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DBOpen

Format

dbopen SQLiteFile
dbopen ( SQLiteFile )

Description

Open an SQLite database file. If the file does not exist then create it.

Example

#database foo - create a database, populate a table, open a recordset and read data from table.

# create a new database file or open it
dbopen "dbtest.sqlite3"

# delete old foo table - trap error if new database
onerror errortrap
dbexecute "drop table foo;"
offerror
# create and populate
dbexecute "create table foo (id integer, words text, value decimal);"
dbexecute "insert into foo values (1,'one',3.14);"
dbexecute "insert into foo values (2,'two',6.28);"
dbexecute "insert into foo values (3,'three',9.43);"

# open a recordset and loop through the rows of data
dbopenset "select * from foo order by words;"
while dbrow()
	print dbint(0) + dbstring(1) + dbfloat(2)
end while
dbcloseset

# wrap everything up
dbclose
end

errortrap:
# accept error - display nothing - return to next statement
return

will display

1one3.14
3three9.43
2two6.28

See Also

More information about databases in general and SQLite specifically can be found at SQLite Home Page and SQL at Wikipedia.

New To Version

0.9.6y

de/dbopen.txt · Last modified: 2020/02/28 10:46 (external edit)