ADO.NET 2.0 SQLite Data Provider
Version 1.0.22.0 - Nov 11, 2005
Interop using SQLite 3.2.7
Written by Robert Simpson (robert@blackcastlesoft.com)
Released to the public domain, use at your own risk!

The latest version can be downloaded here

Features:

Design-Time Support (new as of 1.0.14)

Until an installer is created, through a command-prompt or Windows Explorer, navigate to the SQLite.NET\bin\Designer folder and execute the INSTALL.CMD file.  The script and batch file will register the System.Data.SQLite DLL in the Global Assembly Cache, and modify the machine.config file to add SQLite to the list of default data providers.

DbFactory Support (Non-Compact Framework)

In order to use the SQLiteFactory and have the SQLite data provider enumerated in the DbProviderFactories methods, you must add the following segment into your application's app.config file:

<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" /> </DbProviderFactories> </system.data> </configuration>

See the help documentation for further details on implementing both version-specific (GAC enabled) and version independent DBProviderFactories support.

Compiling for the Compact Framework

Just change the target platform from Win32 to Compact Framework and recompile.  The Compact Framework has no support for enumerating attributes in an assembly, therefore all user-defined collating sequences and functions must be explicitly registered.  See the testce sample application for an example of how to explicitly register user-defined collating sequences and functions.

Many thanks to the fine folks at http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-wince for the Windows CE code!

Distributing The SQLite Engine and ADO.NET Assembly

For Win32 platforms, only the System.Data.SQLite.DLL file in the bin folder should be distributed with your application(s).  This DLL contains both the managed wrapper and the native SQLite3 codebase.

For Compact Framework platforms, your application should reference the System.Data.SQLite.DLL file in the bin\CompactFramework folder.  The System.Data.SQLite.DLL and SQLite.Interop.DLL files from the bin\CompactFramework folder must be distributed with your application(s).  They contain the managed wrapper and the native SQLite3 codebase respectively.  The Compact Framework does not currently support managed C++, thus the reason for two files.

Development Notes Regarding the SQLite 3 Source Code

Steps for merging the sqlite3 core codebase (without Compact Framework support -- that's another story):

  1. Download the latest sqlite3 source from http://www.sqlite.org/download.html
  2. Extract the source code to the SQLite.Interop\src directory of this project
  3. Open the src\select.c file.
  4. Add #include "../interop.h" to the top of the file where the other include's are.
  5. Scroll down the select.c file to around line 822.  Change the name of the function static void generateColumnNames to static void _generateColumnNames (note the underscore in front of the name).
  6. Compile it.

Version History

1.0.22 - November 11, 2005

1.0.21 - November 4, 2005

1.0.20 - October 19, 2005

1.0.19 - October 5, 2005

1.0.18.1 - September 19, 2005

1.0.18 - September 1, 2005

1.0.17 - August 26, 2005

1.0.16 - August 24, 2005

1.0.15 - August 22, 2005

1.0.14 - August 16, 2005

1.0.13 - August 8, 2005

1.0.12 - August 5, 2005

1.0.11 - August 1, 2005

1.0.10 - June 10, 2005

1.0.09a - May 25, 2005

1.0.09 - May 24, 2005

1.0.08 Refresh - Mar 24, 2005

1.0.08 - Mar 11, 2005

1.0.07 - Mar 5, 2005

1.0.06 - Mar 1, 2005

1.0.05 - Feb 25, 2005

1.0.04 - Feb 24, 2005

1.0.03 - Feb 23, 2005

1.0.02 - Feb 21, 2005