SQLITE(1)						      General Commands Manual							 SQLITE(1)

NAME

       sqlite - A command line interface for SQLite

SYNOPSIS

       sqlite [options] filename [SQL]

   SUMMARY
       sqlite  is  a terminal-based front-end to the SQLite library. It enables you to type in queries interactively, issue them to SQLite and see
       the results. Alternatively, you can specify SQL code on the command-line. In addition it provides a number of meta-commands.

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the sqlite command.  This manual page was written for the  Debian  GNU/Linux	distribution  because  the
       original program does not have a manual page.

   GETTING STARTED
       To start the sqlite program, just type "sqlite" followed by the name the file that holds the SQLite database. If the file does not exist, a
       new one is created automatically. The sqlite program will then prompt you to enter SQL. Type in SQL statements (terminated by a semicolon),
       press "Enter" and the SQL will be executed.

       For example, to create a new SQLite database named "ex1" with a single table named "tbl1", you might do this:

       $ sqlite ex1
       SQLite version 2.0.0
       Enter ".help" for instructions
       sqlite> create table tbl1(one varchar(10), two smallint);
       sqlite> insert into tbl1 values('hello!',10);
       sqlite> insert into tbl1 values('goodbye', 20);
       sqlite> select * from tbl1;
       hello!|10
       goodbye|20
       sqlite>

   SQLITE META-COMMANDS
       Most of the time, sqlite just reads lines of input and passes them on to the SQLite library for execution. But if an input line begins with
       a dot ("."), then that line is intercepted and interpreted by the sqlite program itself. These "dot commands" are typically used to  change
       the output format of queries, or to execute certain prepackaged query statements.

       For a listing of the available dot commands, you can enter ".help" at any time. For example:

       sqlite> .help
       .dump ?TABLE? ...      Dump the database in an text format
       .echo ON|OFF	      Turn command echo on or off
       .exit		      Exit this program
       .explain ON|OFF	      Turn output mode suitable for EXPLAIN on or off.
			      "off" will revert to the output mode that was
			      previously in effect
       .header(s) ON|OFF      Turn display of headers on or off
       .help		      Show this message
       .indices TABLE	      Show names of all indices on TABLE
       .mode MODE	      Set mode to one of "line(s)", "column(s)",
			      "insert", "list", or "html"
       .mode insert TABLE     Generate SQL insert statements for TABLE
       .nullvalue STRING      Print STRING instead of nothing for NULL data
       .output FILENAME       Send output to FILENAME
       .output stdout	      Send output to the screen
       .prompt MAIN CONTINUE  Replace the standard prompts
			      "sqlite > " and "   ...> "
			      with the strings MAIN and CONTINUE
			      CONTINUE is optional.
       .quit		      Exit this program
       .read FILENAME	      Execute SQL in FILENAME
       .reindex ?TABLE?       Rebuild indices
       .schema ?TABLE?	      Show the CREATE statements
       .separator STRING      Change separator string for "list" mode
       .show		      Show the current values for the following:
			      .echo
			      .explain
			      .mode
			      .nullvalue
			      .output
			      .separator
			      .width
       .tables ?PATTERN?      List names of tables matching a pattern
       .timeout MS	      Try opening locked tables for MS milliseconds
       .width NUM NUM ...     Set column widths for "column" mode
       sqlite>

OPTIONS

       The program has the following options:

       -init file
	      Read in and process 'file', which contains "dot commands".  You can use this file to initialize display settings.

       -html  Set output mode to HTML.

       -list  Set output mode to 'list'.

       -line  Set output mode to 'line'.

       -column
	      Set output mode to 'column'.

       -separator separator
	      Specify which output field separator for 'list' mode to use.  Default is '|'.

       -nullvalue string
	      When a null is encountered, print 'string'. Default is no string.

       -[no]header
	      Turn headers on or off. Default is off.

       -echo  Print commands before execution.

OUTPUT MODE

       The SQLite program has different output modes, which define the way the output (from queries) is formatted.

       In  'list'  mode,  which is the default, one record per line is output, each field separated by the separator specified with the -separator
       option or .separator command.

       In 'line' mode, each column is output on its own line, records are separated by blank lines.

       In HTML mode, an XHTML table is generated.

       In 'column' mode, one record per line is output, aligned neatly in colums.

INIT FILE

       sqlite can be initialized using resource files. These can be combined with command line arguments to set up sqlite exactly the way you want
       it.  Initialization proceeds as follows:

       o The defaults of

       mode	       = LIST
       separator       = "|"
       main prompt     = "sqlite> "
       continue prompt = "   ...> "

       are established.

       o  If  a file .sqliterc can be found in the user's home directory, it is read and processed. It should only contain "dot commands".  If the
       file is not found or cannot be read, processing continues without notification.

       o If a file is specified on the command line with the -init option, it is processed in the same manner as .sqliterc

       o All other command line options are processed

       o The database is opened and you are now ready to begin.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
       The sqlite-doc package

AUTHOR

       This manual page was originally written by Andreas Rottmann <rotty@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be  used  by  oth-
       ers).

							     Mon Apr 15 23:49:17 2002							 SQLITE(1)