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<concept id="GUID-84AD87E9-B21A-52FC-B1E1-7287BA8A30D4" xml:lang="en"><title>SQLite

Overview </title><shortdesc>This document introduces you to the interface that provides the

native SQLite C APIs. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<section id="GUID-80C31B87-0879-47D0-B925-81B7859D188E"><title>Purpose</title> <p>The SQLite library provides an interface

to the standard SQLite implementation for Symbian platform application developers.

This allows you to create application using your own SQLite implementation,

linking it as required. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-C6650136-D42E-42C5-8819-417CB900C88D"><title>Intended audience:</title> <p>This document is intended to

be used by Symbian platform licensees and third party application developers. </p></section>

<section id="GUID-B9DE45C9-AFEE-4F78-AB75-E18FE4756D68"><title>SQLite Library Details</title> <p>You can create your own

SQLite implementation, link to the SQLite static library. This library provides

an interface to the native SQLite C APIs. </p> <table id="GUID-2B770B4A-4B1F-5382-91C2-724A0A639544">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>

<thead>

<row>

<entry>LIB</entry>

<entry>Short Description</entry>

</row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <filepath>sqlite.lib</filepath>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Symbian platform implementation of SQLite. </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> </section>

<section id="GUID-A69181C0-0389-4BC1-BBCE-4B54C43F7207"><title>Architectural Relationship</title> <p>Symbian platform SQLite

is built on version 3.3.17 of the standard SQLite distribution. </p> <p>SQLite

is a free standing component which can be accessed by any application and

from anywhere in Symbian platform. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-8509C404-5B8D-4B3E-9EFC-1D84CF0A0D67"><title>Description</title> <p>SQLite is included in Symbian platform

mainly so that third party applications that make calls to SQLite can be supported

on Symbian platforms. </p> <p>SQLite functions are called from within Symbian

platform without using classes. </p> <p>SQLite is an open source implementation

of the database query language SQL. </p> <p>Please see the <b>SQLite Foundation</b> web

site, <xref href="GUID-B2652A94-E23A-5E2E-89F2-9874C0627766.dita">http://www.sqlite.org</xref>,

for more details about this open source SQL database management system. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-EBAD85AF-6198-462B-BC1C-5D998E7E24F2"><title>SQLite functionality</title> <p>SQLite is a collection of

functions that enable you to create, delete, read and modify relational databases. </p> </section>

</conbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-22844C28-AB5B-5A6F-8863-7269464684B4.dita"><linktext>SQL Overview</linktext>

</link>

<link href="GUID-1F12E3F5-45B2-55EC-B021-00338277C608.dita"><linktext>SQLDB Overview</linktext>

</link>

</related-links></concept>