import Npm from '@mdx/Npm.astro'; import Npx from '@mdx/Npx.astro'; import Callout from '@mdx/Callout.astro'; import Prerequisites from "@mdx/Prerequisites.astro"; import CodeTabs from "@mdx/CodeTabs.astro"; import WhatsNextPostgres from "@mdx/WhatsNextPostgres.astro"; import Breadcrumbs from '@mdx/Breadcrumbs.astro'; import FileStructure from '@mdx/get-started/FileStructure.mdx'; import InstallPackages from '@mdx/get-started/InstallPackages.mdx'; import SetupConfig from '@mdx/get-started/SetupConfig.mdx'; import TransferCode from '@mdx/get-started/TransferCode.mdx'; import QueryDatabase from '@mdx/get-started/QueryDatabase.mdx'; import QueryDatabaseUpdated from '@mdx/get-started/QueryDatabaseUpdated.mdx'; import RunFile from '@mdx/get-started/RunFile.mdx'; import ApplyChanges from '@mdx/get-started/ApplyChanges.mdx'; import SetupEnv from '@mdx/get-started/SetupEnv.mdx'; import CreateTable from '@mdx/get-started/sqlite/CreateTable.mdx'; import ConnectLibsql from '@mdx/get-started/sqlite/ConnectLibsql.mdx';

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Get Started with Drizzle and SQLite

<Prerequisites> - **dotenv** - package for managing environment variables - [read here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) - **tsx** - package for running TypeScript files - [read here](https://tsx.is/) - **libsql** - a fork of SQLite optimized for low query latency, making it suitable for global applications - [read here](https://docs.turso.tech/libsql) </Prerequisites>

Drizzle has native support for SQLite connections with the libsql and better-sqlite3 drivers.

We will use libsql for this get started example. But if you want to find more ways to connect to SQLite check our SQLite Connection page

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Step 1 - Install required packages

<InstallPackages lib='@libsql/client'/>

Step 2 - Setup connection variables

<SetupEnv env_variable='DB_FILE_NAME' /> <Callout type='info' title='important'> For example, if you want to create an SQLite database file in the root of your project for testing purposes, you need to use `file:` before the actual filename, as this is the format required by `LibSQL`, like this: ```plaintext copy DB_FILE_NAME=file:local.db ``` You can check the **[LibSQL docs](https://docs.turso.tech/sdk/ts/reference#local-development)** for more info. </Callout>

Step 3 - Connect Drizzle ORM to the database

<ConnectLibsql/>

Step 4 - Create a table

<CreateTable/>

Step 5 - Setup Drizzle config file

<SetupConfig dialect='sqlite' env_variable='DB_FILE_NAME'/>

Step 6 - Applying changes to the database

<ApplyChanges />

Step 7 - Seed and Query the database

<QueryDatabase dialect='libsql' env_variable='DB_FILE_NAME'/>

Step 8 - Run index.ts file

<RunFile/>