Table of Contents for
Using SQLite
Using SQLite
Published by
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2010
- Cover
- Using SQLite
- O'Reilly Strata Conference
- Using SQLite
- Dedication
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Preface
- SQLite Versions
- Email Lists
- Example Code Download
- How We Got Here
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Using Code Examples
- Safari® Books Online
- How to Contact Us
- 1. What Is SQLite?
- Self-Contained, No Server Required
- Single File Database
- Zero Configuration
- Embedded Device Support
- Unique Features
- Compatible License
- Highly Reliable
- 2. Uses of SQLite
- Database Junior
- Application Files
- Application Cache
- Archives and Data Stores
- Client/Server Stand-in
- Teaching Tool
- Generic SQL Engine
- Not the Best Choice
- Big Name Users
- 3. Building and Installing SQLite
- SQLite Products
- Precompiled Distributions
- Documentation Distribution
- Source Distributions
- Building
- Build and Installation Options
- An sqlite3 Primer
- Summary
- 4. The SQL Language
- Learning SQL
- Brief Background
- General Syntax
- SQL Data Languages
- Data Definition Language
- Data Manipulation Language
- Transaction Control Language
- System Catalogs
- Wrap-up
- 5. The SELECT Command
- SQL Tables
- The SELECT Pipeline
- Advanced Techniques
- SELECT Examples
- What’s Next
- 6. Database Design
- Tables and Keys
- Common Structures and Relationships
- Normal Form
- Indexes
- Transferring Design Experience
- Closing
- 7. C Programming Interface
- API Overview
- Library Initialization
- Database Connections
- Prepared Statements
- Bound Parameters
- Convenience Functions
- Result Codes and Error Codes
- Utility Functions
- Summary
- 8. Additional Features and APIs
- Date and Time Features
- ICU Internationalization Extension
- Full-Text Search Module
- R*Trees and Spatial Indexing Module
- Scripting Languages and Other Interfaces
- Mobile and Embedded Development
- Additional Extensions
- 9. SQL Functions and Extensions
- Scalar Functions
- Aggregate Functions
- Collation Functions
- SQLite Extensions
- 10. Virtual Tables and Modules
- Introduction to Modules
- Module API
- Simple Example: dblist Module
- Advanced Example: weblog Module
- Best Index and Filter
- Wrap-Up
- A. SQLite Build Options
- Shell Directives
- ENABLE_READLINE
- Default Values
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_AUTOVACUUM
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_FILE_FORMAT
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_JOURNAL_SIZE_LIMIT
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
- SQLITE_DEFAULT_TEMP_CACHE_SIZE
- YYSTACKDEPTH
- Sizes and Limits
- SQLITE_MAX_ATTACHED
- SQLITE_MAX_COLUMN
- SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT
- SQLITE_MAX_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
- SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH
- SQLITE_MAX_FUNCTION_ARG
- SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH
- SQLITE_MAX_LIKE_PATTERN_LENGTH
- SQLITE_MAX_PAGE_COUNT
- SQLITE_MAX_PAGE_SIZE
- SQLITE_MAX_SQL_LENGTH
- SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH
- SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER
- Operation and Behavior
- SQLITE_CASE_SENSITIVE_LIKE
- SQLITE_HAVE_ISNAN
- SQLITE_OS_OTHER
- SQLITE_SECURE_DELETE
- SQLITE_THREADSAFE
- SQLITE_TEMP_STORE
- Debug Settings
- SQLITE_DEBUG
- SQLITE_MEMDEBUG
- Enable Extensions
- SQLITE_ENABLE_ATOMIC_WRITE
- SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
- SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3
- SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS
- SQLITE_ENABLE_ICU
- SQLITE_ENABLE_IOTRACE
- SQLITE_ENABLE_LOCKING_STYLE
- SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
- SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS3
- SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS5
- SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE
