SQLite Internals: Pages & B-trees
What's this blog post about?
The text discusses SQLite, a lightweight database engine that is simple and reliable due to its constrained size and feature set. It explains how SQLite encodes data in its record format using variable-length integers (varints) for efficient storage of integers and types. The text also delves into the use of pages and b-trees for efficient updates, insertions, and searches within a database. Understanding these internals can help developers feel more comfortable with SQLite and confidently design applications using it.
Company
Fly.io
Date published
July 27, 2022
Author(s)
Ben Johnson
Word count
2456
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Language
English