Differences between SQL and SQLite Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes 7 Likes Like Report 1. Structured Query Language (SQL) : SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL can access, created and manage databases. SQL has became standard of American National Standards Institute. 2. SQLite : SQLite is software which provides relational database management system. SQLite lightweight in terms of setup, database administration, and required resources. SQLite has features like self-contained, server-less, zero-configuration, etc. Differences between SQL and SQLite : SQL SQLite SQL is Structured Query Language used to query Relational Database System. It is written in C language. SQLite is an Relational Database Management System which is written in ANSI-C. SQL is standard which specifies how relational schema is created, data is inserted or updated in relations, transactions are started and stopped, etc. SQLite is file-based. It is different from other SQL databases because unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have separate server process. Main components of SQL are Data Definition Language(DDL), Data Manipulation Language(DML), Data Control Language(DCL). SQLite supports many features of SQL and has high performance but does not support stored procedures. SQL is Structured Query Language which is used with databases like MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, etc. SQLite is portable database resource. It could get an extension in whatever programming language used to access that database. A conventional SQL database needs to be running as service like OracleDB to connect to and provide lot of functionalities. SQLite database system does not provide such functionalities. SQL is query language which is used by other SQL databases. It is not database itself. SQLite is relational database management system itself which uses SQL. Create Quiz Comment K khushboogoyal499 Follow 7 Improve K khushboogoyal499 Follow 7 Improve Article Tags : SQL DBMS-SQL Explore BasicsWhat is SQL?6 min readSQL Data Types3 min readSQL Operators5 min readSQL Commands | DDL, DQL, DML, DCL and TCL Commands4 min readSQL Database Operations3 min readSQL CREATE TABLE3 min readQueries & OperationsSQL SELECT Query3 min readSQL INSERT INTO Statement4 min readSQL UPDATE Statement3 min readSQL DELETE Statement3 min readSQL - WHERE Clause2 min readAliases in SQL2 min readSQL Joins & FunctionsSQL Joins (Inner, Left, Right and Full Join)4 min readSQL CROSS JOIN1 min readSQL | Date Functions3 min readSQL | String functions6 min readData Constraints & Aggregate FunctionsSQL NOT NULL Constraint2 min readSQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint5 min readSQL Count() Function4 min readSQL SUM() Function2 min readSQL MAX() Function3 min readAVG() Function in SQL2 min readAdvanced SQL TopicsSQL Subquery5 min readWindow Functions in SQL6 min readSQL Stored Procedures7 min readSQL Triggers5 min readSQL Performance Tuning6 min readSQL TRANSACTIONS6 min readDatabase Design & SecurityIntroduction of ER Model9 min readIntroduction to Database Normalization5 min readSQL Injection11 min readSQL Data Encryption5 min readSQL Backup4 min readWhat is Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) in DBMS?7 min read Like