sqlite3.* (database)

Overview

Corona includes support for SQLite databases on all platforms. The documentation for LuaSQLite can be viewed here.

Gotchas

When providing a file path to open(), make sure to use system.pathForFile(). Providing just a plain file name such as my.db will not work consistently across the Simulator and devices, especially on Android.

Quick Start

• sqlite3.open( path ) — Opens the SQLite file. Note that the path should be the full path to the database, not just the file name. In case of an error, the function returns nil, an error code, and an error message.

• sqlite3.version() — Returns the version of SQLite in use. Returns a string with SQLite version information in the form x.y[.z].

• file:exec( SQL_Command ) — Executes a SQL command in the database. Typically this is used to create tables, insert, update, append, or retrieve data from a database. In case of an error, this function returns a numerical error code.

• file:nrows( SQL_Command ) — Returns successive rows from the SQL statement. Each call to the iterator returns a table in which the named fields correspond to the columns in the database.

• file:close() — Closes the database. In case of an error, this function returns a numerical error code.

Examples

local sqlite3 = require( "sqlite3" )
local db = sqlite3.open_memory()
 
db:exec[[
  CREATE TABLE test (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, content);
  INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, 'Hello World');
  INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, 'Hello Lua');
  INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, 'Hello Sqlite3')
]]
 
print( "version " .. sqlite3.version() )
 
for row in db:nrows("SELECT * FROM test") do
  local t = display.newText( row.content, 20, 30*row.id, nil, 16 )
  t:setFillColor( 1, 0, 1 )
end

local sqlite3 = require( "sqlite3" )

-- Open "data.db". If the file doesn't exist, it will be created
local path = system.pathForFile( "data.db", system.DocumentsDirectory )
local db = sqlite3.open( path )   

-- Handle the "applicationExit" event to close the database
local function onSystemEvent( event )
    if ( event.type == "applicationExit" ) then              
        db:close()
    end
end
 
-- Set up the table if it doesn't exist
local tablesetup = [[CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, content, content2);]]
print( tablesetup )
db:exec( tablesetup )
 
-- Add rows with an auto index in 'id'. You don't need to specify a set of values because we're populating all of them.
local testvalue = {}
testvalue[1] = "Hello"
testvalue[2] = "World"
testvalue[3] = "Lua"
local tablefill = [[INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, ']]..testvalue[1]..[[',']]..testvalue[2]..[['); ]]
local tablefill2 = [[INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, ']]..testvalue[2]..[[',']]..testvalue[1]..[['); ]]
local tablefill3 = [[INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, ']]..testvalue[1]..[[',']]..testvalue[3]..[['); ]]
db:exec( tablefill )
db:exec( tablefill2 )
db:exec( tablefill3 )
 
-- Print the SQLite version
print( "SQLite version " .. sqlite3.version() )
 
-- Print the table contents
for row in db:nrows("SELECT * FROM test") do
    local text = row.content .. " " .. row.content2
    local t = display.newText( text, 20, 30*row.id, nil, 16 )
    t:setFillColor( 1, 0, 1 )
end

-- Setup the event listener to catch "applicationExit"
Runtime:addEventListener( "system", onSystemEvent )