Features
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Written from scratch on Visual Studio 2005 specifically for ADO.NET,
implementing all the base classes and features recently introduced in the
framework, including automatic transaction enlistment.
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Supports the Full and Compact .NET Framework, and native C/C++ development.
100% binary compatible with the original sqlite3.dll.
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Full support for Mono via a "managed only" provider that runs
against the official SQLite 3.6.1 or higher library.
- Full Entity Framework support (ADO.NET 3.5 SP1).
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On the Compact Framework, it is faster than SQL Server Mobile. SQLite's
installed size is a fraction of SQL Mobile's. It uses less memory at
runtime, runs queries faster, and has a smaller database file size as well.
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Encrypted database support. Encrypted databases are fully encrypted and
support both binary and cleartext password types.
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Visual Studio design-time Support, works with all versions of Visual Studio
2005/2008/2010/2012/2013/2015. It is now unsupported and may not work with
Visual Studio 2017 as the integration/extensibility model has changed
significantly. You can add a SQLite database to the Servers list, design
queries with the Query Designer, drag-and-drop tables onto a Typed DataSet,
etc.
Due to Visual Studio licensing restrictions, the Express Editions can no
longer be supported.
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Full SQLite schema editing inside Visual Studio. You can create/edit tables,
views, triggers, indexes, check constraints and foreign keys.
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Single file redistributable (except on Compact Framework). The core SQLite
native code and the ADO.NET managed wrapper are combined into one mixed-mode
assembly.
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Binaries included for x86, x64, Itanium, and ARM processors.
Itanium processor support not currently included.
- DbProviderFactory support.
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Full support for ATTACH'ed databases. Exposed as Catalogs in the
schema. When cloning a connection, all attached databases are automatically
re-attached to the new connection.
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DbConnection.GetSchema(...) support includes ReservedWords,
MetaDataCollections, DataSourceInformation, DataTypes,
Columns, Tables, Views, ViewColumns,
Catalogs, Indexes, IndexColumns, ForeignKeys and
Triggers.
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Enhanced DbDataReader.GetSchemaTable() functionality returns catalog,
namespace and detailed schema information even for complex queries.
- Named and unnamed parameters.
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Full UTF-8 and UTF-16 support, each with optimized pipelines into the native
database core.
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Multiple simultaneous DataReaders (one DataReader per Command however).
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Full support for user-defined scalar and aggregate functions, encapsulated
into an easy-to-use base class in which only a couple of overrides are
necessary to implement new SQL functions.
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Full support for user-defined collating sequences, every bit as simple to
implement as user-defined functions and uses the same base class.
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Full source for the entire engine and wrapper. No copyrights. Public
Domain. 100% free for commercial and non-commercial use.
