From: Andrew M. Kuchling Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 13:35:49 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Explain SQLite a bit more clearly X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~2677 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7f295de9a3e2c2f0fe766d7eee92c4fcd7fe65f1;p=python Explain SQLite a bit more clearly --- diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex index 36da27c829..42527e99e9 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex @@ -2116,14 +2116,16 @@ The pysqlite module (\url{http://www.pysqlite.org}), a wrapper for the SQLite embedded database, has been added to the standard library under the package name \module{sqlite3}. -SQLite is a C library that provides a SQL-language database that -stores data in disk files without requiring a separate server process. +SQLite is a C library that provides a lightweight disk-based database +that doesn't require a separate server process and allows accessing +the database using a nonstandard variant of the SQL query language. +Some applications can use SQLite for internal data storage. It's also +possible to prototype an application using SQLite and then port the +code to a larger database such as PostgreSQL or Oracle. + pysqlite was written by Gerhard H\"aring and provides a SQL interface compliant with the DB-API 2.0 specification described by -\pep{249}. This means that it should be possible to write the first -version of your applications using SQLite for data storage. If -switching to a larger database such as PostgreSQL or Oracle is -later necessary, the switch should be relatively easy. +\pep{249}. If you're compiling the Python source yourself, note that the source tree doesn't include the SQLite code, only the wrapper module.