Execute SQLite script

Question

I start up sqlite3 version 3.7.7, unix 11.4.2 using this command:

sqlite3 auction.db

where auction.db has not already been created.

Answer 1

There are many ways to do this, one way is:

sqlite3 auction.db

Followed by:

sqlite> .read create.sql

In general, the SQLite project has really fantastic documentation! I know we often reach for Google before the docs, but in SQLite's case, the docs really are technical writing at its best. It's clean, clear, and concise.

Answer 2

In order to execute simple queries and return to my shell script, I think this works well:

$ sqlite3 example.db 'SELECT * FROM some_table;'

Answer 3

For those using PowerShell

PS C:\> Get-Content create.sql -Raw | sqlite3 auction.db

Answer 4

You want to feed the create.sql into sqlite3 from the shell, not from inside SQLite itself:

$ sqlite3 auction.db < create.sql

SQLite's version of SQL doesn't understand < for files, your shell does.

Answer 5

If you are using the windows CMD you can use this command to create a database using sqlite3

C:\sqlite3.exe DBNAME.db ".read DBSCRIPT.sql"

If you haven't a database with that name sqlite3 will create one, and if you already have one, it will run it anyways but with the "TABLENAME already exists" error, I think you can also use this command to change an already existing database (but im not sure)