1. Using SQLDeveloper -> Right Click on the Table from the left pane -> Export

2. Choose TEXT since we are going to use that when importing using MesaSQLite. Note, SQLDeveloper does not export CLOB columns. You need to change your column from CLOB to VARCHAR. A workaround is to add a column and then update that column aferwards.

ALTER TABLE poi ADD en_desc VARCHAR(2000);
UPDATE poi SET en_desc = en_short_desc;

3. In MesaSQLite, FILE -> IMPORT -> CSV/TAB

4. Choose the table which you want to import.

5. Choose your exported TAB delimited file from SQLDeveloper.

6. Afterwards, map the corresponding fields to your database. Note, that I added an extra column “dummy” in the file because it seems I can only match n-1 columns, thus the extra column.

1. The code below (based from the SQLiteBooks Example) will copy the database from your bundle to the “Documents” directory. You don’t have to do this every time your app launches, so there is a check at “success” below. To check this, in the iPhone Simulator navigate to the Documents directory:

/Users/rupert/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/User/Applications/unique_number_of_the_application/Documents/sample.db

// Creates a writable copy of the bundled default database in the application Documents directory.
- (void)createEditableCopyOfDatabaseIfNeeded {
    // First, test for existence.
    BOOL success;
    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    NSError *error;

	//Documents Database Path
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *writableDBPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:kDatabaseName];

	success = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:writableDBPath];
    if (success) return;

    // The writable database does not exist, so copy the default to the appropriate location.
    NSString *defaultDBPath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:kDatabaseName];
    success = [fileManager copyItemAtPath:defaultDBPath toPath:writableDBPath error:&error];
    if (!success) {
        NSLog(@"Failed to create writable database file with message '%@'.", [error localizedDescription]);
    }
}

1. MesaSQLite for MacOSX.

SQL

1. Getting the current time

MySQL = Now();

SQLite3 = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

insert into jobstemp(full_address, datecreated, dateupdated)
VALUES("9 Bishop Street", CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);

2. Getting the local current time

SELECT datetime(dateupdated, 'localtime')

3. Trim

SELECT trim(name) FROM table