How many tables can SQLite handle?

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SQLite does not support joins containing more than 64 tables. This limit arises from the fact that the SQLite code generator uses bitmaps with one bit per join-table in the query optimizer. SQLite uses an efficient query planner algorithm and so even a large join can be prepared quickly.

How much can SQLite handle?

SQLite supports databases up to 281 terabytes in size, assuming you can find a disk drive and filesystem that will support 281-terabyte files.

Can a SQLite database have multiple tables?

Execution of multiple Create Table Queries can create multiple tables in one database.

Is SQLite good enough for production?

SQLite works great as the database engine for most low to medium traffic websites (which is to say, most websites). The amount of web traffic that SQLite can handle depends on how heavily the website uses its database. Generally speaking, any site that gets fewer than 100K hits/day should work fine with SQLite.

Is SQLite good for big data?

sqlite should work just fine for you. I have run a data set of that size even in an embedded device and sqlite performance was quite reasonable. As stated, the main bottleneck is concurrency. Aim to design your system so that there is at most one database handle open per database file.

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