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"Creating a simple SQLite-based app with Python" source code
"""
This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
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"""
import sqlite3
#
# Establishing connection
#
# open a SQLite connection
# a database file called data.db will be created,
# if it does not exist
connection = sqlite3.connect('data.db')
# create a database cursor
cur = connection.cursor()
#
# Creating the table
#
# create the database table if it doesn't exist
table_schema = """
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS notes (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
description TEXT
);
"""
cur.execute(table_schema)
#
# Inserting to the database
#
name = input('Note name: ')
desc = input('Note description: ')
# insert some hard-coded data
insert_query = """
INSERT INTO notes (name, description)
VALUES (?, ?);
"""
cur.execute(insert_query, (name, desc))
# save it in the database file
connection.commit()
#
# Querying the database
#
# query the database for ALL data in the notes table
cur.execute('SELECT * FROM notes;')
# print the result
print('\nNotes:')
for row in cur.fetchall():
display_name = row[1]
display_desc = row[2]
print(f'Note name: {display_name}\nNote description: {display_desc}\n')
#
# Cleaning up
#
# close the cursor
cur.close()
# close the connection
connection.close()
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