Question

I’m trying to lean sqlite3 and create databases, but I’m having trouble getting started. I go to the Terminal and start things off by typing sqlite3. I get the following prompt:

sqlite>

I installed sqlAcademy and am trying to work through the tutorial, but with examples like:

>>> import sqlalchemy
>>> sqlalchemy.__version__ 
0.7.0

They appear to be typing in the Terminal, but my code shows an error:

sqlite> import sqlalchemy;
Error: near "import": syntax error

Is there a wrapper I should be using in Terminal so I can type in Python? Do I need to individually write, compile, and run all of the example or is there an easier way?

I know this sounds vague, but I think I’m doing something very obvious wrong. Just too new to know what it is.

Answer 1

That’s because you’re running in sqlite terminal. The sample code should be run from python’s terminal.