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Format

SQLite Database File Format

Summary

Name
SQLite Database File Format
Version
3
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/x-sqlite3
  • PUID: fmt/729
Format type
Database
Description
SQLite is a relational database management system. SQLite does not define a formal file extension, but .sqlite, .db, and .db3 are commonly used.
File extensions
sqlite, db, db3, sqlite3
Submitted by
State Records New South Wales / State Records New South Wales

Relationships

Has lower priority than
Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

SQLite Database

Description
BOF: SQLite format 3.
Provenance
http://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
53514C69746520666F726D6174203300
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V94

    Release date
    17 September 2018
    • Updated

      SQLite Database File Format 3: Added version number 3. Submitted by Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen.

  • V82

    Release date
    27 March 2015
    • Added format

      SQLite Database File Format: Full entry added. Submitted by State Records New South Wales.

    • Added signature

      SQLite Database File Format: Signature submitted by State Records New South Wales.