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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

Extensions to the C API


SQLite binding functionality extends the popularity and diversity of the SQLite language, but it is not supported by the core developers of the database. Instead, the SQLite community takes care of these integrations, and is well-documented online. Scripting languages, such as Perl, PHP, and Python or Java, work nicely with SQLite.

The C API interface specification for SQLite has several interface elements and can be grouped into the following categories:

  • Category one has a list of objects and datatypes utilized by the SQLite library. There are over a dozen objects and datatypes in it. The most meaningful and common ones are the database object called sqlite3 and the prepare statement called sqlite3_stmt.

  • Category two will have its list of constants used by SQLite and are referenced by the usage of the #defines syntax in the sqlite3.h header file. These are standard constants, such as SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY.

  • Category three is a list of all the functions available and the...

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