[3.10] gh-94628: Add explicit parameter list to sqlite3.connect docs (GH-94629) (#94646)

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@ -218,90 +218,89 @@ Module functions and constants
(bitwise or) operator.
.. function:: connect(database[, timeout, detect_types, isolation_level, check_same_thread, factory, cached_statements, uri])
Opens a connection to the SQLite database file *database*. By default returns a
:class:`Connection` object, unless a custom *factory* is given.
.. function:: connect(database, timeout=5.0, detect_types=0, isolation_level="DEFERRED", check_same_thread=True, factory=sqlite3.Connection, cached_statements=128, uri=False)
*database* is a :term:`path-like object` giving the pathname (absolute or
relative to the current working directory) of the database file to be opened.
You can use ``":memory:"`` to open a database connection to a database that
resides in RAM instead of on disk.
Open a connection to an SQLite database.
When a database is accessed by multiple connections, and one of the processes
modifies the database, the SQLite database is locked until that transaction is
committed. The *timeout* parameter specifies how long the connection should wait
for the lock to go away until raising an exception. The default for the timeout
parameter is 5.0 (five seconds).
:param database:
The path to the database file to be opened.
Pass ``":memory:"`` to open a connection to a database that is
in RAM instead of on disk.
:type database: :term:`path-like object`
For the *isolation_level* parameter, please see the
:attr:`~Connection.isolation_level` property of :class:`Connection` objects.
:param timeout:
How many seconds the connection should wait before raising
an exception, if the database is locked by another connection.
If another connection opens a transaction to modify the database,
it will be locked until that transaction is committed.
Default five seconds.
:type timeout: float
SQLite natively supports only the types TEXT, INTEGER, REAL, BLOB and NULL. If
you want to use other types you must add support for them yourself. The
*detect_types* parameter and using custom **converters** registered with the
module-level :func:`register_converter` function allow you to easily do that.
:param detect_types:
Control whether and how data types not
:ref:`natively supported by SQLite <sqlite3-types>`
are looked up to be converted to Python types,
using the converters registered with :func:`register_converter`.
Set it to any combination (using ``|``, bitwise or) of
:const:`PARSE_DECLTYPES` and :const:`PARSE_COLNAMES`
to enable this.
Column names takes precedence over declared types if both flags are set.
Types cannot be detected for generated fields (for example ``max(data)``),
even when the *detect_types* parameter is set; :class:`str` will be
returned instead.
By default (``0``), type detection is disabled.
:type detect_types: int
*detect_types* defaults to 0 (type detection disabled).
Set it to any combination (using ``|``, bitwise or) of
:const:`PARSE_DECLTYPES` and :const:`PARSE_COLNAMES`
to enable type detection.
Column names takes precedence over declared types if both flags are set.
Types cannot be detected for generated fields (for example ``max(data)``),
even when the *detect_types* parameter is set.
In such cases, the returned type is :class:`str`.
:param isolation_level:
The :attr:`~Connection.isolation_level` of the connection,
controlling whether and how transactions are implicitly opened.
Can be ``"DEFERRED"`` (default), ``"EXCLUSIVE"`` or ``"IMMEDIATE"``;
or :const:`None` to disable opening transactions implicitly.
See :ref:`sqlite3-controlling-transactions` for more.
:type isolation_level: str | None
By default, *check_same_thread* is :const:`True` and only the creating thread may
use the connection. If set :const:`False`, the returned connection may be shared
across multiple threads. When using multiple threads with the same connection
writing operations should be serialized by the user to avoid data corruption.
:param check_same_thread:
If :const:`True` (default), only the creating thread may use the connection.
If :const:`False`, the connection may be shared across multiple threads;
if so, write operations should be serialized by the user to avoid data
corruption.
:type check_same_thread: bool
By default, the :mod:`sqlite3` module uses its :class:`Connection` class for the
connect call. You can, however, subclass the :class:`Connection` class and make
:func:`connect` use your class instead by providing your class for the *factory*
parameter.
