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Node.js SQLite implementation extracted from Node.js core, available for all Node.js versions.
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## ⚠️ Development Status
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🚧 **This package is currently in active development and not ready for production use.**
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**What works:**
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- ✅ Package installation and module loading
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- ✅ TypeScript definitions and API surface
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- ✅ Basic class instantiation
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**What's missing:**
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- ❌ Actual SQLite functionality (currently stub implementation)
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- ❌ Database operations and SQL execution
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- ❌ Complete Node.js API compatibility
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See [TODO.md](./TODO.md) for the complete roadmap.
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## 🎉 Development Status
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**This package provides a fully functional SQLite implementation with Node.js API compatibility!**
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### ✅ What's Complete
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**Core Features:**
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- ✅ Full SQLite functionality with synchronous operations
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- ✅ Complete Node.js API compatibility
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- ✅ All basic SQL operations (CREATE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE)
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- ✅ Prepared statements with parameter binding
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- ✅ Transaction support
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- ✅ Error handling and memory management
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**Advanced Features:**
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- ✅ User-defined functions (scalar and aggregate)
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- ✅ Window function support in aggregates
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- ✅ Statement iterators with JavaScript protocol
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- ✅ SQLite sessions for change tracking
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- ✅ Database backup with progress monitoring
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- ✅ Extension loading (with security controls)
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- ✅ Full data type support (including BigInt)
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- ✅ Statement configuration (BigInt, array returns, named parameters)
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**Build & Distribution:**
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- ✅ Multi-platform support (Linux, macOS, Windows on x64 and ARM64)
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- ✅ Automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions
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- ✅ Prebuilt binaries for all platforms
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- ✅ TypeScript definitions with full JSDoc
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**Testing:**
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- ✅ 169 comprehensive tests covering all features
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- ✅ 100% API compatibility verification
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- ✅ Memory leak prevention
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- ✅ Cross-platform testing
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### 🚧 What's In Progress
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- 🔄 Enhanced location method for attached databases
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- 🔄 Automated SQLite version updates
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- 🔄 Performance benchmarking suite
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See [TODO.md](./TODO.md) for the detailed development roadmap.
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## Overview
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- `close(): void` - Close database connection
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- `exec(sql: string): void` - Execute SQL without returning results
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- `prepare(sql: string, options?: StatementOptions): PreparedStatement` - Create prepared statement
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- `function(name: string, options: any, func: Function): void` - Register custom SQL function
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- `aggregate(name: string, options: any, funcs: any): void` - Register aggregate function
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- `createSession(table?: string): Session` - Create SQLite session for change tracking
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- `applyChangeset(changeset: Uint8Array, options?: any): void` - Apply changeset from session
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- `function(name: string, options?: UserFunctionOptions, func: Function): void` - Register custom SQL function
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- `aggregate(name: string, options: AggregateOptions): void` - Register aggregate function
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- `createSession(options?: SessionOptions): Session` - Create SQLite session for change tracking
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- `applyChangeset(changeset: Buffer, options?: ChangesetApplyOptions): boolean` - Apply changeset from session
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- `enableLoadExtension(enable: boolean): void` - Enable/disable extension loading
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- `loadExtension(path: string, entryPoint?: string): void` - Load SQLite extension
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- `backup(path: string, options?: BackupOptions): Promise<number>` - Create database backup
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#### Properties
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- `get(...parameters: any[]): any` - Get single row result
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- `all(...parameters: any[]): any[]` - Get all rows as array
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- `iterate(...parameters: any[]): IterableIterator<any>` - Iterate over results
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- `columns(): Array<{ name: string; type: string | null; tableName: string | null; databaseName: string | null }>` - Get column metadata
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- `setReadBigInts(readBigInts: boolean): void` - Configure bigint handling
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- `setReturnArrays(returnArrays: boolean): void` - Return rows as arrays instead of objects
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- `setAllowBareNamedParameters(allow: boolean): void` - Configure parameter syntax
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- `finalize(): void` - Finalize statement and free resources
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```typescript
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interface DatabaseOpenConfiguration {
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readonly location?: string;
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readonly readOnly?: boolean;
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readonly enableForeignKeys?: boolean;
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readonly enableDoubleQuotedStringLiterals?: boolean;
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readonly timeout?: number;
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readonly allowExtension?: boolean;
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interface StatementOptions {
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readonly expandedSQL?: boolean;
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readonly anonymousParameters?: boolean;
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}
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interface UserFunctionOptions {
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readonly deterministic?: boolean;
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readonly directOnly?: boolean;
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readonly arity?: number;
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readonly useBigIntArguments?: boolean;
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readonly varargs?: boolean;
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}
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interface AggregateOptions {
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readonly start: any;
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readonly step: (accumulator: any, ...values: any[]) => any;
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readonly result?: (accumulator: any) => any;
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readonly deterministic?: boolean;
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readonly directOnly?: boolean;
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readonly arity?: number;
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readonly windowMode?: boolean;
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readonly useBigIntArguments?: boolean;
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readonly varargs?: boolean;
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}
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interface BackupOptions {
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readonly rate?: number; // Pages per iteration (default: 100)
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readonly source?: string; // Source database name (default: 'main')
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readonly target?: string; // Target database name (default: 'main')
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readonly progress?: (info: { totalPages: number; remainingPages: number }) => void;
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**Recommendation**: For new projects, consider enabling `enableDoubleQuotedStringLiterals: true` to ensure consistent behavior and SQL standard compliance. For existing projects, be aware that SQLite's default behavior may interpret your double-quoted strings differently depending on context.
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- `changeset(): Buffer` - Get all changes recorded in the session
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- `patchset(): Buffer` - Get a more compact patchset of changes
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### SQLite Constants
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```typescript
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SQLITE_CHANGESET_OMIT: number;
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SQLITE_CHANGESET_REPLACE: number;
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SQLITE_CHANGESET_ABORT: number;
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SQLITE_CHANGESET_DATA: number;
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db.function("multiply", (a, b) => a * b);
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db.function("hash", {
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directOnly: true, // Cannot be called from triggers/views
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return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(String(value)).digest('hex');
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```typescript
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await db.backup('./backup.db');
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- **SQLite optimizations** - Compiled with performance-focused flags including:
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| @photostructure/sqlite | ~450,000 | Direct SQLite C integration |
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| @photostructure/sqlite | ~450,000 | Node.js-compatible API, Node-API stable |
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| better-sqlite3 | ~400,000 | Custom API, V8-specific implementation |
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_Benchmarks are approximate and vary by use case and system._

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