Linked server

Question

Hi

I need to connect to SQL lite on remote server to import the data using linked server in SQL Server.

Please help me how can I do this.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi there SVA

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first install an SQLite ODBC driver on the SQL Server machine. Then, configure an ODBC data source pointing to your SQLite database. In SQL Server Management Studio, create a new linked server under Server Objects by choosing the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers, and entering the DSN for your SQLite connection. Set up security options, and then you can query the SQLite database using OPENQUERY in SQL Server to import data.

For more info follow this documentation

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/import-export/overview-import-export?view=sql-server-ver16

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Answer 2

SQLite is an inprocess database. There is no remote connection support. It is also single instance, so if database file is on a file share, only one process can open the file at a time.

in your case you should copy the SQLite database file local to the Sqlserver.

Answer 3

Hi @SVA,

The SQLite .dump command will output the entire contents of the database as an ASCII text file.

for more details

http://sqlite.org/cli.html

You can use DB Browser for SQLite Here.

Or you may consider using SSIS to load data from SQLite to SQL Server directly.

Regards，

Zoe Hui

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