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Learning SQLite for iOS

You're reading from   Learning SQLite for iOS Extend SQLite with mobile development skills to build great apps for iOS devices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785288975
Length 154 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introduction to SQL and SQLite FREE CHAPTER 2. Database Design Concepts 3. Administering the Database 4. Essentials of SQL 5. Exposing the C API 6. Using Swift with iOS and SQLite 7. iOS Development with PhoneGap and HTML5 8. More Features and Advances in SQLite Index

Creating a database


To start, a database must be created. By using the following command to create the database, although it will be created, nothing will be physically stored in the database yet. There is no default place to store the SQLite database once it has been created. The location could be your home directory, a working directory, or a pre-created database directory:

$ sqlite3 testdatabase.db

By default, an environment is prepared ready effectively, for database objects, as defined by the preceding statement. SQLite was designed with the distinct policy of avoiding any size limits. To have a policy that would easily fit in the device's memory and be a 32-bit integer would work, but was not the best option. It proved to create problems since the product was pushed to extremes and the exploitation of security loopholes may have made the product vulnerable. The default settings of objects are generous and adequate for most applications. There are also different settings statements...

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