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HSQLDB

default database van libre office base (? .odb files ?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSQLDB
requires JRE , which is annoying
wm : do not use HSQLDB , it is ms access like

SQLLITE

in process db, fast & low in resources
not std in linux , but often installed by apps
install it yourself : sudo apt-get install sqlite3
https://www.sqlitetutorial.net/ (there are a few differences between ANSi sql and sqlite )

mgt via shell tools
  • standard with sqlite install
    sqlite3 --help
    https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html
  • sqlite-utils
    python library

db files

  • mimetype : SQLite3 database (application/vnd.sqlite3)
  • no file extention, commonly used :   .sqlite,  .db,  .db3 wm : .sqlite

sqlite databases on lapwm