== Amalgalite

* Homepage[http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/amalgalite]
* {Rubyforge Project}[http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/]
* email jeremy at copiousfreetime dot org
* git clone url git://github.com/copiousfreetime/amalgalite.git

== Articles

*  {Writing SQL Functions in Ruby}[http://copiousfreetime.org/articles/2009/01/10/writing-sql-functions-in-ruby.html]

== 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

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 extension(s):

* {R*Tree index extension}[http://sqlite.org/rtree.html]

== CREDITS

* Jamis Buck for the first {ruby sqlite implementation}[http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby]

== CHANGES

Read the HISTORY file.

== LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2008 Jeremy Hinegardner

All rights reserved.

See LICENSE and/or COPYING for details.
