|  | # Rusqlite | 
|  |  | 
|  | [](https://crates.io/crates/rusqlite) | 
|  | [](https://docs.rs/rusqlite) | 
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|  |  | 
|  | Rusqlite is an ergonomic wrapper for using SQLite from Rust. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Historically, the API was based on the one from [`rust-postgres`](https://github.com/sfackler/rust-postgres). However, the two have diverged in many ways, and no compatibility between the two is intended. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Usage | 
|  |  | 
|  | In your Cargo.toml: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ```toml | 
|  | [dependencies] | 
|  | # `bundled` causes us to automatically compile and link in an up to date | 
|  | # version of SQLite for you. This avoids many common build issues, and | 
|  | # avoids depending on the version of SQLite on the users system (or your | 
|  | # system), which may be old or missing. It's the right choice for most | 
|  | # programs that control their own SQLite databases. | 
|  | # | 
|  | # That said, it's not ideal for all scenarios and in particular, generic | 
|  | # libraries built around `rusqlite` should probably not enable it, which | 
|  | # is why it is not a default feature -- it could become hard to disable. | 
|  | rusqlite = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["bundled"] } | 
|  | ``` | 
|  |  | 
|  | Simple example usage: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ```rust | 
|  | use rusqlite::{Connection, Result}; | 
|  |  | 
|  | #[derive(Debug)] | 
|  | struct Person { | 
|  | id: i32, | 
|  | name: String, | 
|  | data: Option<Vec<u8>>, | 
|  | } | 
|  |  | 
|  | fn main() -> Result<()> { | 
|  | let conn = Connection::open_in_memory()?; | 
|  |  | 
|  | conn.execute( | 
|  | "CREATE TABLE person ( | 
|  | id    INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, | 
|  | name  TEXT NOT NULL, | 
|  | data  BLOB | 
|  | )", | 
|  | (), // empty list of parameters. | 
|  | )?; | 
|  | let me = Person { | 
|  | id: 0, | 
|  | name: "Steven".to_string(), | 
|  | data: None, | 
|  | }; | 
|  | conn.execute( | 
|  | "INSERT INTO person (name, data) VALUES (?1, ?2)", | 
|  | (&me.name, &me.data), | 
|  | )?; | 
|  |  | 
|  | let mut stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT id, name, data FROM person")?; | 
|  | let person_iter = stmt.query_map([], |row| { | 
|  | Ok(Person { | 
|  | id: row.get(0)?, | 
|  | name: row.get(1)?, | 
|  | data: row.get(2)?, | 
|  | }) | 
|  | })?; | 
|  |  | 
|  | for person in person_iter { | 
|  | println!("Found person {:?}", person.unwrap()); | 
|  | } | 
|  | Ok(()) | 
|  | } | 
|  | ``` | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Supported SQLite Versions | 
|  |  | 
|  | The base `rusqlite` package supports SQLite version 3.14.0 or newer. If you need | 
|  | support for older versions, please file an issue. Some cargo features require a | 
|  | newer SQLite version; see details below. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Optional Features | 
|  |  | 
|  | Rusqlite provides several features that are behind [Cargo | 
|  | features](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-features-section). They are: | 
|  |  | 
|  | * [`load_extension`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/struct.LoadExtensionGuard.html) | 
|  | allows loading dynamic library-based SQLite extensions. | 
|  | * [`backup`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/backup/index.html) | 
|  | allows use of SQLite's online backup API. Note: This feature requires SQLite 3.6.11 or later. | 
|  | * [`functions`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/functions/index.html) | 
|  | allows you to load Rust closures into SQLite connections for use in queries. | 
|  | Note: This feature requires SQLite 3.7.3 or later. | 
|  | * `window` for [window function](https://www.sqlite.org/windowfunctions.html) support (`fun(...) OVER ...`). (Implies `functions`.) | 
|  | * [`trace`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/trace/index.html) | 
|  | allows hooks into SQLite's tracing and profiling APIs. Note: This feature | 
