From 2b464341092829b42849097686998d4d29d783a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 13:36:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain SQLite a bit more clearly --- Doc/lib/libsqlite3.tex | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsqlite3.tex b/Doc/lib/libsqlite3.tex index d87e064728..7517f6b970 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsqlite3.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsqlite3.tex @@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ \sectionauthor{Gerhard Häring}{gh@ghaering.de} \versionadded{2.5} -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}. To use the module, you must first create a \class{Connection} object that represents the database. Here the data will be stored in the -- 2.50.1