Question

I am trying to make a contacts table in SQLite. When i commit the changes after inserting 2-3 rows of data, and try to access it after closing the current session, my records are no longer there..

This is what i have done:-

1.Made a directory C:\Sites\databases> to store all my database related data.
2. Created a database called contactlist_development, so when i type the command dir from
C:\Sites\databases>, i can see my database.

This is where the problem starts:-

3.When i do (C:\Sites\databases>sqlite3). I am taken to the sqlite prompt, and when i make a table, its records don’t get saved once i log out:-

sqlite>BEGIN TRANSACTION;
sqlite>CREATE TABLE contacts(Cid integer primary key autoincrement,first_name varchar(15),last_name varchar(15),address varchar(15),city varchar(15),state varchar(15),country varchar(15),phone double, email varchar(20));
sqlite>COMMIT;

Then,

sqlite>BEGIN TRANSACTION;
sqlite>INSERT INTO contacts VALUES(1,'Chetan','Dahal','Bal','Kathmandu','Nepal','50060','[e-mail]'));
sqlite>COMMIT;
sqlite> Ctrl-C

Then when i login again, i don’t get my records:(

Answer 1

Looks like you are opening an in-memory database when you run:

C:\Sites\databases>sqlite3

Can you try running this instead?

C:\Sites\databases>sqlite3 contactlist_development

where contactlist_development is your database file.