# README.rdoc

Path: | README.rdoc
Last Update: | Mon Dec 05 21:53:07 +0000 2011

## Amalgalite

- Homepage
- Rubyforge Project
- email jeremy at copiousfreetime dot org
- git clone url git://github.com/copiousfreetime/amalgalite.git
- Github

## Articles

- Writing SQL Functions in Ruby

## INSTALL

- gem install amalgalite

## DESCRIPTION

Amalgalite embeds the SQLite database engine in a ruby extension. There is no need to install SQLite separately.

Look in the examples/ directory to see

- general usage
- blob io
- schema information
- custom functions
- custom aggregates
- requiring ruby code from a database
- full text search

Also Scroll through Amalgalite::Database for a quick example, and a general overview of the API.

Amalgalite adds in the following additional non-default SQLite extensions:

- R*Tree index extension
- Full Text Search

## CREDITS

- Jamis Buck for the first ruby sqlite implementation

## CHANGES

Read the HISTORY.rdoc file.

## LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2008 Jeremy Hinegardner

All rights reserved.

See LICENSE and/or COPYING for details.

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