Using SQLite

August 21st, 2010 | | 538 views | 0 Comments »

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 1st Edition (August 26, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0596521189
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596521189

eBook Description:

Using SQLite: Small. Fast. Reliable., Choose Any Three by O’Reilly Press

You can build database-backed applications for the desktop, Web, embedded systems, or operating systems without linking to heavy-duty client-server databases such as Oracle and MySQL. This book shows you how to use SQLite, a small and lightweight relational database engine that you can build directly into your application. With SQLite, you’ll discover how to develop a database-backed application that remains manageable in size and complexity. Using SQLite guides you every step of the way.

Application developers, take note: databases aren’t just for the IS group any more. You can build database-backed applications for the desktop, Web, embedded systems, or operating systems without linking to heavy-duty client-server databases such as Oracle and MySQL. This book shows you how to use SQLite, a small and lightweight relational database engine that you can build directly into your application.

With SQLite, you’ll discover how to develop a database-backed application that remains manageable in size and complexity. This book guides you every step of the way. You’ll get a crash course in data modeling, become familiar with SQLite’s dialect of the SQL database language, and much more.

  • Learn how to maintain localized storage in a single file that requires no configuration
  • Build your own SQLite library or use a precompiled distribution in your application
  • Get a primer on SQL, and learn how to use several language functions and extensions
  • Work with SQLite using a scripting language or a C-based language such as C# or Objective-C
  • Understand the basics of database design, and learn how to transfer what you already know to SQLite
  • Take advantage of virtual tables and modules

“Complex SQL concepts explained clearly.”