Re: [sqlite] Valid characters for indentifiers
Jens Alfke wrote: > On Nov 11, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Simon Slavin wrote: >> There is no documentation for this. Which means that even if you find >> that, say, macrons are allowed in this version, they might not be allowed >> in the next version. > > Um, really? That sounds bad for compatibility. Why isn’t it documented, > or stable? The documentation claims ANSI SQL 1992 compatiblity; all identifiers conforming to the standard are supported. Extensions (e.g., dollar signs in the middle of identifiers; underscore at the start; Unicode characters that are not letters, syllables, or ideographs) are undocumented but will probably never be removed to avoid breaking backwards compatibility. Regards, Clemens ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end
As you are familiar with VBA I can see two other options: 1. Use Christian Werner's ODBC driver from Access (or Excel): http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/ 2. Use Olaf Schmidt's COM dll with Access (or Excel): http://www.vbrichclient.com/#/en/About/ RBS On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Balaji Ramanathan < balaji.ramanat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using SQLite without any programming language so far. I > maintain the data in SQLite and use SqliteStudio (www.sqlitestudio.pl) for > inputting data into it and running queries to look at outputs. However > SqliteStudio does not have a programmable back-end that allows me to take > the outputs of a query and do things with it (such as calculating running > sums and averages, for instance). So, if things become too expensive for > standard SQL, I just do without. > > In the past, I have maintained my data in an Access database and > developed a pretty extensive set of forms and reports to input and extract > data. I moved to SQLite because I wanted to move off a proprietary > platform onto a free one. And SQLite is faster and includes more SQL > functionality like CTE's also. > > But I miss the nice front-end with forms to take inputs (especially > parent and child forms to input data related to foreign keys) and the > reports to format my outputs the way I wanted them. I could also do > running sums and averages, percentile scores and other things that require > looking at a data dump of an entire columns of contents to do efficiently. > > I am familiar with programming in C and Java, but none of my > programming has been for the windows platform (except for the programming > inside MS Access, which was done in VBA). I have never developed GUI front > ends with forms, buttons, etc. > > Is there a third party free tool like MS Access that would allow me to > connect to a SQLite db in the back-end and enable me to create a custom > front-end to it with forms and reports? All my searches for this kind of > tool only lead me to tools like SqliteStudio, which is a GUI front end for > SQLite, but not a programmable one like I want. If anyone can point me > towards a programmable GUI front-end development tool (preferrably > open-source, but just free and well-maintained is sufficient), I would > appreciate it greatly. > > Thank you very much. > > Balaji Ramanathan > ___ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Simple Search using LIKE or something else
I'm not using a C compiler. Delphi Berlin doesn't compile C, AFAIK. I'll play around with that tonight as I've got a project I need to start up tonight. Third party libraries include those like LiteDAC, or DISQLite3, or Synopse mORMot framework. On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > >> On Nov 11, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Stephen Chrzanowski wrote: >> >> Although there are pay for, and free to use, libraries that can be >> linked into my applications, I've never been satisfied with the code >> provided. > > Hm, I didn’t say anything about 3rd party libraries, so I’m not sure what > this is a response to. > >> I've tried taking the amalgamation and convert it into something that >> I can directly embed into my applications (Which would be great), but, >> I've yet to be successful. > > Just add sqlite3.c as a source file in your project/makefile/whatever. > > —Jens > ___ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end
On 13 Nov 2017, at 21:54, Balaji Ramanathan wrote: > Is there a third party free tool like MS Access that would allow me to > connect to a SQLite db in the back-end and enable me to create a custom > front-end to it with forms and reports? All my searches for this kind of > tool only lead me to tools like SqliteStudio, which is a GUI front end for > SQLite, but not a programmable one like I want. If anyone can point me > towards a programmable GUI front-end development tool (preferrably > open-source, but just free and well-maintained is sufficient), I would > appreciate it greatly. There is Xojo (www.xojo.com) which has SQLite built in and has reports (which I have never used). It's cross-platform and you create your own GUI front end with windows, buttons etc. It's free to use for development, but if you want to compile and build a stand-alone application (.exe or .app) then you buy a licence. There is a Lite licence to build for one platform which is not a high cost. -- Cheers -- Tim ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end
On 11/13/17, Peter Da Silva wrote: > Since sqlite originated as a Tcl extension it’s got excellent Tcl bindings, > and Tcl has an excellent platform-independent GUI in Tk, so it seems to me > that would be the best and simplest way to create a GUI front end for > sqlite. +1 -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end