:param factory:
A custom subclass of :class:`Connection` to create the connection with,
if not the default :class:`Connection` class.
:type factory: :class:`Connection`
Consult the section :ref:`sqlite3-types` of this manual for details.
:param cached_statements:
The number of statements that ``sqlite3``
should internally cache for this connection, to avoid parsing overhead.
By default, 100 statements.
:type cached_statements: int
The :mod:`sqlite3` module internally uses a statement cache to avoid SQL parsing
overhead. If you want to explicitly set the number of statements that are cached
for the connection, you can set the *cached_statements* parameter. The currently
implemented default is to cache 100 statements.
:param uri:
If set to :const:`True`, *database* is interpreted as a
:abbr:`URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)` with a file path
and an optional query string.
The scheme part *must* be ``"file:"``,
and the path can be relative or absolute.
The query string allows passing parameters to SQLite,
enabling various :ref:`sqlite3-uri-tricks`.
:type uri: bool
If *uri* is :const:`True`, *database* is interpreted as a
:abbr:`URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)` with a file path and an optional
query string. The scheme part *must* be ``"file:"``. The path can be a
relative or absolute file path. The query string allows us to pass
parameters to SQLite. Some useful URI tricks include::
# Open a database in read-only mode.
con = sqlite3.connect("file:template.db?mode=ro", uri=True)
# Don't implicitly create a new database file if it does not already exist.
# Will raise sqlite3.OperationalError if unable to open a database file.
con = sqlite3.connect("file:nosuchdb.db?mode=rw", uri=True)
# Create a shared named in-memory database.
con1 = sqlite3.connect("file:mem1?mode=memory&cache=shared", uri=True)
con2 = sqlite3.connect("file:mem1?mode=memory&cache=shared", uri=True)
con1.executescript("create table t(t); insert into t values(28);")
rows = con2.execute("select * from t").fetchall()
More information about this feature, including a list of recognized
parameters, can be found in the
`SQLite URI documentation <https://www.sqlite.org/uri.html>`_.
:rtype: sqlite3.Connection
.. audit-event:: sqlite3.connect database sqlite3.connect
.. audit-event:: sqlite3.connect/handle connection_handle sqlite3.connect
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Added the *uri* parameter.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
The *uri* parameter.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
*database* can now also be a :term:`path-like object`, not only a string.
.. versionchanged:: 3.10
Added the ``sqlite3.connect/handle`` auditing event.
.. versionadded:: 3.10
The ``sqlite3.connect/handle`` auditing event.
.. function:: register_converter(typename, converter, /)
@ -1238,6 +1237,36 @@ regardless of the value of :attr:`~Connection.isolation_level`.
https://www.sqlite.org/lang_transaction.html#deferred_immediate_and_exclusive_transactions
.. _sqlite3-uri-tricks:
SQLite URI tricks
-----------------
Some useful URI tricks include:
* Open a database in read-only mode::
con = sqlite3.connect("file:template.db?mode=ro", uri=True)
* Do not implicitly create a new database file if it does not already exist;
will raise :exc:`~sqlite3.OperationalError` if unable to create a new file::
con = sqlite3.connect("file:nosuchdb.db?mode=rw", uri=True)
* Create a shared named in-memory database::
con1 = sqlite3.connect("file:mem1?mode=memory&cache=shared", uri=True)
con2 = sqlite3.connect("file:mem1?mode=memory&cache=shared", uri=True)
con1.execute("create table t(t)")
con1.execute("insert into t values(28)")
con1.commit()
rows = con2.execute("select * from t").fetchall()
More information about this feature, including a list of parameters,
can be found in the `SQLite URI documentation`_.
.. _SQLite URI documentation: https://www.sqlite.org/uri.html
Using :mod:`sqlite3` efficiently
--------------------------------