SQLite Cloud

Database Commands

CREATE DATABASE

The CREATE DATABASE command physically creates a new SQLite database using the name specified in the database_name parameter. OK is returned if another database with the same name exists, and the clause IF NOT EXISTS is specified. Otherwise, the correct error is generated.

You can supply additional optional parameters to the command:

  • The KEY parameter creates a new AES-256 encrypted database with the encryption key specified in encryption_key.
  • The ENCODING parameter can specify the encoding of the newly created database (default is UTF-8). Allowed values are UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16le or UTF-16be. Once an encoding is set for a database, it cannot be changed.
  • The PAGESIZE parameter specifies the page size of the newly created database (at the time of writing, the default value is 4096). The page size must be a power of two between 512 and 65536 inclusive.

Syntax

CREATE DATABASE database_name [KEY encryption_key] [ENCODING encoding_value] [PAGESIZE pagesize_value] [IF NOT EXISTS]

Privileges

CREATE_DATABASE

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> CREATE DATABASE test.sqlite
OK

> USE DATABASE test.sqlite
OK

DECRYPT DATABASE

The DECRYPT DATABASE command removes encryption from a previously AES-256 encrypted database.

Syntax

DECRYPT DATABASE database_name

Privileges

CREATE_DATABASE

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> DECRYPT DATABASE test.sqlite
OK

DISABLE DATABASE

Use this command to disable a database. Established connections will continue to have that database in use. The disabled database affects only new connections.

Syntax

DISABLE DATABASE database_name

Privileges

DBADMIN

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> DISABLE DATABASE test.sqlite
OK

ENCRYPT DATABASE

The ENCRYPT DATABASE command adds an AES-256 encryption to an existing database. If the database was previously encrypted with another key, it is re-encrypted with the new key. Rekeying requires that every database file page be read, decrypted, re-encrypted with the new key, then written out again. Consequently, rekeying can take a long time on a larger database.

Syntax

ENCRYPT DATABASE database_name KEY encryption_key

Privileges

CREATE_DATABASE

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> ENCRYPT DATABASE test.sqlite KEY adkkhadsj-uidsaoiudsa-hdsadsakj
OK

GET DATABASE

Use this command to retrieve information about the currently used database. key parameter can be ID, SIZE, and NAME (default if key is not specified).

Syntax

GET DATABASE [key]

Privileges

HOSTADMIN

Return

An Integer if key is ID or SIZE. A String if key is NAME.

Example

> GET DATABASE ID
9

> GET DATABASE SIZE
921600

> GET DATABASE NAME
mediastore.sqlite

> GET DATABASE
mediastore.sqlite

LIST DATABASE KEYS

The LIST DATABASE KEYS command returns a list of settings for the database_name database.

Syntax

LIST DATABASE database_name KEYS

Privileges

PRAGMA

Return

A Rowset with the following columns:

  • key: database key
  • value:database value

Example

> LIST DATABASE mediastore.sqlite KEYS
-----|-------|
 key | value |
-----|-------|
 k1  | v1    |
-----|-------|

LIST DATABASES

The LIST DATABASES command return information and statistics about the databases currently available on the server.

Syntax

LIST DATABASES [DETAILED]

Privileges

NONE

Return

A Rowset with only the column name if the DETAILED flag is omitted, otherwise several other columns:

  • name: database name
  • size: database size (in bytes)
  • connections: number of clients connected to the database
  • encryption: encryption algorithm (if any)
  • backup: 1 if database has backup enabled
  • nread: number of read operations
  • nwrite: number of write operations
  • inbytes: number of bytes received
  • outbytes: number of bytes sent
  • fragmentation: a number between 0 and 1 that represents the database fragmentation
  • pagesize: database default page size
  • encoding: database default encoding
  • status: database status (1 = OK, 2 = DISABLED, 3 = MAINTENANCE, 4 = ERROR)

Example

> LIST DATABASES DETAILED
--------------------------|-----------|-------------|------------|--------|-------|--------|---------|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
 name                     | size      | connections | encryption | backup | nread | nwrite | inbytes | outbytes | fragmentation | pagesize | encoding | status |
--------------------------|-----------|-------------|------------|--------|-------|--------|---------|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
 555.sqlite               | 104992768 | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.00          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 cli-test-1.sqlite        | 12288     | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.33          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 cli-test-2.sqlite        | 12288     | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.33          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 images.sqlite            | 11409408  | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.00          | 1024     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 mediastore.sqlite        | 921600    | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.00          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 multiple-commands.sqlite | 12288     | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.33          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 numbers.sqlite           | 12288     | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.00          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 pluto.sqlite             | 4246528   | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.00          | 1024     | UTF-8    | 1      |
 test.sqlite              | 32768     | 0           | NULL       | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0       | 0        | 0.12          | 4096     | UTF-8    | 1      |
--------------------------|-----------|-------------|------------|--------|-------|--------|---------|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|

LIST DATABASE CONNECTIONS

The LIST DATABASE CONNECTIONS command retrieves a list of all clients connected to that specific database (connected means a connection who sent a USE DATABASE command). The database_name parameter can also be a database_id if the ID flag is specified.

Syntax

LIST DATABASE database_name CONNECTIONS [ID]

Privileges

HOSTADMIN

Return

A Rowset with the following columns:

  • id: client ID
  • address: client IP address
  • username: username of the connected client
  • database: database name
  • connection_date: connection initial date/time (in UTC format)
  • last_activity: last client activity

Example

> USE DATABASE mediastore.sqlite
OK

> LIST DATABASE mediastore.sqlite CONNECTIONS
----|-----------|----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 id | address   | username | database          | connection_date     | last_activity       |
----|-----------|----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 1  | 127.0.0.1 | admin    | mediastore.sqlite | 2023-02-14 16:00:52 | 2023-02-14 16:01:10 |
----|-----------|----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

REMOVE DATABASE

The REMOVE DATABASE command permanently deletes a database from the cluster.

Syntax

REMOVE DATABASE database_name [IF EXISTS]

Privileges

DROP_DATABASE

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> REMOVE DATABASE mediastore.sqlite
OK

USE DATABASE

The USE DATABASE statement tells SQLite Cloud to use the named database as the default (current) database for subsequent SQL statements.

Syntax

USE DATABASE database_name

Privileges

PRIVILEGE_DBADMIN or PRIVILEGE_PUBSUB, which means that the USE DATABASE command succeeds if any of the following Privileges is set: PRIVILEGE_READ, PRIVILEGE_INSERT, RIVILEGE_UPDATE, PRIVILEGE_DELETE, PRIVILEGE_PRAGMA, PRIVILEGE_CREATE_TABLE, PRIVILEGE_CREATE_INDEX, PRIVILEGE_CREATE_VIEW, PRIVILEGE_CREATE_TRIGGER, PRIVILEGE_DROP_TABLE, PRIVILEGE_DROP_INDEX, PRIVILEGE_DROP_VIEW, PRIVILEGE_DROP_TRIGGER, PRIVILEGE_ALTER_TABLE, PRIVILEGE_ANALYZE, PRIVILEGE_ATTACH, PRIVILEGE_DETACH PRIVILEGE_SUB, PRIVILEGE_PUB

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> USE DATABASE test.sqlite
OK

UNUSE DATABASE

The UNUSE DATABASE statement tells SQLite Cloud to close the connection with the currently used database (previously set by a USE DATABASE statement). No error is returned if the current connection has no database set.

Syntax

UNUSE DATABASE

Privileges

READWRITE

Return

OK string or error value (see SCSP protocol).

Example

> USE DATABASE test.sqlite
OK

> UNUSE DATABASE
OK