Where is SQLite database stored on disk?

Question

Where is the SQLite database stored i.e. directory path on windows 7 when created ?

Answer 1

When you call sqlite3_open() you specify the filepath the database is opened from/saved to, if it is not an absolute path it is specified relative to your current working directory.

Answer 2

If you are running Rails (its the default db in Rails) check the {RAILS_ROOT}/config/database.yml file and you will see something like:

database: db/development.sqlite3

This means that it will be in the {RAILS_ROOT}/db directory.

Answer 3

.databases

If you run this command inside SQLite

.databases

it lists the path of all currently connected databases. Sample output:

seq  name             file                                                      
---  ---------------  ----------------------------------------------------------
0    main             /home/me/a.db

Answer 4

There is no "standard place" for a sqlite database. The file's location is specified to the library, and may be in your home directory, in the invoking program's folder, or any other place.

If it helps, sqlite databases are, by convention, named with a .db file extension.

Answer 5

A SQLite database is a regular file. It is created in your script current directory.

Answer 6

SQLite is created in your python directory where you installed the python.