SQLite Provider

Parameters

ConnectionString

A basic connection string used to connect to the SQLite database.

[<Literal>]
let connectionString = 
    "Data Source=" + 
    __SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ + @"/../../../tests/SqlProvider.Tests/scripts/northwindEF.db;" + 
    "Version=3;foreign keys=true"

ResolutionPath

Path to search for database vendor-specific assemblies. Specify the path where System.Data.SQLite.dll is stored. If you use the System.Data.SQLite NuGet package and target .NET 4.6, the path would be something like __SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ + @"\..\packages\System.Data.SQLite.Core.<version>\lib\net46". Both absolute and relative paths are supported.

Note that System.Data.SQLite.dll will look for the native interop library:

• on Windows: SQLite.Interop.dll in the x64 and x86 subdirectories of the resolution path.
• on Linux: libSQLite.Interop.so in the resolution path directory.

The interop libraries are not properly placed after the System.Data.SQLite NuGet package is added, so you might have to manually copy the interop libraries:

• on Windows: copy x64 and x86 subdirectories from SQLite build directory, which typically is <project root>\packages\System.Data.SQLite.Core.<version>\build\net46.
• on Linux: first, build the libSQLite.Interop.so using <srcDir>/Setup/compile-interop-assembly-release.sh script from System.Data.SQLite source distribution sqlite-netFx-source-1.x.xxx.x.zip. And then copy it from <srcDir>/bin/2013/Release/bin/.

If System.Data.SQLite.dll is in the location where NuGet places it by default, you don't have to submit the ResolutionPath parameter at all, but you still need to copy the interop libraries as described above.

If you use Microsoft.Data.Sqlite driver, you still need the physical dll, (in that case e_sqlite3.dll), to be in resolutionPath or folder under operating system PATH variable.

[<Literal>]
let resolutionPath = __SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ + @"/../../../tests/SqlProvider.Tests/libs"

SQLiteLibrary

Specifies what SQLite library to use. This is an SQLiteLibrary enumeration, defined in the FSharp.Data.Sql.Common namespace, which has the following members:

• *AutoSelect* - Uses System.Data.SQLite under .NET, Mono.Data.SQLite under Mono and Microsoft.Data.Sqlite under NET Core. This is the default.
• *MonoDataSQLite* - Always uses Mono.Data.SQLite.
• *SystemDataSQLite* - Always uses System.Data.SQLite.
• *MicrosoftDataSqlite* - Always uses Microsoft.Data.Sqlite. This is experimental until it supports GetSchema().

Example

type sql = SqlDataProvider<
                Common.DatabaseProviderTypes.SQLITE, 
                SQLiteLibrary = Common.SQLiteLibrary.SystemDataSQLite,
                ConnectionString = connectionString, 
                ResolutionPath = resolutionPath, 
                CaseSensitivityChange = Common.CaseSensitivityChange.ORIGINAL>

let ctx = sql.GetDataContext()

let customers = 
    ctx.Main.Customers
    |> Seq.map(fun c -> c.ContactName)
    |> Seq.toList

CRUD

When you do insert operation, after .SubmitUpdates call you can get inserted rowid like this:

let myCustomer = ctx.Main.Customers.``Create(CompanyName)``("MyCompany")
ctx.SubmitUpdates()
let rowid = myCustomer.GetColumn("rowid") : int