Re: [sqlite] How to Use Dot Commands from the Library

2009-03-16 Thread Mihai Limbasan
You cannot do that. The dot commands are not SQL, and SQLite only understands SQL. The dot commands are provided by the shell executable. You could simply look at its source code, see how each specific command is implemented, and reimplement that functionality in your app. HG wrote: > I want to

[sqlite] How to Use Dot Commands from the Library

2009-03-16 Thread HG
I want to get a dump of an sqlite3 database using the sqlite3 library without adding a dependency on the sqlite3 executable. Does the sqlite3 library support execution of dot commands. The following fails for me :- -- import sqlite3 conn = sqlite3.connect('media_db.db') c = conn.cursor() c.e