Since sqlite originated as a Tcl extension it’s got excellent Tcl bindings, and Tcl has an excellent platform-independent GUI in Tk, so it seems to me that would be the best and simplest way to create a GUI front end for sqlite. ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Valid characters for indentifiers
On 13 Nov 2017, at 7:33pm, Jens Alfke wrote: > On Nov 11, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Simon Slavin wrote: > >> There is no documentation for this. Which means that even if you find that, >> say, macrons are allowed in this version, they might not be allowed in the >> next version. > > Um, really? That sounds bad for compatibility. Why isn’t it documented, or > stable? One for the Dev team to answer. If it was documented, it would be stable, at least within what the documentation admits to. Simon. ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
[sqlite] Best way to develop a GUI front-end
Hi, I have been using SQLite without any programming language so far. I maintain the data in SQLite and use SqliteStudio (www.sqlitestudio.pl) for inputting data into it and running queries to look at outputs. However SqliteStudio does not have a programmable back-end that allows me to take the outputs of a query and do things with it (such as calculating running sums and averages, for instance). So, if things become too expensive for standard SQL, I just do without. In the past, I have maintained my data in an Access database and developed a pretty extensive set of forms and reports to input and extract data. I moved to SQLite because I wanted to move off a proprietary platform onto a free one. And SQLite is faster and includes more SQL functionality like CTE's also. But I miss the nice front-end with forms to take inputs (especially parent and child forms to input data related to foreign keys) and the reports to format my outputs the way I wanted them. I could also do running sums and averages, percentile scores and other things that require looking at a data dump of an entire columns of contents to do efficiently. I am familiar with programming in C and Java, but none of my programming has been for the windows platform (except for the programming inside MS Access, which was done in VBA). I have never developed GUI front ends with forms, buttons, etc. Is there a third party free tool like MS Access that would allow me to connect to a SQLite db in the back-end and enable me to create a custom front-end to it with forms and reports? All my searches for this kind of tool only lead me to tools like SqliteStudio, which is a GUI front end for SQLite, but not a programmable one like I want. If anyone can point me towards a programmable GUI front-end development tool (preferrably open-source, but just free and well-maintained is sufficient), I would appreciate it greatly. Thank you very much. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Running sums and averages
OK, thanks for the short and sweet answer! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Balaji Ramanathan > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Simon Slavin > To: SQLite mailing list > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:37:24 + > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Running sums and averages > > > On 12 Nov 2017, at 4:05pm, Balaji Ramanathan > wrote: > > > Is there anything I can do to reduce the time taken? > > Do it in your favourite programming language rather than SQL. > Congratulations on finding a way of doing it in SQL, but running sums and > averages are trivial in a programming language and will be far faster and > you can be as fussy as you like about whether nulls are counted and such > things. > > Simon. > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Joseph R. Justice" > > I am *FAR* from a SQLite (or SQL) guru, but it seems obvious to me that > your calculations for sumF1, avgF1, OverallAvgF1, etc as written are > running in quadratic time based on the number of rows in table T. Worse > yet, you're recalculating all these values entirely from scratch every time > you're recalculating them, rather than use the previously calculated value. > > Is there any way you can calculate table T with just RowNumber, F1, F2, > ..., F10, and then as you subsequently step through T row by row calculate > all the sums and averages as you step, saving the calculations for each row > as you calculate them in temporary variables for use in calculating the > values for the next row? This might be doable in pure SQL code, or you > might have to do it in whatever language you're making calls to SQLite > from. That should be linear time, at worst 2 times the number of rows in T > (once to construct T, once to step through it). > > Be well. > > > > Joseph > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Dennis Clarke > > < Simon correctly advised > > > Do it in your favourite programming language rather than SQL. > > Let me be even more clear : > > Memory is cheap and most servers have plenty. > > Processors are fast and most servers have multiple with many cores. > > Select the entire table of columns you need into memory. > Write a little code. > > No it won't scale very well into millions of rows but I could easily run > a test and I will bet many mnay many dollars that processing the sums in > memory is orders of magnitude faster than SQL. > > > Dennis > > ps: if your db is MySQL or Oracle db then the problem is trivial with > the C API > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Keith Medcalf > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Running sums and averages > > EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN > > is the first step. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Graham Holden > > You shouldn't even need to read the entire table (or view) into > memory: just read row-by-row, and for each field, keep a running > total and the count of non-NULL values. From these you can calculate > your total and both types of average. > > Graham > ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Valid characters for indentifiers
