SQLite Pro Tools

SQLite Pro Tools extension adds advanced SQLite database connection features and support to VS Code IDE.

Features

SQLite is an in-process, self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine. Unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have a separate server process. SQLite reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with multiple tables, indices, triggers, and views, is contained in a single disk file.

SQLite Pro Tools extension adds the following capabilities to VS Code IDE for working with SQLite database files:

Connect to a local SQLite database instance
Create new in-memory SQLite database instance
View SQLite databases, tables, views, columns, indexes, modules, settings, and functions in SQL Tools Connections Explorer
Run SQL queries on active SQLite database connections
Manage SQLite database connections in SQL Tools Connections Explorer
Auto-complete SQL keywords, SQLite instance table names, column names, and view names for active SQLite database connections in VS Code SQL editor
Save named SQL query Bookmarks
Use SQL Query History
Export SQLite database query results in CSV and JSON data formats
Use SQLite Tools views and metadata shortcut commands from VS Code Command Palette...

See SQL Tools documentation for a comprehensive list of SQL Tools extension features contributed to VS Code IDE.

Installation

Become a Pro Sponsor of our new Pro Data Tools work on GitHub to access SQLite Pro Tools, DuckDB Pro Tools, PRQL Pro Tools and our new Markdown SQL Pro Tools releases and extension .vsix installation packages.

All of our GitHub Pro sponsors get invited as collaborators to our private Pro Data Tools repositories, and will be notified about the upcoming updates, new releases, additions, and new Data Notebook Pro Tools extension we'll be releasing later this year.

To install SQLite Pro Tools, download the latest sqlite-pro-tools-x.x.x.vsix from the attached Assets in this repository releases.

Use VS Code IDE Install from VSIX feature to install downloaded SQLite Pro Tools extension package in VS Code or any other VSIX-compatible IDE. SQLite Pro Tools work in VSCodium too.

Note: SQLite Pro Tools use Node JS SQLite3 API and require a local Node.js installation to load and query SQLite database files.

Download and install Node.js from the official node.js downloads page.

Table and View Columns

SQLite Pro Tools display basic data type icons for text, numeric, and date table and view columns.

SQLite Pro Tools also display primary key column indicators and not null column value constraints.

Indexes

Modules

Configuration Settings

SQLite configuration settings / compile options:

Functions

Commands

SQLite Pro Tools provide many standard SQLite database and metadata shortcut commands you can access via ctrl/cmd+shift+p shortcut in VS Code or from View -> Commnad Palette... menu by typing SQLite Tools in the > command prompt:

Demo Data

SQLite Pro Tools extension documentation repository contains sample /data folder with the popular chinook database files and car-company SQLite database files and scripts you can experiment with.

In-Memory SQLite DB

SQLite Pro Tools extension lets you create in-memory database instances by specifying :memory: keyword in the Database File field of the new SQLite connection in SQL Tools Connection Assistant. Consult In-Memory SQLite Databases documentation for more info.

Configuration

SQL Tools extension provides many configuration Settings users can toggle to change database connection and tree view display options, sql formatting, and results display.

The following SQL Tools Settings were used while creating and testing this SQLite Pro Tools extension and are recommended for working with DuckDB instances efficiently. We suggest you set these preferences in User Settings in VS Code by navigating to File -> Preferences -> Settings -> User -> Extensions -> SQLTools, or adding them to your global VS Code settings.json config file using the JSON code snippet below:

{
  ...
  "sqltools.useNodeRuntime": true,
  "sqltools.disableNodeDetectNotifications": true,
  "sqltools.autoOpenSessionFiles": false,
  "sqltools.results.limit": 10000,
  "sqltools.results.location": "current",
}

Setting	Description
`"sqltools.useNodeRuntime": true`	Enable Node runtime in order to use SQLite3 NodeJS API this database SQL tools extension depends on.
`"sqltools.disableNodeDetectNotifications": true`	Disable Node runtime detection notifications after initial SQLTools extension installation to prevent Node runtime information message display on every new VS Code session start.
`"sqltools.autoOpenSessionFiles": false`	Prevent auto open of new session SQL editor instance after connecting to the databaase instance.
`"sqltools.results.limit": 10000`	Maximum number of records to return in results. SQL Tools defaults to displaying only 50 records in query results view. Changing this limit setting to 1000 or 10000 will show more data rows to inspect in result views.
`"sqltools.results.location": "current"`	Defines the editor group to use for result table views. SQL Tools displays all results in the next editor group to show results on the side next to the active SQL query editor. Changing this setting to `current` will display results in the same editor group and display more result columns.

Support

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