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The Definitive Guide to SQLite
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The Definitive Guide to SQLite

by Michael Owens
May 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
462 pages
13h 19m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 1Introducing SQLite

SQLite is an open source embedded relational database. Originally released in 2000, it was designed to provide a convenient way for applications to manage data without the overhead that often comes with dedicated relational database management systems. SQLite has a reputation for being highly portable, easy to use, compact, efficient, and reliable.

An Embedded Database

SQLite is an embedded database. Rather than running independently as a standalone process, it symbiotically coexists inside the application it serves—within its process space. Its code is intertwined, or embedded, as a part of the program that hosts it. To an outside observer, it would never be apparent that such a program had a relational database ...

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