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<h2>About SQLite</h2> <p> SQLite is a small C library that implements a <a href="selfcontained.html">self-contained</a>, <a href="serverless.html">serverless</a>, <a href="zeroconf.html">zero-configuration</a>, <a href="transactional.html">transactional</a> SQL database engine. </p> <h3>Features:</h3> <p><ul> <li><a href="transactional.html">Transactions</a> are atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable (ACID) even after system crashes and power failures.</li> <li><a href="zeroconf.html">Zero-configuration</a> - no setup or administration needed.</li> <li>Implements most of SQL92. (<a href="omitted.html">Features not supported</a>)</li> <li>A complete database is stored in a <a href="onefile.html">single cross-platform disk file</a>.</li> <li>Supports terabyte-sized databases and gigabyte-sized strings and blobs. (See <a href="limits.html">limits.html</a>.) <li>Small code footprint: <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=SizeOfSqlite"> less than 250KiB</a> fully configured or less than 150KiB with optional features omitted.</li> <li><a href="speed.html">Faster</a> than popular client/server database engines for most common operations.</li> <li>Simple, easy to use <a href="c3ref/intro.html">API</a>.</li> <li><a href="tclsqlite.html">TCL bindings</a> included. Bindings for many other languages <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=SqliteWrappers"> available separately.</a></li> <li>Well-commented source code with over 98% test coverage.</li> <li>Available as a <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=TheAmalgamation"> single ANSI-C source-code file</a> that you can easily drop into another project. <li><a href="selfcontained.html">Self-contained</a>: no external dependencies.</li> <li>Cross-platform: Linux (unix), MacOSX, OS/2, Win32 and WinCE are supported out of the box. Easy to port to other systems. <li>Sources are in the <a href="copyright.html">public domain</a>. Use for any purpose.</li> <li>Comes with a standalone <a href="sqlite.html">command-line interface</a> (CLI) client that can be used to administer SQLite databases.</li> </ul> </p> <h3>Suggested Uses:</h3> <p><ul> <li><p><b>Application File Format.</b> Rather than using fopen() to write XML or some proprietary format into disk files used by your application, use an SQLite database instead. You'll avoid having to write and troubleshoot a parser, your data will be more easily accessible and cross-platform, your updates will transactional.</p></li> <li><p><b>Database For Gadgets.</b> SQLite is popular choice for the database engine in cellphones, PDAs, MP3 players, set-top boxes, and other electronic gadgets. SQLite has a small code footprint, makes efficient use of memory, disk space, and disk bandwidth, is highly reliable, and requires no maintenance from a Database Adminstrator.</p></li> <li><p><b>Website Database.</b> Because it requires no configuration and stores information in order disk files, SQLite is a popular choice as the database to back small to medium-sized websites.</p></li> <li><p><b>Stand-in For An Enterprise RDBMS.</b> SQLite is often used as a surrogate for an enterprise RDBMS for demonstration purposes or for testing. SQLite is fast and requires no setup, which takes a lot of the hassle out of testing and which makes demos perky and easy to launch.</p></li> </ul>