保存数据的方式很多，plist files, XML, 或者 文本文件，但是效率不高。SQLite提供了在大数据中高效查询、检索的本地存储功能。
SQLite is an open source library, written in C, that implements a self-contained SQL relational database engine. You can use SQLite to store large amounts of relational data. The developers of SQLite have optimized it for use on embedded devices like the iPhone and iPad.
Although the Core Data application programming interface (API) is also designed to store data on iOS, its primary purpose is to persist objects created by your application. SQLite excels when pre- loading your application with a large amount of data, whereas Core Data excels at managing data created on the device.
一、建立数据库：
1、command-line
1、sqlite3 catalog.db／／建立数据库2、／／建表CREATE TABLE "main"."Product"("ID" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL ,"Name" TEXT, "ManufacturerID" INTEGER, "Details" TEXT, "Price" DOUBLE, "QuantityOnHand" INTEGER, "CountryOfOriginID" INTEGER, "Image" TEXT );CREATE TABLE "main"."Manufacturer"("ManufacturerID" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL , "Name" TEXT NOT NULL );CREATE TABLE "main"."Country"("CountryID" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL , "Country" TEXT NOT NULL ); 2、使用火狐浏览器的SQLite Manager 插件
下载地址：
http://code.google.com/p/sqlite-manager
二，插入数据：
2、插入一行数据：
INSERT INTO "main"."Product" ("Name","ManufacturerID","Details","Price","QuantityOnHand", "CountryOfOriginID","Image")VALUES ('Widget A','1','Details of Widget A','1.29','5','1', 'Canvas_1'); 3、从文件中导入数据到数据库：
.separator "\t".import "products.txt" Product
命令: .import
sqlite> .import 文件名 表名注1: 不要忘了开头的点注2: 这条语句不能用分号结束. 非SQL不需要分号结束.注3: 需要查看默认的分隔符separator. 必须一致. 如果不一致可能导致sqlite字段分割错误. 查看分隔符使用命令 .show , 如果不一致可直接修改, 比如: sqlite>.separator "," 将分隔符转为逗号.4、导出：
实现方式: 将输出重定向至文件.
命令: .outputsqlite> .output a.txt然后输入sql语句, 查询出要导的数据. 查询后,数据不会显示在屏幕上,而直接写入文件.结束后,输入sqlite> .output stdout将输出重定向至屏幕.举例: 将 tab_xx 中的数据导出到文件a.txtsqlite> .output a.txtsqlite> select * from tab_xx;在屏幕显示：
sqlite> .output stdout
sqlite> select * from tab_xx;
三、在iOS软件中使用SQLite：
1、首先要对数据建模2、抽象出操作数据库的API，以便以后更换数据库。
#import// This includes the header for the SQLite library.#import #import "Product.h"@interface DBAccess : NSObject { }- (NSMutableArray*) getAllProducts;- (void) closeDatabase;- (void)initializeDatabase;@end
#import "DBAccess.h"@implementation DBAccess// Reference to the SQLite database.sqlite3* database;-(id) init{ // Call super init to invoke superclass initiation code if ((self = [super init])) { // set the reference to the database [self initializeDatabase]; } return self;}// Open the database connection- (void)initializeDatabase { // Get the database from the application bundle. NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"catalog" ofType:@"db"]; // Open the database. if (sqlite3_open([path UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) { NSLog(@"Opening Database"); } else { // Call close to properly clean up sqlite3_close(database); NSAssert1(0, @"Failed to open database: ‘%s’.", sqlite3_errmsg(database)); }}-(void) closeDatabase{ // Close the database. if (sqlite3_close(database) != SQLITE_OK) { NSAssert1(0, @"Error: failed to close database: ‘%s’.", sqlite3_errmsg(database)); }}- (NSMutableArray*) getAllProducts{ // The array of products that we will create NSMutableArray *products = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; // The SQL statement that we plan on executing against the database const char *sql = "SELECT product.ID,product.Name, \ Manufacturer.name,product.details,product.price,\ product.quantityonhand, country.country, \ product.image FROM Product,Manufacturer, \ Country where manufacturer.manufacturerid=product.manufacturerid \ and product.countryoforiginid=country.countryid"; // The SQLite statement object that will hold our result set sqlite3_stmt *statement; // Prepare the statement to compile the SQL query into byte-code int sqlResult = sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &statement, NULL); if ( sqlResult== SQLITE_OK) { // Step through the results - once for each row. while (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW) { // allocate a Product object to add to products array Product *product = [[Product alloc] init]; // The second parameter is the column index (0 based) in // the result set. char *name = (char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 1); char *manufacturer = (char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 2); char *details = (char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 3); char *countryOfOrigin = (char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 6); char *image = (char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 7); // Set all the attributes of the product //product是数据模型的对象 product.ID = sqlite3_column_int(statement, 0); product.name = (name) ? [NSString stringWithUTF8String:name] : @""; product.manufacturer = (manufacturer) ? [NSString stringWithUTF8String:manufacturer] : @""; product.details = (details) ? [NSString stringWithUTF8String:details] : @""; product.price = sqlite3_column_double(statement, 4); product.quantity = sqlite3_column_int(statement, 5); product.countryOfOrigin = (countryOfOrigin) ? [NSString stringWithUTF8String:countryOfOrigin] : @""; product.image = (image) ? [NSString stringWithUTF8String:image] : @""; // Add the product to the products array [products addObject:product]; } // finalize the statement to release its resources sqlite3_finalize(statement); } else { NSLog(@"Problem with the database:"); NSLog(@"%d",sqlResult); } return products; }@end
3、
#importsqlite3 *contactDB; NSString *docsDir; NSArray *dirPaths; // Get the documents directory dirPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); docsDir = [dirPaths objectAtIndex:0]; // Build the path to the database file NSString *databasePath = [[NSString alloc] initWithString: [docsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"contacts.db"]]; NSFileManager *filemgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; if ([filemgr fileExistsAtPath:databasePath] == NO) { const char *dbpath = [databasePath UTF8String]; if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &contactDB)==SQLITE_OK) { char *errMsg; const char *sql_stmt = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS CONTACTS(ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, NAME TEXT, ADDRESS TEXT,PHONE TEXT)"; if (sqlite3_exec(contactDB, sql_stmt, NULL, NULL, &errMsg)!=SQLITE_OK) { status.text = @"创建表失败\n"; } } else { status.text = @"创建/打开数据库失败"; } }
4、向数据库插入数据：
- (IBAction)SaveToDataBase:(id)sender { sqlite3_stmt *statement; const char *dbpath = [databasePath UTF8String]; if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &contactDB)==SQLITE_OK) { NSString *insertSQL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"INSERT INTO CONTACTS (name,address,phone) VALUES(\"%@\",\"%@\",\"%@\")",name.text,address.text,phone.text]; const char *insert_stmt = [insertSQL UTF8String]; sqlite3_prepare_v2(contactDB, insert_stmt, -1, &statement, NULL); if (sqlite3_step(statement)==SQLITE_DONE) { status.text = @"已存储到数据库"; name.text = @""; address.text = @""; phone.text = @""; } else { status.text = @"保存失败"; } sqlite3_finalize(statement); sqlite3_close(contactDB); }} 5、查询数据库库：
- (IBAction)SearchFromDataBase:(id)sender { const char *dbpath = [databasePath UTF8String]; sqlite3_stmt *statement; if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &contactDB) == SQLITE_OK) { NSString *querySQL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT address,phone from contacts where name=\"%@\"",name.text]; const char *query_stmt = [querySQL UTF8String]; if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(contactDB, query_stmt, -1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) { if (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW) { NSString *addressField = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:(const char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 0)]; address.text = addressField; NSString *phoneField = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:(const char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 1 )]; phone.text = phoneField; status.text = @"已查到结果"; [addressField release]; [phoneField release]; } else { status.text = @"未查到结果"; address.text = @""; phone.text = @""; } sqlite3_finalize(statement); } sqlite3_close(contactDB); }}
使用：
// Get the DBAccess object; DBAccess *dbAccess = [[DBAccess alloc] init]; // Get the products array from the database self.products = [dbAccess getAllProducts]; // Close the database because we are finished with it [dbAccess closeDatabase];
tips：
1、读取文件：
NSString *textFileContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myTextFile" ofType:@"txt"] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];// If there are no results, something went wrong if (fileContents == nil) {// an error occurred NSLog(@"Error reading text file. %@", [error localizedFailureReason]);}NSArray *lines = [textFileContents componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"]; NSLog(@"Number of lines in the file:%d", [lines count] );