SQLite - FireDAC or ?

[Darian Miller 361]

Starting a new project from scratch - since FireDAC is now bundled with Delphi and it contains support for SQLite, are there any specific benefits for using LiteDAC (https://www.devart.com/litedac/), DISQLite3 (https://www.yunqa.de/delphi/products/sqlite3/index) or other alternatives?

[Andrea Raimondi 13]

Depends on what edition you have. 

If you have Pro, the main advantage with LiteDAC is that you can then use other providers as well to connect to a remote datababse. 

[Edwin Yip 154]

An alternative is mORMot, its core is based on SQLITE3, you don't even need the external sqlite3.dll - you statically link the .obj file into your executable.

 

note: you can use the sqlite db functions alone, without using its excellent ORM layer or the http/rest server modules. But I suggest take advantage of it's ORM for CURD - it'll save a lot of your time!

 

https://synopse.info/files/html/Synopse mORMot Framework SAD 1.18.html#TITLE_142

[Edwin Yip 154]

PS, I've never used any db components from DevArt, but I own another product of them, and I believe they provide good quality products.

 

I also own a license of DiSqlite3, it's very fast and full-featured, I must say. And the support from Ralf the developer is great - he usually don't say anything unrelated, but just gives you detailed answers and suggestions of the technical issue you have.

 

But don't forget as a free, open source project, the support of mORMot is also responsive and quick to fix issues - don't just listen to me, look at their forums :)

[chkaufmann 17]

2 hours ago, edwinyzh said:

PS, I've never used any db components from DevArt, but I own another product of them, and I believe they provide good quality products.

Yes Devart db components are reliable and stable. I use UniDac since years and it works with no problems with Firebird, MS SQL, Postgresql and Oracle.

 

Christian

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IMHO the foremost reason for not using FireDAC is no sources (Pro). Had i had the sources (Enterprise?) i would start using FireDAC.

[Arnaud Bouchez 407]

Note that the SQlite3 version embedded with FireDAC tends to be updated at a slow pace, and stick to the Delphi release.
It is currently 3.23.1 in Delphi 10.3, whereas the current is 3.28.

 

With an OpenSource or third-party solution, you may be able to update SQlite3 without upgrading the compiler.

I have seen requests to upgrade SQlite3 for regulatory or security reasons.

3.23.1 is known to be vulnerable, as reported e.g. by https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-9237/Sqlite.html and https://www.zdnet.com/article/sqlite-bug-impacts-thousands-of-apps-including-all-chromium-based-browsers/

 

[Darian Miller 361]

1 hour ago, Arnaud Bouchez said:

It is currently 3.23.1 in Delphi 10.3, whereas the current is 3.28.

 

That hit the nail on the head.  I was missing that major issue.   In addition, the last update to LiteDAC was November.

 

A possible solution would be to dynamically link and keep that DLL up to date from the official source but I'd rather have statically linked. 

For future reference: 

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/Connect_to_SQLite_database_(FireDAC)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34486325/how-to-remove-static-linking-from-firedac-sqlite

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23187853/delphi-sqlite-wrapper-with-static-linking-and-encryption-support/23193690

http://blog.synopse.info/post/2018/03/12/New-AES-based-SQLite3-encryption

https://synopse.info/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=26794#p26794

 

In their Rio doc link above, they are using 3.9.2.  I don't have 10.3 installed currently so I cannot confirm.

 

 

It's been a number of years since I tried mORMot... time to dig into it again!

 

Thanks