|  | requires SQLite 3.6.23 or later. | 
|  | * [`blob`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/blob/index.html) | 
|  | gives `std::io::{Read, Write, Seek}` access to SQL BLOBs. Note: This feature | 
|  | requires SQLite 3.7.4 or later. | 
|  | * [`limits`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html#method.limit) | 
|  | allows you to set and retrieve SQLite's per connection limits. | 
|  | * `chrono` implements [`FromSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.FromSql.html) | 
|  | and [`ToSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.ToSql.html) for various | 
|  | types from the [`chrono` crate](https://crates.io/crates/chrono). | 
|  | * `serde_json` implements [`FromSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.FromSql.html) | 
|  | and [`ToSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.ToSql.html) for the | 
|  | `Value` type from the [`serde_json` crate](https://crates.io/crates/serde_json). | 
|  | * `time` implements [`FromSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.FromSql.html) | 
|  | and [`ToSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.ToSql.html) for the | 
|  | `time::OffsetDateTime` type from the [`time` crate](https://crates.io/crates/time). | 
|  | * `url` implements [`FromSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.FromSql.html) | 
|  | and [`ToSql`](https://docs.rs/rusqlite/~0/rusqlite/types/trait.ToSql.html) for the | 
|  | `Url` type from the [`url` crate](https://crates.io/crates/url). | 
|  | * `bundled` uses a bundled version of SQLite.  This is a good option for cases where linking to SQLite is complicated, such as Windows. | 
|  | * `sqlcipher` looks for the SQLCipher library to link against instead of SQLite. This feature overrides `bundled`. | 
|  | * `bundled-sqlcipher` uses a bundled version of SQLCipher. This searches for and links against a system-installed crypto library to provide the crypto implementation. | 
|  | * `bundled-sqlcipher-vendored-openssl` allows using bundled-sqlcipher with a vendored version of OpenSSL (via the `openssl-sys` crate) as the crypto provider. | 
|  | - As the name implies this depends on the `bundled-sqlcipher` feature, and automatically turns it on. | 
|  | - If turned on, this uses the [`openssl-sys`](https://crates.io/crates/openssl-sys) crate, with the `vendored` feature enabled in order to build and bundle the OpenSSL crypto library. | 
|  | * `hooks` for [Commit, Rollback](http://sqlite.org/c3ref/commit_hook.html) and [Data Change](http://sqlite.org/c3ref/update_hook.html) notification callbacks. | 
|  | * `unlock_notify` for [Unlock](https://sqlite.org/unlock_notify.html) notification. | 
|  | * `vtab` for [virtual table](https://sqlite.org/vtab.html) support (allows you to write virtual table implementations in Rust). Currently, only read-only virtual tables are supported. | 
|  | * `series` exposes [`generate_series(...)`](https://www.sqlite.org/series.html) Table-Valued Function. (Implies `vtab`.) | 
|  | * [`csvtab`](https://sqlite.org/csv.html), CSV virtual table written in Rust. (Implies `vtab`.) | 
|  | * [`array`](https://sqlite.org/carray.html), The `rarray()` Table-Valued Function. (Implies `vtab`.) | 
|  | * `i128_blob` allows storing values of type `i128` type in SQLite databases. Internally, the data is stored as a 16 byte big-endian blob, with the most significant bit flipped, which allows ordering and comparison between different blobs storing i128s to work as expected. | 
|  | * `uuid` allows storing and retrieving `Uuid` values from the [`uuid`](https://docs.rs/uuid/) crate using blobs. | 
|  | * [`session`](https://sqlite.org/sessionintro.html), Session module extension. Requires `buildtime_bindgen` feature. (Implies `hooks`.) | 
|  | * `extra_check` fail when a query passed to execute is readonly or has a column count > 0. | 
|  | * `column_decltype` provides `columns()` method for Statements and Rows; omit if linking to a version of SQLite/SQLCipher compiled with `-DSQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE`. | 
|  | * `collation` exposes [`sqlite3_create_collation_v2`](https://sqlite.org/c3ref/create_collation.html). | 
