[SailfishDevel] Persistent storage

[Erlend Boe]

Hoi Chris,

The difference is that I am accessing SQLite from C++.
sorry - I should have made that more clear.

Erlend

On 31.05.2013, at 22:31, christopher.lamb at thurweb.ch wrote:

> Hi Erlend
> 
> I am slightly confused: Is there any difference between the QtQuick Offline Storage API / Database API, and SQLite?
> 
> My Harmattan app makes use of an SQLite database to store settings. I am fairly sure that I did not have to install anything on to Harmattan Simulator, Emulator or physical device (N9). Nor did I have to add anything to the .pro file.
> 
> When I started porting this app to Sailfish, the app would start, but the database access did not work.
> 
> Then I installed sqlite-devel to the SDK via the SDK Control Center, and sqlite-devel to the Emulator by means of zypper in.
> 
> After this the DB access magically worked. I made no change to my Sailfish .pro file.
> 
> So what is the difference between the technique you suggest, and the one I found?
> 
> Grüsse
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Zitat von "Erlend Böe" <erlendboe at yahoo.com>:
> 
>> Hei Markus,
>> 
>> It is already included in the simulator.
>> All I had to do was to add
>> QT+=sql to the qmake project file.
>> Erlend
>> 
>> Sent from my Jolla ;-)
>> 
>> On 29.05.2013, at 22:23, Joseph Crowell <joseph.w.crowell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> SQLite is in use on a wide range of applications. I would assume it would be bundled on the device along with the other core Qt plugins.
>>> 
>>> On 5/30/2013 6:18 AM, Markus Svensson wrote:
>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>> 
>>>> I believe QT Quick uses SQLite under the hood as well, but I have not had to add any extra packages so far. But then I haven't gotten very far with my app yet...
>>>> 
>>>> Is it known if SQLite will be available on production devices, or will each app have to bundle it separately?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Skickat från min iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> 29 maj 2013 kl. 21:31 skrev christopher.lamb at thurweb.ch:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Markus
>>>>> 
>>>>> SQLite works for me, but you need to install the packages to the SDK and Emulator first.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Grüsse
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> 
>>>>> Zitat von "Markus Svensson" <markus.svensson at me.com>:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What is the preferred way of doing persistent database type storage in a Sailfish OS application? I'm thinking of using QT Quick's Offline Storage API - will this work, or is there a better way?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Markus
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