SQLITE(3lua) | LUA Library Manual | SQLITE(3lua)

# NAME

`sqlite` —
access SQLite3 files from Lua

# SYNOPSIS

`local sqlite = require 'sqlite'`

`err = sqlite.initialize()`
`sqlite.shutdown()`
`db, err = sqlite.open(file [, flags])`
`version = sqlite.libversion()`
`version = sqlite.libversion_number()`
`id = sqlite.sourceid()`

`err = sqlite.close(db)`
`stmt, err = sqlite.prepare(db, sql)`
`err = sqlite.exec(db, sql)`
`err = sqlite.errcode(db)`
`msg = sqlite.errmsg(db)`
`res = sqlite.get_autocommit(db)`
`res = sqlite.changes(db)`

`err = sqlite.bind(stmt, pidx, value)`
`count = sqlite.bind_parameter_count(stmt)`
`pidx = sqlite.bind_parameter_index(stmt, name)`
`name = sqlite.bind_parameter_name(stmt, pidx)`
`err = sqlite.step(stmt)`
`value = sqlite.column(stmt, cidx)`
`sqlite.reset(stmt)`
`sqlite.clear_bindings(stmt)`
`sqlite.finalize(stmt)`
`name = sqlite.column_name(stmt, cidx)`
`count = sqlite.column_count(stmt)`

# DESCRIPTION

The `sqlite` Lua binding provides access to SQLite3 files.

# GENERAL FUNCTIONS

`err = sqlite.initialize()`
  Initialize the SQLite3 library. Workstation applications using SQLite normally do not need to invoke this function.

`sqlite.shutdown()`
  Deallocate any resources that were allocated by `sqlite.initialize`(). Workstation applications using SQLite normally do not need to invoke this function.

`db, err = sqlite.open(file [, flags])`
  Open a database, optionally passing flags. When called without flags, the database will be opened for reading and writing and it will be created if it does not yet exist. The following flags are defined:

  `sqlite.OPEN_READONLY`
    The database is opened in read-only mode. If the database does not already exist, an error is returned.

  `sqlite.OPEN_READWRITE`
    The database is opened for reading and writing if possible, or reading only if the file is write protected by the operating system. In either case the database must already exist, otherwise an error is returned.

  `sqlite.OPEN_CREATE`
    The database is opened for reading and writing, and is created if it does not already exist.

`version = sqlite.libversion()`
  Return the SQLite3 library version number as a string.

`version = sqlite.libversion_number()`
  Return the SQLite3 library version number as a number.

`id = sqlite.sourceid()`
  Return the SQLite3 library source id as a string.

# DATABASE FUNCTIONS

Database functions operate on database objects returned by `sqlite.open`().

`err = sqlite.close(db)`
  Close an open database. Like with all remaining database functions, this function can also be called using the Lua "colon" syntactic sugar as db:close().

`stmt, err = sqlite.prepare(db, sql)`
  Return a prepared statement.

`err = sqlite.exec(db, sql)`
  Directly execute an SQL statement. Be careful when creating SQL on the fly (SQL injection attacks).

`err = sqlite.errcode(db)`
  Return the numeric error code.

`msg = sqlite.errmsg(db)`
  Return the error message as a string.

`res = sqlite.get_autocommit(db)`
  Return the autocommit flag.

`res = sqlite.changes(db)`
  This function returns the number of database rows that were changed or inserted or deleted by the most recently completed SQL statement on the database.

# STATEMENT FUNCTIONS

`err = sqlite.bind(stmt, pidx, value)`
  Bind value to the parameter pidx in the prepared statement stmt.

`count = sqlite.bind_parameter_count(stmt)`
  Return the number of parameters in the prepared statement stmt.

`pidx = sqlite.bind_parameter_index(stmt, name)`
  Return the parameter index for name in the prepared statement stmt.

`name = sqlite.bind_parameter_name(stmt, pidx)`
  Return the parameter name for the parameter index pidx in the prepared statement stmt.

`err = sqlite.step(stmt)`
  Execute prepared statement stmt.

`value = sqlite.column(stmt, cidx)`
  Return the value at column cidx in the prepared statement stmt.

`sqlite.reset(stmt)`
  The `sqlite.reset`() function is called to reset a prepared statement object back to its initial state, ready to be re-executed.

`sqlite.clear_bindings(stmt)`
  Contrary to the intuition of many, `sqlite.reset`() does not reset the bindings on a prepared statement. Use this routine to reset all host parameters to `NULL`.

`sqlite.finalize(stmt)`
  The `sqlite.finalize`() function is called to delete a prepared statement.

`name = sqlite.column_name(stmt, cidx)`
  Return the name assigned to a particular column in the result set of a SELECT statement.

`count = sqlite.column_count(stmt)`
  Return the number of columns in the result set returned by the prepared statement stmt. This routine returns 0 if stmt is an SQL statement that does not return data (for example an UPDATE).

# ERROR CODES

Most functions return an error code, the following error codes are defined:

`sqlite.OK`
  Successful result.

`sqlite.ERROR`
  SQL error or missing database.

`sqlite.INTERNAL`
  Internal logic error in SQLite.

`sqlite.PERM`
  Access permission denied.

`sqlite.ABORT`
  Callback routine requested an abort.

`sqlite.BUSY`
  The database file is locked.

`sqlite.LOCKED`
  A table in the database is locked.

`sqlite.NOMEM`
  Out of memory.

`sqlite.READONLY`
  Attempt to write a readonly database.

`sqlite.INTERRUPT`
  Operation terminated by `sqlite3_interrupt`().

`sqlite.IOERR`
  Some kind of disk I/O error occurred.

`sqlite.CORRUPT`
  The database disk image is malformed.

`sqlite.NOTFOUND`
  Unknown opcode in `sqlite3_file_control`().

`sqlite.FULL`
  Insertion failed because database is full.

`sqlite.CANTOPEN`
  Unable to open the database file.

`sqlite.PROTOCOL`
  Database lock protocol error.

`sqlite.EMPTY`
  Database is empty.

`sqlite.SCHEMA`
  The database schema changed.

`sqlite.TOOBIG`
  String or BLOB exceeds size limit.

`sqlite.CONSTRAINT`
  Abort due to constraint violation.

`sqlite.MISMATCH`
  Data type mismatch.

`sqlite.MISUSE`
  Library used incorrectly.

`sqlite.NOLFS`
  Uses OS features not supported on host.

`sqlite.AUTH`
  Authorization denied.

`sqlite.FORMAT`
  Auxiliary database format error.

`sqlite.RANGE`
  2nd parameter to `sqlite.bind`() out of range.

`sqlite.NOTADB`
  File opened that is not a database file.

`sqlite.ROW`
  `sqlite.step`() has another row ready.

`sqlite.DONE`
  `sqlite.step`() has finished executing.

# SEE ALSO

lua(1), luac(1), sqlite3(1), intro(3lua)

# HISTORY

An `sqlite` manual appeared in NetBSD 7.0.

# AUTHORS

The `sqlite` Lua binding was written by Marc Balmer <mbalmer@NetBSD.org>.

October 28, 2013 | NetBSD 10.0