> On Nov 11, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Simon Slavin wrote: > > There is no documentation for this. Which means that even if you find that, > say, macrons are allowed in this version, they might not be allowed in the > next version. Um, really? That sounds bad for compatibility. Why isn’t it documented, or stable? (My situation: my library generates SQL queries that sometimes use identifiers created by the library’s client, i.e. some 3rd party app. It’s very useful to be able to use these identifiers as-is by prefixing some sort of namespace (like “fts::”) and wrapping the token in quotes. (Of course I have to check that the identifier doesn’t itself contain an ASCII double-quote.)) —Jens ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Simple Search using LIKE or something else
> On Nov 11, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Stephen Chrzanowski wrote: > > Although there are pay for, and free to use, libraries that can be > linked into my applications, I've never been satisfied with the code > provided. Hm, I didn’t say anything about 3rd party libraries, so I’m not sure what this is a response to. > I've tried taking the amalgamation and convert it into something that > I can directly embed into my applications (Which would be great), but, > I've yet to be successful. Just add sqlite3.c as a source file in your project/makefile/whatever. —Jens ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] Running sums and averages
As other folks have mentioned, doing it in an external language is going to be easiest. That being said, CTE's are almost a full language in themselves. I'm just gonna go with 1 value here for the example, but how about something like... with recursive foo (RowNumber, F1, sumF1, OverallAvgF1, avgF1, F1notNull) as( select rowNumber, F1, ifnull(F1, 0.0), ifnull(F1, 0.0), ifnull(F1, 0.0), F1 is not null from mytable where RowNumber = 1 union all select mytable.RowNumber, mytable.F1, foo.sumF1 + ifnull(mytable.F1, 0.0), (foo.sumF1 + ifnull(mytable.F1, 0.0)) / mytable.RowNumber, (foo.sumF1 + ifnull(mytable.F1, 0.0)) / (foo.F1notNull + (mytable.F1 is not null)), foo.F1notNull + (mytable.F1 is not null) from foo inner join mytable on mytable.RowNumber = foo.RowNumber + 1) select RowNumber, F1, sumF1, OverallAvgF1, avgF1 from foo; -Original Message- From: sqlite-users [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Balaji Ramanathan Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 11:06 AM To: sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org Subject: [sqlite] Running sums and averages Hi, I have a table (mytable) with several numerical fields. Let us call them F1, F2, etc., etc. The table also has a row number field (RowNumber) that I make sure has incremental values from 1 through the number of rows in the table. In addition to printing out the values of F1 through Fn, I also want to print out, for each row of the table, the running sums and averages of these fields. There are two averages: one that uses only the count of non-null values of each field as the denominator and another that uses the count of both null and non-null values of each field. So, I wrote a query as below to calculate and print those values: select RowNumber, F1, (select sum(F1) from mytable where mytable.RowNumber <= T.RowNumber) as sumF1, (select avg(F1) from mytable where mytable.RowNumber <= T.RowNumber) as avgF1, --average excluding null values (select sum(F1) from mytable where mytable.RowNumber <= T.RowNumber)/T.RowNumber as OverallAvgF1, --average including null values F2, (select sum(F2) from mytable where mytable.RowNumber <= T.RowNumber) as sumF2, (select avg(F2) from mytable where mytable.RowNumber <= T.RowNumber) as avgF2, (select sum(F2) from mytable where mytable.RowNumber <= T.RowNumber)/T.RowNumber as OverallAvgF2, --Other fields, their running sums and averages go here from mytable as T order by RowNumber I have about 3000 rows in my table and about 10 fields I am doing this for. When I select F1 through F10 alone, the query runs in negligible time. But when I run the above query with running sums and averages included (total of 40 columns instead of 10 columns), the time increases to well over 5 minutes. When I run the query at the SQLite command line, the first 1000 or so records are produced very fast, but as the row number increases, I can see SQLite struggling to produce outputs. By the time I get to the end of the query, the records are being produced at about a rate of only 1 or 2 per second. Is there anything I can do to reduce the time taken? Is this the most efficient way to query for running sums and averages? Any other ideas to get what I need any quicker? The added wrinkle in all this is that mytable is actually not a table, but a view. F1 through F10 are computed from various tables and brought together in this view. So, I don't think I can create indexes on any of these fields. I have thought about creating a temp table out of this view so that I can index RowNumber (I don't know whether it will help) but it goes against my minimalist instincts. Thank you. Balaji Ramanathan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users