What are the data types in SQLite?

What data structure is SQLite?

SQLite is a simple, lightweight, high-performance, relational database that is widely used in software designs. Ealy versions of SQLite were written with simple architecture and highly readable code. Pager provides an abstraction layer to read-write data into the file system as fixed size blocks.

Is date a data type in SQLite?

I'm creating Android apps and need to save date/time of the creation record. The SQLite docs say, however, "SQLite does not have a storage class set aside for storing dates and/or times" and it's "capable of storing dates and times as TEXT, REAL, or INTEGER values".

What is varchar in SQLite?

You can declare a VARCHAR(10) and SQLite will be happy to store a 500-million character string there. And it will keep all 500-million characters intact. Your content is never truncated. SQLite understands the column type of "VARCHAR(N)" to be the same as "TEXT", regardless of the value of N.

How is data stored in SQLite?

The Android SDK provides dedicated APIs that allow developers to use SQLite databases in their applications. The SQLite files are generally stored on the internal storage under /data/data/<packageName>/databases. However, there are no restrictions on creating databases elsewhere.