In this article on Understanding SQLite Database With Examples, I will explain what is SQLite and when you should use it. Here you will also find some examples of using SQLite.
When you need to use a light weight, cross-platform, and open-source database, SQLite is the best choice. It is a serverless database. In other words, you don’t need to install a database server.
Like any other SQL database, we can run queries in SQLite. However, SQLite is a file based database and therefore differs from other SQL based databases. Also, being a file based database makes it portable. It require client side libraries. Almost every programming language has SQLite libraries. So it simply exists as an API and creates a single file database.
First you need to download SQLite from its official website.
Then, select the appropriate version according to your operating system.
Next, you need to set the environment variables.
So, set the PATH variable as given below. It should be the path to the folder where you have saved the extracted folder for SQLite.
Launch the command prompt and type sqlite3 as given below.
You can create a database as follows.
That’s it. Now you can use SQLite3 for storing and managing data.
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