I did loads of research on this and even tinkered with a c to Java converter, which got me a little bit further forward. However, I realised that I would be facing a huge effort to create the code base and then have to support it within our projects. So despite being an SQLite zealot, I had to reluctantly nail my colours to one of the existing Java tools.
I chose HSQLDB, after trying out most of the others, this was the only one that got close to the file distribution format of SQLite i.e. database in a file. It took quite a bit of tinkering to get the right mix of CACHED and MEMORY tables so that performance on start-up was good. Also, I had terrible trouble with mass imports causing memory (what a surprise - Java) problems and it took a good few runs to get it to properly index etc. Also, I had to be much more specific about the column definitions than with SQLite, otherwise my database files grew horribly. Also, you can only interact with HSQLDB via JDBC, not a big problem in Java obviously. Performance was nowhere near as good as SQLite. However, the upside is that HSQLDB is free, simple to deploy, has standalone/server/servlet/in-memory deployment versions and is reasonably perfomant. Hope this helps, Steve p.s. I'd still prefer a Java SQLite but there you are........ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rg] On Behalf Of Ran Sent: 19 January 2006 14:13 To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RBL] Re: [sqlite] Sqlite and Java If I am not mistaken, the following thread might be relevant: http://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users@sqlite.org/msg11005.html Ran On 1/19/06, Nilo Paim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Does anybody here knows something about a port of sqlite to java? > > Please, note that I'm not talking about java calling sqlite via JNI, but > about a real rewrite of sqlite using java. Obviously, a second step > would be the writing of a JDBC driver. > > Would be useful that port? > > Comments? Suggestions? > > Thanks to all. > > Nilo > Porto Alegre - Brasil >
