Introduction
介紹
SQLite is an embeddable SQL-driven database engine that implements both the database engine and its interface as a C/C++ library. Started in 2000 by D. Richard Hipp, it was written from the ground up and contains absolutely no legacy code, and the SQLite source code has been in the public domain since the first prerelease of version 2.0 in 2001.
SQLite是一個(gè)嵌入式的SQL驅(qū)動(dòng)的數(shù)據(jù)庫引擎，它可以作為數(shù)據(jù)庫引擎或者C/C++庫的接口使用。它由D. Richard Hipp在2000年創(chuàng)建，它是完全重寫的絕對(duì)不包含任何的老程序。自從2001年的2.0版本SQLite的預(yù)發(fā)行版發(fā)布以來源代碼就公開了。
The primary design goals when SQLite was conceived were that it should be
SQLite構(gòu)想時(shí)候的主要設(shè)計(jì)目標(biāo)是：
The fact that SQLite is small, fast, and reliable arguably its greatest strengthsis, according to Hipp, a happy coincidence. He concentrated on making SQLite simple, and reliability is a byproduct of having fewer things to go wrong. Having simpler code in the database engine makes it much easier to optimize.
按Hipp所說，事實(shí)上SQLite很小，很快和可以信賴的，并且證明有卓越的強(qiáng)度，a happy coincidence。他致力于使SQLite簡(jiǎn)單化，讓更少的東西出錯(cuò)的副產(chǎn)品就是可信賴性。數(shù)據(jù)庫引擎代碼的簡(jiǎn)單化使得它的優(yōu)化容易的多。
Note
注意
The acronym SQL is sometimes pronounced sequel, although in common usage it is most often said as three letters. SQLite, however, is pronounced sequel-lite by its creatorin the same way that Microsoft SQL Server is usually pronounced sequel-serverand therefore that is how we have assumed it is said in this book. As we will refer to a SQLite database and an SQL statement, it will help if you are used to hearing them this way as you read on.
首字母所寫SQL有時(shí)候發(fā)音為sequel，雖然在平時(shí)使用當(dāng)中它常常被說成是三個(gè)字母。然而，它的發(fā)明者的發(fā)音是sequel-lite，和微軟的SQL Server通常的發(fā)音 sequel-server是一樣的，因此本書里面假設(shè)是這樣。當(dāng)我們談及SQLite數(shù)據(jù)庫和SQL語句的時(shí)候，它將會(huì)很有幫助，如果你曾經(jīng)聽到過的它們和你閱讀的一樣。
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