What is page size in SQLite?

What is a page in SQLite?

An SQLite database file consists of one or more "pages". For a single database file, all pages are the same size, though for different database files, the page size can any power of two between 512 and 65536, inclusive.

How do I find the size of a SQLite database?

You can query the database with these two: pragma page_size; pragma page_count; (see the sqlite pragma docs). Multiply the first by the second and you'll get total pages used.

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.

What is SQLite database format?

SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine that requires no configuration and reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with tables, indexes, triggers, and views, is contained in a single disk file. The engine, and thus the file format, support a full-featured SQL implementation.