## Tcl8.6.0/Tk8.6.0 Documentation > SQLite Package Commands, version 3.7.15 > sqlite3

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### NAME

sqlite3 — an interface to the SQLite3 database engine

### SYNOPSIS

sqlite3 command_name ?filename?

### DESCRIPTION

SQLite3 is a self-contains, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. This extension provides an easy to use interface for accessing SQLite database files from Tcl.

For full documentation see http://www.sqlite.org/ and in particular http://www.sqlite.org/tclsqlite.html.