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<h1 align="center">Categorical Index Of SQLite Documents</h1>

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<tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>Overview Documents</b><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="about.html">About&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A high-level overview of what SQLite is and why you might be
  interested in using it.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="whentouse.html">Appropriate&nbsp;Uses&nbsp;For&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document describes situations where SQLite is an appropriate
  database engine to use versus situations where a client/server
  database engine might be a better choice.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="different.html">Distinctive&nbsp;Features</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document enumerates and describes some of the features of
  SQLite that make it different from other SQL database engines.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="testing.html">How&nbsp;SQLite&nbsp;Is&nbsp;Tested</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The reliability and robustness of SQLite is achieved in large part
  by thorough and careful testing.  This document identifies the
  many tests that occur before every release of SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="copyright.html">Copyright</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite is in the public domain.  This document describes what that means
  and the implications for contributors.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="faq.html">Frequently&nbsp;Asked&nbsp;Questions</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The title of the document says all...
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="books.html">Books&nbsp;About&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A list of independently written books about SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="doclist.html">Alphabetical&nbsp;Listing&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Documents</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A list of all titled pages on this website, sorted by title.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="keyword_index.html">Website&nbsp;Keyword&nbsp;Index</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A cross-reference from keywords to various pages within this website.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="sitemap.html#pindex">Permuted&nbsp;Title&nbsp;Index</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Also known as a "keyword in context" or "KWIC" index or as a concordance,
  this document is a listing of all other documents sorted by keyword.
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>SQLite Programming Interfaces</b><br />
  Documentation describing the APIs used to program SQLite, and the SQL
  dialect that it interprets.
<tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="quickstart.html">SQLite&nbsp;In&nbsp;5&nbsp;Minutes&nbsp;Or&nbsp;Less</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A very quick introduction to programming with SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="cintro.html">Introduction&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;C/C++&nbsp;API&nbsp;</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document introduces the C/C++ API. Users should read this document 
  before the C/C++ API Reference Guide linked below.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="howtocompile.html">How&nbsp;To&nbsp;Compile&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Instructions and hints for compiling SQLite C code and integrating
  that code with your own application.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="c3ref/intro.html">C/C++&nbsp;API&nbsp;Reference</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document describes each API function separately.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="rescode.html">Result&nbsp;Codes</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the meanings of the numeric result codes
  returned by various C/C++ interfaces.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="tclsqlite.html">Tcl&nbsp;API</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the TCL interface bindings for SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="lang.html">SQL&nbsp;Syntax</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document describes the SQL language that is understood by
  SQLite.  
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="pragma.html">Pragma&nbsp;commands</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document describes SQLite performance tuning options and other 
  special purpose database commands.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="datatype3.html">DataTypes</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite version 3 introduces the concept of manifest typing, where the
  type of a value is associated with the value itself, not the column that
  it is stored in.
  This page describes data typing for SQLite version 3 in further detail.
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>SQLite Features and Extensions</b><br />
  Pages describing specific features or extension modules of SQLite.
<tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="shortnames.html">8+3&nbsp;Filenames</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  How to make SQLite work on filesystems that only support 
  8+3 filenames.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="autoinc.html">Autoincrement</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the AUTOINCREMENT keyword in SQLite, what it does,
  why it is sometimes useful, and why it should be avoided if not
  strictly necessary.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="backup.html">Backup&nbsp;API</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
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  copy content from a disk file into an in-memory database or vice
  versa and it can make a hot backup of a live database.  This application
  note gives examples of how.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="cli.html">Command-Line&nbsp;Shell</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Notes on using the "sqlite3.exe" command-line interface that
  can be used to create, modify, and query arbitrary SQLite
  database files.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="errlog.html">Error&nbsp;and&nbsp;Warning&nbsp;Log</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
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  about suspicious and/or error events during operation.  Embedded applications
  are encouraged to enable the error and warning log to help with debugging
  application problems that arise in the field.  This document explains how
  to do that.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="foreignkeys.html">Foreign&nbsp;Key&nbsp;Support</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
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  in version 3.6.19.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="fts3.html">Full&nbsp;Text&nbsp;Search</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the SQLite Full Text Search (FTS3) extension.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="intern-v-extern-blob.html">Internal&nbsp;versus&nbsp;External&nbsp;Blob&nbsp;Storage</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Should you store large BLOBs directly in the database, or store them
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="limits.html">Limits&nbsp;In&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document describes limitations of SQLite (the maximum length of a
  string or blob, the maximum size of a database, the maximum number of
  tables in a database, etc.) and how these limits can be altered at
  compile-time and run-time.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="mmap.html">Memory-Mapped&nbsp;I/O</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite supports memory-mapped I/O.  Learn how to enable memory-mapped
  I/O and about the various advantages and disadvantages to using
  memory-mapped I/O in this document.
