Most Common SQLite Misconception | Igor’s Techno Club

29 Oct, 2024

I think the most common misconception about SQLite which drives people away from that database is that it’s a single connection database. This is not only confusing (what kind of connection is meant here?), but it’s wrong in many aspects.

Read Operations

SQLite supports and works perfectly well with multiple concurrent reads. That’s it.

Write Operations

The SQLite DB engine uses a write lock at the DB level, so only one “connection” can write at a time. Usually, this is not a problem because you can begin an IMMEDIATE TRANSACTION where SQLite will be able to queue this query to retry acquiring the write lock later.