Question

I downloaded the binaries for windos for sqlite and extracted them. There were three files

1. a shell

2. dll

3. analyzer

when I try to run to create a database and a table from the sqlite shell i get….

  SQLite version 3.7.8 2011-09-19 14:49:19
  Enter ".help" for instructions
  Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
  sqlite> sqlite3 test.db
  ...> create table tbl1(one varchar(10), two smallint);
  Error: near "sqlite3": syntax error
  sqlite>

when I try to run to create a database and a table from the command line(Vista) shell I get….

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\codenamejupiterx>sqlite3 test.db
'sqlite3' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\codenamejupiterx>

does anyone have any ideas?????

Answer 1

You run the command sqlite3 test.db to start the sqlite shell. (your first example) From in there, you do not need that part of the command again, just issue the “create table ” command.