Cannot open sqlite command line interface - sqlite

Question

I used the following on the cmd to try and open the sqlite command line interface, but somehow it is not recognised.
I can see the sqlite db has been created, so cannot see what I am doing wrong:
(env) E:\Python installation\myproject\myflaskproject>sqlite
'sqlite' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
(env) E:\Python installation\myproject\myflaskproject>
I've also tried typing at the prompt: >>sqlite3
Still, the same error.

Answer 1

download slqlit3
to download slqlit3 go to this url: https://www.sqlite.org/download.html
since your are working on windows platform, under Precompiled Binaries for Windows section download sqlite-tools-win64-x64-3320300.zip or sqlite-tools-win32-x86-3320300.zip if your are like me working on the very OLD windows 7 32bit architecture
you have to know sqlite3 is a standalone and executable file meaning sqlite3 don't require to be installed like other programs:
A bundle of command-line tools for managing SQLite database files, including the command-line shell program, the sqldiff.exe program, and the sqlite3_analyzer.exe program.
unzip the downloaded file the under C:\ for e.g. and rename the folder to C:\sqlite3 to make things simple.
now, if you open : C:\sqlite3, you'll find 3 executable files:
C:\sqlite3
sqldiff.exe
**sqlite3.exe**
sqlite3_analyzer.exe
add an Environment Variable
open System Properties (see this post)
go to Advanced tab under System Properties and click Environment Variables
Under System Variables create those variables:
PYTHON_HOME = C:\Python37 (it depends where you already installed python and which version if you have multiple installations)
SQLITE_HOME = C:\sqlite3
go to User variables and add/append variables to PATH like so:
PATH = [..];%PYTHON_HOME%;%PYTHON_HOME%\Scripts;
open new console and check your current active python:
python --version
and then you can use sqlite3 command not sqlite (check the C:\sqlite3 installation folder):
(env) E:\Python installation\myproject\myflaskproject>sqlite
'sqlite' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
(env) E:\Python installation\myproject\myflaskproject>sqlite3 -version
3.15.2 2016-11-28 19:13:37 bbd85d235f7037c6a033a9690534391ffeacecc8
now you can open the sqlite database file (e.g: data-dev.sqlite3 under /myflaskproject ) like
(env) E:\Python installation\myproject\myflaskproject>sqlite3 data-dev.sqlite3
SQLite version 3.15.2 2016-11-28 19:13:37
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite>
some quick useful sqlite commands
sqlite> .databases
seq name file
--- --------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
0 main E:\Python installation\myproject\myflaskproject\data-dev.sqlite3
sqlite> .tables
user
sqlite> .exit (to exit)
for more about sqlite have look at this site sqlitetutorial.net