SQLite Sample Database
Summary: in this tutorial, we first introduce you to an SQLite sample database. Then, we will give you the links to download the sample database and its diagram. At the end of the tutorial, we will show you how to connect to the sample database using the sqlite3 tool.
Introduction to chinook SQLite sample database
We provide you with the SQLite sample database named chinook. The chinook sample database is a good database for practicing with SQL, especially SQLite.
The following database diagram illustrates the chinook database tables and their relationships.
Chinook sample database tables
There are 11 tables in the chinook sample database.
-
employees
table stores employees data such as employee id, last name, first name, etc. It also has a field namedReportsTo
to specify who reports to whom. -
customers
table stores customers data. -
invoices
&invoice_items
tables: these two tables store invoice data. Theinvoices
table stores invoice header data and theinvoice_items
table stores the invoice line items data. -
artists
table stores artists data. It is a simple table that contains only the artist id and name. -
albums
table stores data about a list of tracks. Each album belongs to one artist. However, one artist may have multiple albums. -
media_types
table stores media types such as MPEG audio and AAC audio files. -
genres
table stores music types such as rock, jazz, metal, etc. -
tracks
table stores the data of songs. Each track belongs to one album. -
playlists
&playlist_track
tables:playlists
table store data about playlists. Each playlist contains a list of tracks. Each track may belong to multiple playlists. The relationship between theplaylists
table andtracks
table is many-to-many. Theplaylist_track
table is used to reflect this relationship.
Download SQLite sample database
You can download the SQLite sample database using the following link.
Download SQLite sample database
In case you want to have the database diagram for reference, you can download both black&white and color versions in PDF format.
Download SQLite sample database diagram
Download SQLite sample database diagram with color
How to connect to SQLite sample database
The sample database file is ZIP format, therefore, you need to extract it to a folder, for example, C:\sqlite\db
. The name of the file is chinook.db
If you don’t have zip software installed, you can download a free zip software such as 7-zip.
First, use the command line program and navigate to the SQLite directory where the sqlite3.exe file is located:
c:\sqlite>
Code language: Shell Session (shell)
Second, use the following command to connect to the chinook
sample database located in the db
folder, which is a subfolder of the sqlite
folder.
c:\sqlite>sqlite3 c:\sqlite\db\chinook.db
Code language: Shell Session (shell)
You should see the following command:
Code language: Shell Session (shell)
Third, try a simple command e.g., .tables to view all the tables available in the sample database.
sqlite> .tables
albums employees invoices playlists
artists genres media_types tracks
customers invoice_items playlist_track
Code language: SQL (Structured Query Language) (sql)
In this tutorial, we have introduced you to the chinook SQLite sample database and showed you how to connect to it using the sqlite3 tool.