DBD::SQLite2
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SQLite is a small fast embedded SQL database engine.

DBD::SQLite2 embeds that database engine into a DBD driver, so
if you want a relational database for your project, but don't
want to install a large RDBMS system like MySQL or PostgreSQL,
then DBD::SQLite2 may be just what you need.

Note: DBD::SQLite2 is the old version of DBD::SQLite, and embeds
version 2.x.x of the sqlite library. The current version of
DBD::SQLite embeds version 3 (or possibly later if I forget to
update this file). This release is designed to allow you to have
both versions installed on the same system.

SQLite supports quite a lot of features, such as transactions (atomic
commit and rollback), indexes, DBA-free operation, a large subset
of SQL92 supported, and more.

Installation requires a compiler.

The engine is very fast, but for updates/inserts/dml it does
perform a global lock on the entire database. This, obviously,
might not be good for multiple user systems. So beware. The
database also appears to be significantly faster if your
transactions are coarse. One performance benchmark I did was
inserting 100_000 rows into the database - with AutoCommit
on it was doing about 50 rows per second. When I turned AutoCommit
off it went up to 1000 rows per second.

This module is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself, and
is copyright Matt Sergeant, 2002.

The underlying SQLite database engine is copyright free.