| PackageDescription | SQLite is a public domain file-based relational database engine that you
can find at https://www.sqlite.org/.
*DBD::SQLite* is a Perl DBI driver for SQLite, that includes the entire
thing in the distribution. So in order to get a fast transaction capable
RDBMS working for your perl project you simply have to install this module,
and *nothing* else.
SQLite supports the following features:
* Implements a large subset of SQL92
See https://www.sqlite.org/lang.html for details.
* A complete DB in a single disk file
Everything for your database is stored in a single disk file, making it
easier to move things around than with DBD::CSV.
* Atomic commit and rollback
Yes, *DBD::SQLite* is small and light, but it supports full transactions!
* Extensible
User-defined aggregate or regular functions can be registered with the SQL
parser.
There's lots more to it, so please refer to the docs on the SQLite web
page, listed above, for SQL details. Also refer to DBI for details on how
to use DBI itself. The API works like every DBI module does. However,
currently many statement attributes are not implemented or are limited by
the typeless nature of the SQLite database. |