Full sqlite3 Extension for Jim Tcl
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Author: Steve Bennett <steveb@workware.net.au>
Date: Thu 24 Nov 2011

This directory builds a Jim Tcl extension containing a complete sqlite3 implementation and binding.

Building
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Ensure that you have configured and built jim in the source directory, then:

$ make

./build-ext -Wall -o sqlite.so -I.. -L.. -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION=1 ... jim-sqlite.c sqlite3.c
Building sqlite.so from jim-sqlite.c sqlite3.c

Warning: libjim is static. Dynamic module may not work on some platforms.

Compile: jim-sqlite.o
Compile: sqlite3.o
Link:    sqlite.so

Success!

Testing
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$ make test

Installing
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Copy sqlite.so to your jim library directory, typically /usr/local/lib/jim or
where $JIMLIB points to.

Using
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In your Jim Tcl code, ensure that sqlite.so is in a directory on $auto_path.
Then:

  package require sqlite

  sqlite db test.db
  ...etc..

Documentation
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The Jim Tcl binding is almost exactly identical to the Tcl binding.
See http://www.sqlite.org/tclsqlite.html for documentation.

Differences:
- INCRBLOB is not supported as Jim Tcl does not support channels
- No attempt is made to change encoding between Jim Tcl and sqlite
- Jim Tcl doesn't differentiate between binary data (bytearray) and
  string, so only the @field syntax causes a fieldsto be bound
  as a blob rather than text.
- Jim Tcl doesn't have a boolean type

SQLite Source
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The currently included version of sqlite is v3.38.0 downloaded from:
https://www.sqlite.org/2022/sqlite-autoconf-3380000.tar.gz