SQLite deployment for .net application

Question

I have used SQLite for my .net framework 4.0 WPF application, It works perfectly fine with development environment. I just copied system.data.sqlite.dll to my application in

Answer 1

What Tangurena says is right (which in fact helped me to get it working) but you also need to include the config setting mentioned in the readme of SQLite:

<system.data>
    <DbProviderFactories>
        <remove invariant="System.Data.SQLite" />
        <add name="SQLite Data Provider" invariant="System.Data.SQLite" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for SQLite"
             type="System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory, System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.80.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139" />
    </DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>

Answer 2

Actually, you should be able to just copy System.Data.SQLite.dll from your project. I typically set the CopyLocal property to true when I add that reference to my projects, and then make sure that when I make an installer I have that DLL in the same location as the final .exe file. I wrote a blog post about this last year, maybe something in my post will set you on the right track: My Blog Post on SQLite and C#

Answer 3

You should be able to operate with just the interop and the data DLLs. Our project uses these:
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The LINQ one isn't necessary unless you use LINQ.

I've renamed every copy of SQLite3.dll or SQLite3.exe on my computer (there were dozens) and the application continues to run. I was checking to make sure my answer is correct, and this is something we're going to have to do, in order to make sure our installs work, too.

Answer 4

As some mentioned earlier you need to include to your app configuration:

<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
    <remove invariant="System.Data.SQLite" />
    <add name="SQLite Data Provider" invariant="System.Data.SQLite" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for SQLite"
         type="System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory, System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.80.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139" />
</DbProviderFactories>

You have to also add DLL files to references:

• SQLite.Designer
• System.Data.SQLite
• System.Data.SQLite.Linq

And set property 'Copy Local' value equal true for each of them. Please visit my blog for more info