How do I reduce the size of my SQLite database?

How big is too big for SQLite?

An SQLite database is limited in size to 281 terabytes (248 bytes, 256 tibibytes). And even if it could handle larger databases, SQLite stores the entire database in a single disk file and many filesystems limit the maximum size of files to something less than this.

How big should a SQLite database be?

Maximum Database Size The maximum size of a database file is 4294967294 pages. At the maximum page size of 65536 bytes, this translates into a maximum database size of approximately 1.4e+14 bytes (281 terabytes, or 256 tebibytes, or 281474 gigabytes or 256,000 gibibytes).

How does SQLite VACUUM work?

The VACUUM command works by copying the contents of the database into a temporary database file and then overwriting the original with the contents of the temporary file. When overwriting the original, a rollback journal or write-ahead log WAL file is used just as it would be for any other database transaction.

How do I limit the number of rows in SQLite?

SQLite Limit: You can limit the number of rows returned by your SQL query, by using the LIMIT clause. For example, LIMIT 10 will give you only 10 rows and ignore all the other rows. In the LIMIT clause, you can select a specific number of rows starting from a specific position using the OFFSET clause.