Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table. AKA multitenancy has been solved.

Usage

Run a PostgreSQL 18 database that has pglite-fusion already installed.

docker run --network=host frectonz/pglite-fusion

pglite-fusion is also distributed with other PostgreSQL versions.

PostgreSQL 14

docker run --network=host frectonz/pglite-fusion:pg14

PostgreSQL 15

docker run --network=host frectonz/pglite-fusion:pg15

PostgreSQL 16

docker run --network=host frectonz/pglite-fusion:pg16

PostgreSQL 17

docker run --network=host frectonz/pglite-fusion:pg17

PostgreSQL 18

docker run --network=host frectonz/pglite-fusion:pg18

Connect to the PostgreSQL database using psql.

psql postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432/

Here's some demo usage.

-- Load PG extension
CREATE EXTENSION pglite_fusion;
-- Create a table with an SQLite column
CREATE TABLE people (
    name     TEXT NOT NULL,
    database SQLITE DEFAULT init_sqlite('CREATE TABLE todos (task TEXT)')
);
-- Insert a row into the people table
INSERT INTO people VALUES ('frectonz');
-- Create a todo for "frectonz"
UPDATE people
SET database = execute_sqlite(
    database,
    'INSERT INTO todos VALUES (''solve multitenancy'')'
)
WHERE name = 'frectonz';
-- Create a todo for "frectonz"
UPDATE people
SET database = execute_sqlite(
    database,
    'INSERT INTO todos VALUES (''buy milk'')'
)
WHERE name = 'frectonz';
-- Fetch frectonz's info
SELECT
    name,
    (
        SELECT json_agg(get_sqlite_text(sqlite_row, 0))
        FROM query_sqlite(
            database,
            'SELECT * FROM todos'
        )
    ) AS todos
FROM
    people
WHERE
    name = 'frectonz';

Build it from source

git clone git@github.com:frectonz/pglite-fusion.git
cd pglite-fusion
nix develop
cargo pgrx init --pg18 download # this will take some time, since you are compiling postgres from source
cargo pgrx run # this will drop you into a psql repl, you can then follow the example shown above

API Documentation

Every function is parallel-safe except for import_sqlite_from_file and export_sqlite_to_file.

`empty_sqlite`

Creates an empty SQLite database and returns it as a binary object. This can be used to initialize an empty SQLite database in a PostgreSQL column.

Example Usage:

SELECT empty_sqlite();

`query_sqlite`

Executes a SQL query on a SQLite database stored as a binary object and returns the result as a table of JSON-encoded rows. This function is useful for querying SQLite databases stored in PostgreSQL columns.

Parameters:

sqlite: The SQLite database to query, stored as a binary object.
query: The SQL query string to execute on the SQLite database.

Example Usage:

SELECT * FROM query_sqlite(
    database,
    'SELECT * FROM todos'
);

`execute_sqlite`

Executes a SQL statement (such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE) on a SQLite database stored as a binary object. The updated SQLite database is returned as a binary object, allowing further operations on it.

Parameters:

sqlite: The SQLite database to execute the SQL query on, stored as a binary object.
query: The SQL statement to execute on the SQLite database.

Example Usage:

UPDATE people
SET database = execute_sqlite(
    database,
    'INSERT INTO todos VALUES (''solve multitenancy'')'
)
WHERE name = 'frectonz';

`init_sqlite`

Creates an SQLite database with an initialization query already applied on it. This can be used to initialize a SQLite database with the expected tables already created.

Parameters:

query: The SQL statement to execute on the SQLite database.

Example Usage:

CREATE TABLE people (
    name     TEXT NOT NULL,
    database SQLITE DEFAULT init_sqlite('CREATE TABLE todos (task TEXT)')
);

`get_sqlite_text`

Extracts a text value from a specific column in a row returned by query_sqlite. Use this function to retrieve text values from query results.

Parameters:

sqlite_row: A row from the results of query_sqlite.
index: The index of the column to extract from the row.

Example Usage:

SELECT get_sqlite_text(sqlite_row, 0)
FROM query_sqlite(database, 'SELECT * FROM todos');

`get_sqlite_integer`

Extracts an integer value from a specific column in a row returned by query_sqlite. Use this function to retrieve integer values from query results.

Parameters:

sqlite_row: A row from the results of query_sqlite.
index: The index of the column to extract from the row.

Example Usage:

SELECT get_sqlite_integer(sqlite_row, 1)
FROM query_sqlite(database, 'SELECT * FROM todos');

`get_sqlite_real`

Extracts a real (floating-point) value from a specific column in a row returned by query_sqlite. Use this function to retrieve real number values from query results.

Parameters:

sqlite_row: A row from the results of query_sqlite.
index: The index of the column to extract from the row.

Example Usage:

SELECT get_sqlite_real(sqlite_row, 2)
FROM query_sqlite(database, 'SELECT * FROM todos');

`list_sqlite_tables`

Lists all table names present in the SQLite database.

Parameters:

sqlite: A SQLite database stored as a binary blob.

Example Usage:

SELECT table_name FROM list_sqlite_tables(database);

`sqlite_schema`

Retrieves the SQL schema of each table in the SQLite database, the CREATE TABLE statements for each table in the SQLite database.

Parameters:

sqlite: A SQLite database stored as a binary blob.

Example Usage:

SELECT schema_sql FROM sqlite_schema(database);

`import_sqlite_from_file`

Loads a SQLite database from a file into PostgreSQL.

Parameters:

path: The file path of the SQLite database to load.

Example Usage:

SELECT import_sqlite_from_file('/tmp/mydb.sqlite');

`export_sqlite_to_file`

Saves the SQLite database to a file on disk.

Parameters:

sqlite: The SQLite database.
path: The file path where the database should be saved.

Example Usage:

SELECT export_sqlite_to_file(database, '/tmp/mydb.sqlite');

`vacuum_sqlite`

Runs the SQLite VACUUM command to optimize storage by reclaiming unused space.

Parameters:

sqlite: The SQLite database.

Example Usage:

SELECT vacuum_sqlite(database);

`count_sqlite_rows`

Counts the number of rows in a specified table within the SQLite database.

Parameters:

sqlite: The SQLite database.
table: The name of the table to count rows from.

Example Usage:

SELECT count_sqlite_rows(database, 'users');