Traction for SQLite

by Kevin Dangoor

I just noticed the note on the SQLite home page:

The new ADD COLUMN capability is made possible by AOL developers supporting and embracing great open-source software. Thanks, AOL!

(No snickering that they’ve only just now added ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN… remember that we’re talking about a 250K database). The interesting thing here is that AOL developers helped to enable this. Couple this with Apple using SQLite in the new CoreData feature of Mac OS X Tiger and it would seem that this little database is getting some hefty attention.

Sure, you’re not going to power Wal-Mart’s 1 million employee HR system on SQLite. But, as an embedded database in desktop apps, it works pretty well indeed!