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  SQLite is safe to use in multi-threaded programs.  This document
  provides the details and hints on how to maximize performance.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="nulls.html">Null&nbsp;Handling</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Different SQL database engines handle NULLs in different ways.  The
  SQL standards are ambiguous.  This (circa 2003) document describes
  how SQLite handles NULLs in comparison with other SQL database engines.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="partialindex.html">Partial&nbsp;Indexes</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A partial index is an index that only covers a subset of the rows in
  a table.  Learn how to use partial indexes in SQLite from this document.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="rtree.html">R-Trees</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the SQLite R-Tree extension. An R-Tree is a specialized
  data structure that supports fast multi-dimensional range queries often
  used in geospatial systems.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="loadext.html">Run-Time&nbsp;Loadable&nbsp;Extensions</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A general overview on how run-time loadable extensions work, how they
  are compiled, and how developers can create their own run-time loadable
  extensions for SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="sharedcache.html">Shared&nbsp;Cache&nbsp;Mode</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Version 3.3.0 and later supports the ability for two or more
  database connections to share the same page and schema cache.
  This feature is useful for certain specialized applications.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="unlock_notify.html">Unlock&nbsp;Notify</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The "unlock notify" feature can be used in conjunction with
  <a href="sharedcache.html">shared cache mode</a> to more efficiently manage resource conflict (database
  table locks).
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="uri.html">URI&nbsp;Filenames</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The names of database files can be specified using either an ordinary
  filename or a URI.  Using URI filenames provides additional capabilities,
  as this document describes.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="withoutrowid.html">WITHOUT&nbsp;ROWID&nbsp;Tables</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The WITHOUT ROWID optimization is a option that can sometimes result
  in smaller and faster databases.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="wal.html">Write-Ahead&nbsp;Log&nbsp;(WAL)&nbsp;Mode</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Transaction control using a write-ahead log offers more concurrency and
  is often faster than the default rollback transactions.  This document
  explains how to use WAL mode for improved performance.
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>Advocacy</b><br />
  Documents that strive to encourage the use of SQLite.
<tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="appfileformat.html">SQLite&nbsp;As&nbsp;An&nbsp;Application&nbsp;File&nbsp;Format</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This article advocates using SQLite as an application file format
  in place of XML or JSON or a "pile-of-file".
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="famous.html">Well&nbsp;Known&nbsp;Users</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This page lists a small subset of the many thousands of devices
  and application programs that make use of SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>SQLite Technical/Design Documentation</b><br />
  These documents are oriented toward describing the internal
  implementation details and operation of SQLite.  
<tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="howtocorrupt.html">How&nbsp;Database&nbsp;Corruption&nbsp;Can&nbsp;Occur</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite is highly resistent to database corruption.  But application,
  OS, and hardware bugs can still result in corrupt database files.
  This article describes many of the ways that SQLite database files
  can go corrupt.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="tempfiles.html">Temporary&nbsp;Files&nbsp;Used&nbsp;By&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite can potentially use many different temporary files when
  processing certain SQL statements.  This document describes the
  many kinds of temporary files that SQLite uses and offers suggestions
  for avoiding them on systems where creating a temporary file is an
  expensive operation.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="inmemorydb.html">In-Memory&nbsp;Databases</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite normally stores content in a disk file.  However, it can also
  be used as an in-memory database engine.  This document explains how.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="atomiccommit.html">How&nbsp;SQLite&nbsp;Implements&nbsp;Atomic&nbsp;Commit</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the logic within SQLite that implements
  transactions with atomic commit, even in the face of power
  failures.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="malloc.html">Dynamic&nbsp;Memory&nbsp;Allocation&nbsp;in&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  SQLite has a sophisticated memory allocation subsystem that can be
  configured and customized to meet memory usage requirements of the
  application and that is robust against out-of-memory conditions and
  leak-free.  This document provides the details.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="custombuild.html">Customizing&nbsp;And&nbsp;Porting&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document explains how to customize the build of SQLite and
  how to port SQLite to new platforms.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="lockingv3.html">Locking&nbsp;And&nbsp;Concurrency<br>In&nbsp;SQLite&nbsp;Version&nbsp;3</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of how the new locking code in version 3 increases
  concurrency and decreases the problem of writer starvation.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="isolation.html">Isolation&nbsp;In&nbsp;SQLite</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  When we say that SQLite transactions are "serializable" what exactly
  does that mean?  How and when are changes made visible within the
  same database connection and to other database connections?
