* SQL Lite Data Provider
<ul>
- <li>Exists in namespace and assembly Mono.Data.SqliteClient
-
- <li>Created by Vladimir Vukicevic
-
- <li><a href"http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/download.html">SQL Lite</a>
+ <li>ADO.NET Data Provider for
+ the <a href"http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/">SQL Lite</a> which
+ is an embeddable SQL database engine</li>
+
+ <li>From the SQL Lite web page: SQLite is a C library that \r
+ implements an embeddable SQL database engine. Programs that link with \r
+ the SQLite library can have SQL database access without \r
+ running a separate RDBMS process. The distribution \r
+ comes with a standalone command-line access program (sqlite) that \r
+ can be used to administer an SQLite database and which serves \r
+ as an example of how to use the SQLite library. SQLite is not a client library \r
+ used to connect to a big database server. SQLite is the server. The SQLite \r
+ library reads and writes directly to and from the database files on disk.</li>\r
+
+ <li>SQL Lite can be downloaded
+ from <a href="http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/download.html">here</a>.
binaries exist for Linux and Windows. sqlite.dll on Windows
- and sqlite.so on Linux.
+ and sqlite.so on Linux. The source code is available too.</li>
+
+ <li>Exists in namespace and assembly Mono.Data.SqliteClient</li>
+
+ <li>Created by Vladimir Vukicevic so he could have a database of
+ thumbnail images for mPhoto. mPhoto is GUI application
+ for cataloging images. mPhoto runs on Mono
+ and uses <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/gtk-sharp.html">GTK#</a> for its GUI.</li>
+
+ <li>Bugs with Mono or the data provider should be reported
+ in Mono's Bugzilla <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/">here</a>. If you
+ do not have Bugzilla user account, it is free
+ and easy to
+ create one <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/createaccount.cgi">here</a>.</li>
+
</ul>
-* Current Status
+** Current Status
<ul>
- <li>Able to connect, execute commands, and retrieve data...
+ <li>Able to connect, execute commands, and retrieve data...</li>
- <li>Works in mPhoto
+ <li>Works in mPhoto by providing access to a SQL Lite database to store images.</li>
</ul>
-* Action Plan
+** Action Plan
<ul>
<li>Create a DataAdapter for SQL Lite named SqliteDataAdapter that can be used to
- Fill a DataTable in a DataSet
+ Fill a DataTable in a DataSet</li>
+
+ <li>Get the method GetSchemaTable() in class SqliteDataReader to return a DataTable
+ that works</li>
+</ul>
+
+** Testing
+
+<ul>
+ <li>Have a working mcs and mono</li>
+
+ <li>Make sure Mono.Data.SqliteClient.dll was built and is installed
+ in the same place as the mono class libraries.</li>
+
+ <li>If you do not have <a href"http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/download.html">SQL Lite</a>,
+ download it. There are binaries for Windows and Linux.</li>
- <li>TODO
+ <li>There is a test named SqliteTest.cs found at mcs/class/Mono.Data.SqliteTest/Test</li>
+
+ <li>Has a connection string format of "URI=file:some/path". For example,
+ the connection string "URI=file:SqliteTest.db" will use the database file
+ named SqliteTest.db, if it does not exist, the file will be created.</li>
+
+ <li>C# Example:
+<pre>
+ using System;
+ using System.Data;
+ using Mono.Data.SqliteClient;
+
+ public class Test
+ {
+ public static void Main(string[] args)
+ {
+ string connectionString = "URI=file:SqliteTest.db";
+ IDbConnection dbcon;
+ dbcon = new SqliteConnection(connectionString);
+ dbcon.Open();
+ IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
+ // requires a table to be created named employee
+ // with columns firstname and lastname
+ // such as,
+ // CREATE TABLE employee (
+ // firstname varchar(32),
+ // lastname varchar(32));
+ string sql =
+ "SELECT firstname, lastname " +
+ "FROM employee";
+ dbcmd.CommandText = sql;
+ IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader();
+ while(reader.Read()) {
+ string FirstName = (string) reader[0];
+ string LastName = (string) reader[1];
+ Console.WriteLine("Name: " +
+ FirstName + " " + LastName);
+ }
+ // clean up
+ reader.Close();
+ reader = null;
+ dbcmd.Dispose();
+ dbcmd = null;
+ dbcon.Close();
+ dbcon = null;
+ }
+ }
+</pre>
+ </li>
+ <li>Building C# Example:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Save the example to a file, such as, TestExample.cs</li>
+ <li>Build on Linux:
+<pre>
+ mcs TestExample.cs -r System.Data.dll \
+ -r Mono.Data.SqliteClient.dll
+</pre>
+ </li>
+ <li>Build on Windows via Cygwin:
+<pre>
+ mono C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/bin/mcs.exe \
+ TestExample.cs \
+ -lib:C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/lib \
+ -r System.Data.dll \
+ -r Mono.Data.SqliteClient.dll
+</pre>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>Running the Example:
+<pre>
+mono TestExample.exe
+</pre>
+ </li>
+
</ul>
+
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