- SQLITE_ENABLE_STAT2
- SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT
- SQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY
- YYTRACKMAXSTACKDEPTH
- Limit Features
- SQLITE_DISABLE_LFS
- SQLITE_DISABLE_DIRSYNC
- SQLITE_ZERO_MALLOC
- Omit Core Features
- B. sqlite3 Command Reference
- Command-Line Options
- Interactive Dot-Commands
- .backup
- .bail
- .databases
- .dump
- .echo
- .exit
- .explain
- .headers
- .help
- .import
- .indices
- .iotrace
- .load
- .log
- .mode
- .nullvalue
- .output
- .prompt
- .quit
- .read
- .restore
- .schema
- .separator
- .show
- .tables
- .timeout
- .timer
- .width
- C. SQLite SQL Command Reference
- SQLite SQL Commands
- ALTER TABLE
- ANALYZE
- ATTACH DATABASE
- BEGIN TRANSACTION
- COMMIT TRANSACTION
- CREATE INDEX
- CREATE TABLE
- CREATE TRIGGER
- CREATE VIEW
- CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE
- DELETE
- DETACH DATABASE
- DROP INDEX
- DROP TABLE
- DROP TRIGGER
- DROP VIEW
- END TRANSACTION
- EXPLAIN
- INSERT
- PRAGMA
- REINDEX
- RELEASE SAVEPOINT
- REPLACE
- ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
- SAVEPOINT
- SELECT
- UPDATE
- VACUUM
- D. SQLite SQL Expression Reference
- Literal Expressions
- Logic Representations
- Unary Expressions
- Binary Expressions
- Function Calls
- Column Names
- General Expressions
- AND
- BETWEEN
- CASE
- CAST
- COLLATE
- EXISTS
- GLOB
- IN
- IS
- ISNULL
- LIKE
- MATCH
- NOTNULL
- OR
- RAISE
- REGEXP
- SELECT
- E. SQLite SQL Function Reference
- Scalar Functions
- abs()
- changes()
- coalesce()
- date()
- datetime()
- glob()
- ifnull()
- hex()
- julianday()
- last_insert_rowid()
- length()
- like()
- load_extension()
- lower()
- ltrim()
- match()
- max()
- min()
- nullif()
- quote()
- random()
- randomblob()
- regex()
- replace()
- round()
- rtrim()
- sqlite_compileoption_get()
- sqlite_compileoption_used()
- sqlite_source_id()
- sqlite_version()
- strftime()
- substr()
- time()
- total_changes()
- trim()
- typeof()
- upper()
- zeroblob()
- Aggregate Functions
- avg()
- count()
- group_concat()
- max()
- min()
- sum()
- total()
- F. SQLite SQL PRAGMA Reference
- SQLite PRAGMAs
- auto_vacuum
- cache_size
- case_sensitive_like
- collation_list
- count_changes
- database_list
- default_cache_size
- encoding
- foreign_keys
- foreign_key_list
- freelist_count
- full_column_names
- fullfsync
- ignore_check_constraints
- incremental_vacuum
- index_info
- index_list
- integrity_check
- journal_mode
- journal_size_limit
- legacy_file_format
- locking_mode
- lock_proxy_file
- lock_status
- max_page_count
- omit_readlock
- page_count
- page_size
- parser_trace
- quick_check
- read_uncommitted
- recursive_triggers
- reverse_unordered_selects
- schema_version
- secure_delete
- short_column_names
- sql_trace
- synchronous
- table_info
- temp_store
- temp_store_directory
- user_version
- vdbe_trace
- vdbe_listing
- writable_schema
- G. SQLite C API Reference
- API Datatypes
- sqlite3
- sqlite3_backup
- sqlite3_blob
- sqlite3_context
- sqlite3_int64, sqlite3_uint64, sqlite_int64, sqlite_uint64
- sqlite3_module
- sqlite3_mutex
- sqlite3_stmt
- sqlite3_value
- sqlite3_vfs
- API Functions
- sqlite3_aggregate_context()
- sqlite3_auto_extension()
- sqlite3_backup_finish()
- sqlite3_backup_init()
- sqlite3_backup_pagecount()
- sqlite3_backup_remaining()
- sqlite3_backup_step()
- sqlite3_bind_xxx()
- sqlite3_bind_parameter_count()
- sqlite3_bind_parameter_index()
- sqlite3_bind_parameter_name()
- sqlite3_blob_bytes()
- sqlite3_blob_close()
- sqlite3_blob_open()
- sqlite3_blob_read()
- sqlite3_blob_write()
- sqlite3_busy_handler()
- sqlite3_busy_timeout()
- sqlite3_changes()
- sqlite3_clear_bindings()
- sqlite3_close()
- sqlite3_collation_needed()
- sqlite3_column_xxx()
- sqlite3_column_bytes()
- sqlite3_column_count()
- sqlite3_column_database_name()
- sqlite3_column_decltype()
- sqlite3_column_name()
- sqlite3_column_origin_name()
- sqlite3_column_table_name()
