131 lines
4.3 KiB
Tcl
131 lines
4.3 KiB
Tcl
#
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# Run this TCL script to generate HTML for the index.html file.
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#
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set rcsid {$Id: index.tcl,v 1.2 2000/05/29 18:20:15 drh Exp $}
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puts {<html>
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<head><title>SQLite: An SQL Frontend For GDBM</title></head>
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<body bgcolor=white>
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<h1 align=center>SQLite: An SQL Frontend For GDBM</h1>
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<p align=center>}
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puts "Last modified [lrange $rcsid 3 4] GMT"
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puts {</p>}
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puts {<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL frontend to GDBM.
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SQLite is intended for use in standalone programs that need
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to use an SQL database but which do not have access to a full-blown
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SQL RDBMS.</p>
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<p>The C interface to SQLite is very simple, consisting of only
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four functions and a single opaque data structure.
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See <a href="c_interface.html">c_interface.html</a> for details.
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A Tcl interface
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to SQLite is also available and is included in the source tree.
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Documentation on the Tcl interface is pending.
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Interfaces for perl and python may be supplied in future releases.</p>
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<p>There is a standalone C program named "sqlite" that can be used
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to interactively create, update and/or query an SQLite database.
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The sources to the sqlite program are part of the source tree and
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can be used as an example of how to interact with the SQLite C
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library. For more information on the sqlite program,
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see <a href="sqlite.html">sqlite.html</a>.</p>
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<p>SQLite does not try to implement every feature of SQL. But it
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does strive to implement to most commonly used features. SQLite
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currently understands the following SQL commands:</p>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>CREATE TABLE</li>
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<li>CREATE INDEX</li>
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<li>DROP TABLE</li>
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<li>DROP INDEX</li>
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<li>INSERT INTO</li>
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<li>UPDATE</li>
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<li>SELECT</li>
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<li>DELETE FROM</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<p>Some the many SQL features that SQLite does not (currently)
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implement are as follows:</p>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>ALTER TABLE</li>
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<li>The GROUP BY or HAVING clauses of a SELECT</li>
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<li>The LIKE or IN</li>
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<li>Constraints</li>
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<li>Nested queries</li>
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<li>Transactions or rollback</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<H2>Status</h2>
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<p>The current version of SQLite should be considered "alpha" software.
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It is incomplete and is known to contain bugs. The software is
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subject to incompatible changes with each release. You should not use
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SQLite in its present form in production software.</p>
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<p>The purpose of releasing SQLite before it is ready is to evoke
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public comment and criticism of the software. If you find bugs
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or have any thoughts on how to make SQLite better, or would
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like to contribute code or patches to SQLite, please join
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the mailing (see below) and let us know.</p>
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<p>SQLite has so far been tested only on RedHat 6.0 Linux. But we
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know of no reason why it will not work on any other Unix platform,
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or on Windows95/98/NT.</p>
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}
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puts {<h2>Mailing List</h2>
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<p>A mailing list has been set up on eGroups for discussion of
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SQLite design issues or for asking questions about SQLite.</p>
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<center>
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<a href="http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/sqlite">
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<img src="http://www.egroups.com/img/ui/join.gif" border=0 /><br />
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Click to subscribe to sqlite</a>
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</center>}
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puts {<h2>Download</h2>
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<p>You can download a tarball containing all C source
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code for SQLite at <a href="sqlite.tar.gz">sqlite.tar.gz</a>.}
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puts "This is a [file size sqlite.tar.gz] byte download. The
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tarball was last modified at [clock format [file mtime sqlite.tar.gz]]"
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puts {</p>
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<p>You can also download a larger tarball that contains everything
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in the source tarball plus all of the sources for the text that
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appears on this website, and other miscellaneous files. The
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complete tarball is found at <a href="all.tar.gz">all.tar.gz</a>.}
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puts "This is a [file size all.tar.gz] byte download and was
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was last modified at [clock format [file mtime sqlite.tar.gz]]</p>"
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puts {<h2>Related Sites</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>The canonical site for GDBM is
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/gdbm.html">
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http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/gdbm.html</a></p></li>
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<li><p>Someday, we would like to port SQLite to work with
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the Berkeley DB library in addition to GDBM. For information
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about the Berkeley DB library, see
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<a href="http://www.sleepcat.com/">http://www.sleepycat.com</a>
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</p></li>
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</ul>}
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puts {
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<p><hr /></p>
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<p>
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<a href="../index.html"><img src="/goback.jpg" border=0 />
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More Open Source Software</a> from Hwaci.
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</p>
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</body></html>}
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