How to load extensions into SQLite?

Question

I need a standard deviation function in SQLite. I have found one here:

http://www.sqlite.org/contrib?orderby=date

but its part of an extension file to SQLit

Answer 1

SQLite extensions are libraries with dynamic linkage. You can find some examples here (This is a fossil repository, click on “login/fill captcha” to enable hyperlinks). See for example md5.c.

• load_extension must be enabled in SQLite (pragma IIRC)
• it requires as first argument the path of the library
• The second argument is the name of the entry point function (in md5.c it is sqlite3_extension_init). Its prototype must be int(sqlite3*, char **, const sqlite3_api_routines *).
• In SQL you can try SELECT load_extension('md5.so', 'sqlite3_extension_init'); or simply SELECT load_extension('md5.so');

You can try to compile md5.c, and from the sqlite shell use .load md5.so