|  | * `winsqlite3` allows linking against the SQLite present in newer versions of Windows | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Notes on building rusqlite and libsqlite3-sys | 
|  |  | 
|  | `libsqlite3-sys` is a separate crate from `rusqlite` that provides the Rust | 
|  | declarations for SQLite's C API. By default, `libsqlite3-sys` attempts to find a SQLite library that already exists on your system using pkg-config, or a | 
|  | [Vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) installation for MSVC ABI builds. | 
|  |  | 
|  | You can adjust this behavior in a number of ways: | 
|  |  | 
|  | * If you use the `bundled`, `bundled-sqlcipher`, or `bundled-sqlcipher-vendored-openssl` features, `libsqlite3-sys` will use the | 
|  | [cc](https://crates.io/crates/cc) crate to compile SQLite or SQLCipher from source and | 
|  | link against that. This source is embedded in the `libsqlite3-sys` crate and | 
|  | is currently SQLite 3.41.2 (as of `rusqlite` 0.29.0 / `libsqlite3-sys` | 
|  | 0.26.0).  This is probably the simplest solution to any build problems. You can enable this by adding the following in your `Cargo.toml` file: | 
|  | ```toml | 
|  | [dependencies.rusqlite] | 
|  | version = "0.29.0" | 
|  | features = ["bundled"] | 
|  | ``` | 
|  | * When using any of the `bundled` features, the build script will honor `SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER` and `SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH` variables. It will also honor a `LIBSQLITE3_FLAGS` variable, which can have a format like `"-USQLITE_ALPHA -DSQLITE_BETA SQLITE_GAMMA ..."`. That would disable the `SQLITE_ALPHA` flag, and set the `SQLITE_BETA` and `SQLITE_GAMMA` flags. (The initial `-D` can be omitted, as on the last one.) | 
|  | * When using `bundled-sqlcipher` (and not also using `bundled-sqlcipher-vendored-openssl`), `libsqlite3-sys` will need to | 
|  | link against crypto libraries on the system. If the build script can find a `libcrypto` from OpenSSL or LibreSSL (it will consult `OPENSSL_LIB_DIR`/`OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR` and `OPENSSL_DIR` environment variables), it will use that. If building on and for Macs, and none of those variables are set, it will use the system's SecurityFramework instead. | 
|  |  | 
|  | * When linking against a SQLite (or SQLCipher) library already on the system (so *not* using any of the `bundled` features), you can set the `SQLITE3_LIB_DIR` (or `SQLCIPHER_LIB_DIR`) environment variable to point to a directory containing the library. You can also set the `SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR` (or `SQLCIPHER_INCLUDE_DIR`) variable to point to the directory containing `sqlite3.h`. | 
|  | * Installing the sqlite3 development packages will usually be all that is required, but | 
|  | the build helpers for [pkg-config](https://github.com/alexcrichton/pkg-config-rs) | 
|  | and [vcpkg](https://github.com/mcgoo/vcpkg-rs) have some additional configuration | 
|  | options. The default when using vcpkg is to dynamically link, | 
|  | which must be enabled by setting `VCPKGRS_DYNAMIC=1` environment variable before build. | 
|  | `vcpkg install sqlite3:x64-windows` will install the required library. | 
|  | * When linking against a SQLite (or SQLCipher) library already on the system, you can set the `SQLITE3_STATIC` (or `SQLCIPHER_STATIC`) environment variable to 1 to request that the library be statically instead of dynamically linked. | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Binding generation | 
|  |  | 
|  | We use [bindgen](https://crates.io/crates/bindgen) to generate the Rust | 
|  | declarations from SQLite's C header file. `bindgen` | 
|  | [recommends](https://github.com/servo/rust-bindgen#library-usage-with-buildrs) | 
|  | running this as part of the build process of libraries that used this. We tried | 
|  | this briefly (`rusqlite` 0.10.0, specifically), but it had some annoyances: | 
|  |  | 
|  | * The build time for `libsqlite3-sys` (and therefore `rusqlite`) increased | 
|  | dramatically. | 
|  | * Running `bindgen` requires a relatively-recent version of Clang, which many | 
|  | systems do not have installed by default. | 