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="optoverview.html">Overview&nbsp;Of&nbsp;The&nbsp;Optimizer</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A quick overview of the various query optimizations that are
  attempted by the SQLite code generator.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="queryplanner-ng.html">The&nbsp;Next-Generation&nbsp;Query&nbsp;Planner</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  Additional information about the SQLite query planner, and in particular
  the redesign of the query planner that occurred for version 3.8.0.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="arch.html">Architecture</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  An architectural overview of the SQLite library, useful for those who want
  to hack the code.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="opcode.html">VDBE&nbsp;Opcodes</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document is an automatically generated description of the various
  opcodes that the VDBE understands.  Programmers can use this document as
  a reference to better understand the output of EXPLAIN listings from
  SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="vfs.html">Virtual&nbsp;Filesystem</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The "VFS" object is the interface between the SQLite core and the
  underlying operating system.  Learn more about how the VFS object
  works and how to create new VFS objects from this article.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="vtab.html">Virtual&nbsp;Tables</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This article describes the virtual table mechanism and API in SQLite and how
  it can be used to add new capabilities to the core SQLite library.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="fileformat2.html">SQLite&nbsp;File&nbsp;Format</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the format used for SQLite database and journal files, and
  other details required to create software to read and write SQLite 
  databases without using SQLite.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="compile.html">Compilation&nbsp;Options</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document describes the compile time options that may be set to 
  modify the default behavior of the library or omit optional features
  in order to reduce binary size.
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>Upgrading SQLite, Backwards Compatibility</b><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="35to36.html">Moving&nbsp;From&nbsp;SQLite&nbsp;3.5&nbsp;to&nbsp;3.6</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A document describing the differences between SQLite version 3.5.9
  and 3.6.0.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="34to35.html">Moving&nbsp;From&nbsp;SQLite&nbsp;3.4&nbsp;to&nbsp;3.5</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A document describing the differences between SQLite version 3.4.2
  and 3.5.0.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="changes.html">Release&nbsp;History</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A chronology of SQLite releases going back to version 1.0.0
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="formatchng.html">Backwards&nbsp;Compatibility</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document details all of the incompatible changes to the SQLite
  file format that have occurred since version 1.0.0.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="privatebranch.html">Private&nbsp;Branches</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This document suggests procedures for maintaining a private branch
  or fork of SQLite and keeping that branch or fork in sync with the
  public SQLite source tree.
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style="padding: 3ex 0 2ex 0"><b>Obsolete Documents</b><br />
  The following documents are no longer current and are retained
  for historical reference only.
  These documents generally pertain to out-of-date, obsolete, and/or
  deprecated features and extensions.
<tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="asyncvfs.html">Asynchronous&nbsp;IO&nbsp;Mode</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  This page describes the asynchronous IO extension developed alongside
  SQLite. Using asynchronous IO can cause SQLite to appear more responsive
  by delegating database writes to a background thread.  <i>NB:  This
  extension is deprecated.  <a href="wal.html">WAL mode</a> is recommended as a replacement.</i>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="c_interface.html">Version&nbsp;2&nbsp;C/C++&nbsp;API</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of the C/C++ interface bindings for SQLite through version 
  2.8
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="datatypes.html">Version&nbsp;2&nbsp;DataTypes&nbsp;</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A description of how SQLite version 2 handles SQL datatypes.
  Short summary:  Everything is a string.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="vdbe.html">VDBE&nbsp;Tutorial</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The VDBE is the subsystem within SQLite that does the actual work of
  executing SQL statements.  This page describes the principles of operation
  for the VDBE in SQLite version 2.7.  This is essential reading for anyone
  who want to modify the SQLite sources.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="version3.html">SQLite&nbsp;Version&nbsp;3</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A summary of the changes between SQLite version 2.8 and SQLite version 3.0.
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="capi3.html">Version&nbsp;3&nbsp;C/C++&nbsp;API</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  A summary of the API related changes between SQLite version 2.8 and 
  SQLite version 3.0. 
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right"><a href="speed.html">Speed&nbsp;Comparison</a></td><td width="10"></td><td valign="top" align="left">
  The speed of version 2.7.6 of SQLite is compared against PostgreSQL and
  MySQL.
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