3.45.3 On 2024-04-15". 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "SQLite Copyright". sqlite.org. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ "SQLite database file format media type at IANA". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. IANA. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ "Why SQLite succeeded as a database — Richard Hipp, creator of SQLite". The Changelog. Episode 201. Event occurs at 00:17:25.
How do I pronounce the name of the product? I say S-Q-L-ite, like a mineral.
- ^ D. Richard Hipp (presenter) (May 31, 2006). An Introduction to SQLite (video). Google Inc. Event occurs at 00:01:14. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
[...] ess-kju-ellite [...]
- ^ D. Richard Hipp (presenter) (May 31, 2006). An Introduction to SQLite. Google Inc. Event occurs at 00:48:15. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
[...] sequelite [...]
- ^ "Most Widely Deployed SQL Database Estimates". SQLite.org. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-59059-673-9. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "STRICT Tables".
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59059-673-9.
- ^ a b c "Well-Known Users Of SQLite". SQLite. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Interview: Richard Hipp on UnQL, a New Query Language for Document Databases". InfoQ. August 4, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ McCarthy, Kieren. "SQLite creator crucified after code of conduct warns devs to love God, and not kill, commit adultery, steal, curse..." www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "LoC Recommended Storage Format". www.sqlite.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "SQLite, Version 3". www.loc.gov. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "Recommended Formats Statement – datasets/databases". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "SQLite Is A Zero-Configuration Database". SQLite.org. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "Write Ahead Logging in SQLite 3.7". SQLite.org. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
WAL provides more concurrency as readers do not block writers and a writer does not block readers. Reading and writing can proceed concurrently.
- ^ "Appropriate Uses For SQLite". SQLite.org. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ^ "PGCon 2014: Clustering and VODKA". Lwn.net. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "PGCon2014: SQLite: Protégé of PostgreSQL". Pgcon.org. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ a b "SQLite: StrictMode". Sqlite.org. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "Release History of SQLite".
- ^ "SQL As Understood By SQLite". SQLite. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
Searching for a record with a specific rowid, or for all records with rowids within a specified range is around twice as fast as a similar search made by specifying any other PRIMARY KEY or indexed value.
- ^ "SQLite: Check-in [2494132a]". www.sqlite.org. 2017-11-28.
Add the "PRAGMA table_ipk(TABLE)" command for evaluation purposes.
- ISBN 978-1-934356-55-5.
Sometimes you're forced to use a database brand that doesn't support foreign key constraints (for example MySQL's MyISAM storage engine or SQLite prior to version 3.6.19).
- ^ "SQLite Release 3.6.19 On 2009-10-14". sqlite.org.
- ^ Source: developers' comments on SQLite forum
- ^ "Case-insensitive matching of Unicode characters does not work". SQLite Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ^ "SQLite Release 3.7.4 On 2010-12-08". SQLite.org. December 8, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "SQLite FTS3 and FTS4 Extensions". SQLite.org. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "SQLite Release 3.8.2 On 2013-12-06". SQLite.org. December 6, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "The WITHOUT ROWID Optimization". SQLite.org. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "SQLite Release 3.8.3 On 2014-02-03". SQLite.org. February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "The JSON1 Extension". SQLite.org.
- ^ "Limits In SQLite". SQLite.org.
- ^ "Thoughts On The Design Of The Fossil DVCS". Fossil-scm.org. July 12, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
- ^ "Fossil: Fossil Performance". Fossil-scm.org. August 23, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- ^ "SQLite Copyright". sqlite.org. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Code Of Ethics". sqlite.org. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Command Line Shell For SQLite". Sqlite.org. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
- ^ a b "How SQLite Is Tested". SQLite.org. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- ^ "To use the version of SQLite that is installed with Windows". 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Home". System.Data.SQLite. 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "SQLite ODBC Driver". Ch-werner.de. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "Using SQLite Database with OpenOffice.org : Version 2.0" (PDF). Documentation.openoffice.org. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "sqlite — Sqlite Wrappers". SQLite.org. February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ^ "sqlite3 WebAssembly & JavaScript Documentation Index". SQLite. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Location of Google Chrome history". www.foxtonforensics.com. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "SQLite Manager :: Add-ons for Firefox". Addons.mozilla.org. 2015-02-28. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "SQLite Manager – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)". Addons.mozilla.org. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "SQLite Reader – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)". Addons.mozilla.org. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "Using SQL to find my best photo of a pelican according to Apple Photo". Simon Willison’s Weblog. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "Audacity 3.0.0 Released". 17 March 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ Hinegardner, Jeremy (August 28, 2007). "Skype client using SQLite?". sqlite-users (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
Sources
- Allen, Grant; Owens, Mike (November 5, 2010). The Definitive Guide to SQLite (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-1-4302-3225-4. Archived from the originalon December 30, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- Kreibich, Jay A. (August 17, 2010). Using SQLite (1st ed.). ISBN 978-0-596-52118-9.
- Newman, Chris (November 9, 2004). SQLite (Developer's Library) (1st ed.). ISBN 0-672-32685-X.
External links
- Official website
- "The Untold Story of SQLite". CoRecursive.
- SQLite at Curlie