If you use an extension greater than 3 chars you violate rules for some
existing file systems and reduce portability. You can also make it
difficult to parse the extension when it is used to type the file.
In medecine the Hippocratic Oath requires "First, do no harm". Not a
bad principle for IT design also.
P Kishor wrote:
I like using .sqlite as the extension (or .sqlite3). That way no
Windows program will want to mess with it... usually 3 letter
extensions are grist for the mill
On 11/27/06, John Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Use anything you like. Version 3 Sqlite is easy to recognize if you use
.db3.
RB Smissaert wrote:
>>sqlite3 mydatabase.db3
>
>
> I always use the extension .db
> What is the difference between db3 and db or maybe db2 etc.?
>
> RBS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kees Nuyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 27 November 2006 22:49
> To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org
> Subject: Re: [sqlite] Saving tables
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:43:24 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>
>
>>I typed exactly what you typed there and i get
>>SQL error: no such table: bar
>>my command window doesnt have : "sqlite3 foo.sqlite" like yours
>
>
> If you don't include a database name after the sqlite3 command,
> sqlite uses the "memory" database, which ceases to exist after
> you exit the program.
>
> So, use the following commamnd to create and open your database:
> sqlite3 mydatabase.db3
>
> and then issue the SQL commands at the prompt to create and
> populate the table.
>
> Every time you want to reuse that database, you have to open it
> in the same way:
> sqlite3 mydatabase.db3
>
> HTH
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