|  | * Running `bindgen` also requires the SQLite header file to be present. | 
|  |  | 
|  | As of `rusqlite` 0.10.1, we avoid running `bindgen` at build-time by shipping | 
|  | pregenerated bindings for several versions of SQLite. When compiling | 
|  | `rusqlite`, we use your selected Cargo features to pick the bindings for the | 
|  | minimum SQLite version that supports your chosen features. If you are using | 
|  | `libsqlite3-sys` directly, you can use the same features to choose which | 
|  | pregenerated bindings are chosen: | 
|  |  | 
|  | * `min_sqlite_version_3_14_0` - SQLite 3.14.0 bindings (this is the default) | 
|  |  | 
|  | If you use any of the `bundled` features, you will get pregenerated bindings for the | 
|  | bundled version of SQLite/SQLCipher. If you need other specific pregenerated binding | 
|  | versions, please file an issue. If you want to run `bindgen` at buildtime to | 
|  | produce your own bindings, use the `buildtime_bindgen` Cargo feature. | 
|  |  | 
|  | If you enable the `modern_sqlite` feature, we'll use the bindings we would have | 
|  | included with the bundled build. You generally should have `buildtime_bindgen` | 
|  | enabled if you turn this on, as otherwise you'll need to keep the version of | 
|  | SQLite you link with in sync with what rusqlite would have bundled, (usually the | 
|  | most recent release of SQLite). Failing to do this will cause a runtime error. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Contributing | 
|  |  | 
|  | Rusqlite has many features, and many of them impact the build configuration in | 
|  | incompatible ways. This is unfortunate, and makes testing changes hard. | 
|  |  | 
|  | To help here: you generally should ensure that you run tests/lint for | 
|  | `--features bundled`, and `--features "bundled-full session buildtime_bindgen"`. | 
|  |  | 
|  | If running bindgen is problematic for you, `--features bundled-full` enables | 
|  | bundled and all features which don't require binding generation, and can be used | 
|  | instead. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Checklist | 
|  |  | 
|  | - Run `cargo fmt` to ensure your Rust code is correctly formatted. | 
|  | - Ensure `cargo clippy --workspace --features bundled` passes without warnings. | 
|  | - Ensure `cargo clippy --workspace --features "bundled-full session buildtime_bindgen"` passes without warnings. | 
|  | - Ensure `cargo test --workspace --features bundled` reports no failures. | 
|  | - Ensure `cargo test --workspace --features "bundled-full session buildtime_bindgen"` reports no failures. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Author | 
|  |  | 
|  | Rusqlite is the product of hard work by a number of people. A list is available | 
|  | here: https://github.com/rusqlite/rusqlite/graphs/contributors | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## Community | 
|  |  | 
|  | Feel free to join the [Rusqlite Discord Server](https://discord.gg/nFYfGPB8g4) to discuss or get help with `rusqlite` or `libsqlite3-sys`. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ## License | 
|  |  | 
|  | Rusqlite and libsqlite3-sys are available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ### Licenses of Bundled Software | 
|  |  | 
|  | Depending on the set of enabled cargo `features`, rusqlite and libsqlite3-sys will also bundle other libraries, which have their own licensing terms: | 
|  |  | 
|  | - If `--features=bundled-sqlcipher` is enabled, the vendored source of [SQLcipher](https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher) will be compiled and statically linked in. SQLcipher is distributed under a BSD-style license, as described [here](libsqlite3-sys/sqlcipher/LICENSE). | 
|  |  | 
|  | - If `--features=bundled` is enabled, the vendored source of SQLite will be compiled and linked in. SQLite is in the public domain, as described [here](https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html). | 
|  |  | 
|  | Both of these are quite permissive, have no bearing on the license of the code in `rusqlite` or `libsqlite3-sys` themselves, and can be entirely ignored if you do not use the feature in question. |