In this MariaDB tutorial, you will learn about MariaDB Vs SQLite.
MariaDB Vs SQLite
MariaDB is a fork of MySQL Database, which was created in 2009. In contrast, SQLite is a C library that runs a small, fast, standalone, highly reliable, full-featured SQLite database engine designed in 1995.
Here are some of the differences between MariaDB and MySQL.
| Parameter | MariaDB | SQLite |
| Secondary database models | Document store and Graph DBMS | None |
| Developers | MariaDB Corporation Ab (MariaDB Enterprise), MariaDB Foundation (community MariaDB Server) | Dwayne Richard Hipp |
| Initial release | 2009 | 1995 |
| Operating systems | FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, macOS, Solaris | server-less |
| Implementation language | C and C++ | C |
| APIs and other access methods | Proprietary native API, ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET | ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET |
| Supported Programming Languages | Tcl, Scheme, Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, OCaml, Objective-C, JavaScript, Java, Haskell, Go, Eiffel, Erlang, D, C++, C#, C, Ada | Tcl, Smalltalk, Scheme, Scala, Ruby, R, Python, PL/SQL, PHP, Perl, OCaml, Objective-C, MatLab, Lua, Lisp, JavaScript, Java, Haskell, Fortran, Forth, Delphi, D, C++, C#, C, Basic, Ada, Actionscript |
| Server-side scripts | Yes | No |
| Partitioning methods | several options for horizontal partitioning and Sharding | None |
| Replication methods | Multi-source replication Source-replica replication | None |
| MapReduce | No | No |
| Consistency concepts | Immediate Consistency | None |
| Foreign Keys | Yes | Yes |
| Transaction concepts | ACID | ACID |
| Concurrency | Yes | Yes |
| In-memory capabilities | Yes | Yes |
| Durability | Yes | Yes |
| User concepts | fine-grained access rights according to SQL-standard | No |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States Of America | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Of America |
These are the major differences between MariaDB and SQLite.
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MariaDB Vs SQLite Performance
MariaDB and SQLite are the two most popular Relational Database Systems. Choosing between them is very important. The decision depends on various factors, such as performance, speed, and security.
Here, the performance of MariaDB and SQLite is analyzed to determine which platform is better. Different SELECT, INSERT, and DELETE queries were executed on both the Database Management System and the Windows system, and their execution time was recorded.
| Queries | MariaDB | SQLite |
| INSERT-Statement(1000 Rows) | 3 secs | 10 secs |
| UPDATE Statement(1000 Rows) | 10 secs | 0.637 secs |
| DELETE FROM US_city | 9 secs | 4 sec |
| SELECT Statement(5000 Rows) | Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded | 1.121 sec |
Here, you can see the comparison of Execution time for each of them.
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MariaDB And SQLite3
MariaDB is a fork of MySQL Database which was created in 2009 whereas SQLite is a C-language library that performs a small, fast, self-contained, high-reliability, full-featured, SQLite database engine that was created in 1995.
Here are some of the major differences between MariaDB and MySQL.
| Parameter | MariaDB | SQLite |
| Secondary database models | Document store and Graph DBMS | None |
| Developers | MariaDB Corporation Ab (MariaDB Enterprise), MariaDB Foundation (community MariaDB Server) | Dwayne Richard Hipp |
| Initial release | 2009 | 1995 |
| Operating systems | FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, macOS, Solaris | server-less |
| Implementation language | C and C++ | C |
| APIs and other access methods | Proprietary native API, ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET | ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET |
| Supported Programming Languages | Tcl, Scheme, Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, OCaml, Objective-C, JavaScript (Node.js), Java, Haskell, Go, Erlang, Eiffel, D, C++, C#, C, Ada | Tcl, Smalltalk, Scheme, Scala, Ruby, R, Python, PL/SQL, PHP, Perl, OCaml, Objective-C, MatLab, Lua, Lisp, JavaScript, Java, Haskell, Fortran, Forth, Delphi, D, C++, C#, C++, C#, C, Basic, Ada, Actionscript |
| Server-side scripts | Yes | No |
| Partitioning methods | several options for horizontal partitioning and Sharding | None |
| Replication methods | Multi-source replication Source-replica replication | None |
| MapReduce | No | No |
| Consistency concepts | Immediate Consistency | None |
| Foreign Keys | Yes | Yes |
| Transaction concepts | ACID | ACID |
| Concurrency | Yes | Yes |
| In-memory capabilities | Yes | Yes |
| Durability | Yes | Yes |
| User concepts | fine-grained access rights according to SQL-standard | No |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States Of America | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States |
These are the major differences between MariaDB and SQLite.
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- MariaDB vs Postgres – Detailed Comparison
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- How to Add Column in MariaDB
- MariaDB Full Outer Join
In this tutorial, we learned about MariaDB vs SQLite.
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