SQLite Sample Database

Summary: in this tutorial, we’ll start by introducing an SQLite sample database called Chinook. Then, we will give you the links to download the sample database and its diagram. Finally, we’ll show you how to connect to the sample database using the sqlite3 tool.

Introduction to the SQLite sample database

We provide an SQLite sample database named Chinook, which is good for practicing with SQLite

The following database diagram shows the Chinook database tables and their relationships.

Chinook sample database tables

The Chinook sample database contains 11 tables, as follows:

•  employees table stores employee data such as id, last name, first name, etc. It also has a field named ReportsTo to specify who reports to whom.
•  customers table stores customer data.
•  invoices & invoice_items tables: these two tables store invoice data. The invoices table stores invoice header data and the invoice_items table stores the invoice line items data.
•  artists table stores artist data. It is a simple table that contains the id and name.
•  albums table stores data about a list of tracks. Each album belongs to one artist, but an 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 stores data about playlists. Each playlist contains a list of tracks. Each track may belong to multiple playlists. The relationship between the playlists and tracks tables is many-to-many. The playlist_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

If you’d like to have the database diagram for reference, you can download both black-and-white and color versions in PDF format.

Download the SQLite sample database diagram

Download the SQLite sample database diagram (color version)

How to connect to SQLite sample database

The sample database file is in ZIP format, so you’ll need to extract it to a directory, such as C:\sqlite\. The file name is chinook.db.

First, open the Command Prompt on Windows or a Terminal on Unix-like systems and navigate to the SQLite directory where the sqlite3 (or sqlite3.exe) file is located.

Second, use the sqlite3 command to connect to the chinook sample database located in the same directory.

sqlite3 chinook.dbCode language: Shell Session (shell)

It’ll show something like this:

SQLite version 3.44.3 2024-03-24 21:15:01 (UTF-16 console I/O) Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite>Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Third, show all tables in the Chinook database using the .tables command:

.tablesCode language: CSS (css)

Output:

albums employees invoices playlists artists genres media_types tracks customers invoice_items playlist_trackCode language: SQL (Structured Query Language) (sql)

Finally, type the .quit command to exit the sqlite3 tool:

.quitCode language: CSS (css)

Summary

In this tutorial, you have learned about the chinook SQLite sample database and how to connect to it using the sqlite3 command-line tool.