- sqlite3_column_type()
- sqlite3_commit_hook()
- sqlite3_compileoption_get()
- sqlite3_compileoption_used()
- sqlite3_complete()
- sqlite3_config()
- sqlite3_context_db_handle()
- sqlite3_create_collation()
- sqlite3_create_function()
- sqlite3_create_module()
- sqlite3_data_count()
- sqlite3_db_config()
- sqlite3_db_handle()
- sqlite3_db_mutex()
- sqlite3_db_status()
- sqlite3_declare_vtab()
- sqlite3_enable_load_extension()
- sqlite3_enable_shared_cache()
- sqlite3_errcode()
- sqlite3_errmsg()
- sqlite3_exec()
- sqlite3_extended_errcode()
- sqlite3_extended_result_codes()
- sqlite3_file_control()
- sqlite3_finalize()
- sqlite3_free()
- sqlite3_free_table()
- sqlite3_get_autocommit()
- sqlite3_get_auxdata()
- sqlite3_get_table()
- sqlite3_initialize()
- sqlite3_interrupt()
- sqlite3_last_insert_rowid()
- sqlite3_libversion()
- sqlite3_libversion_number()
- sqlite3_limit()
- sqlite3_load_extension()
- sqlite3_log()
- sqlite3_malloc()
- sqlite3_memory_highwater()
- sqlite3_memory_used()
- sqlite3_mprintf()
- sqlite3_mutex_alloc()
- sqlite3_mutex_enter()
- sqlite3_mutex_free()
- sqlite3_mutex_held()
- sqlite3_mutex_leave()
- sqlite3_mutex_notheld()
- sqlite3_mutex_try()
- sqlite3_next_stmt()
- sqlite3_open()
- sqlite3_open_v2()
- sqlite3_overload_function()
- sqlite3_prepare_xxx()
- sqlite3_profile()
- sqlite3_progress_handler()
- sqlite3_randomness()
- sqlite3_realloc()
- sqlite3_release_memory()
- sqlite3_reset()
- sqlite3_reset_auto_extension()
- sqlite3_result_xxx()
- sqlite3_result_error_xxx()
- sqlite3_rollback_hook()
- sqlite3_set_authorizer()
- sqlite3_set_auxdata()
- sqlite3_shutdown()
- sqlite3_sleep()
- sqlite3_snprintf()
- sqlite3_soft_heap_limit()
- sqlite3_sourceid()
- sqlite3_sql()
- sqlite3_status()
- sqlite3_step()
- sqlite3_stmt_status()
- sqlite3_strnicmp()
- sqlite3_table_column_metadata()
- sqlite3_threadsafe()
- sqlite3_total_changes()
- sqlite3_trace()
- sqlite3_unlock_notify()
- sqlite3_update_hook()
- sqlite3_user_data()
- sqlite3_value_xxx()
- sqlite3_value_bytes()
- sqlite3_value_numeric_type()
- sqlite3_value_type()
- sqlite3_version[]
- sqlite3_vfs_find()
- sqlite3_vfs_register()
- sqlite3_vfs_unregister()
- sqlite3_vmprintf()
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Appendix B. sqlite3 Command Reference
The
sqlite3 program is a command-line interface, or
shell, that allows the user to interactively issue SQL commands and display the
results. This can be used to try out queries, test existing databases, debug
problems, or just play around and learn SQL. The sqlite3 program is similar to the mysql application for MySQL, the pgsql application for PostgreSQL, the sqlplus application for Oracle, or the sqlcmd application for SQL Server.
Once sqlite3 has started
up and opened a database, the main sqlite> prompt is displayed. At this point, SQL statements
can be entered. SQL statements should be terminated with a semicolon, and will be
executed immediately. The results (if any) will then be displayed. When the
database is ready to execute a new statement, the main command prompt will
appear.
Longer SQL statements can be entered on multiple lines. In
this case, additional lines will display the continue ...> prompt, which indicates this line is continuation of
the previous line or lines. Remember to enter a semicolon to terminate and execute
an SQL statement.
The sqlite3 source code
is included in most SQLite distributions as the source file shell.c. This, along with the amalgamation files,
are all that is required to build the sqlite3
application. For more information on building sqlite3, and what options are available, see Building and Appendix A.
A number of other third-party, general-purpose, shell-type programs exist for SQLite, including a number of GUI-based applications. See the SQLite website (http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=ManagementTools) for references to other interactive utilities and tools.