Archive/Import/Sqlite

The v0.7.0 sqlite database format is now finalized. If you've imported your wiki to sqlite in v0.6.2 or v0.6.3 you should import it again in v0.7.0.

As of v0.6.2, XOWA offers the ability to save a wiki in one sqlite database (as opposed to many text files). For more details about sqlite vs text files see Archive/Import/Overview.

Sqlite model database

Every .sqlite3 database is copied from one central source: /xowa/bin/any/sql/xowa/xowa.sqlite3. The SQL used to generate the database can be found at xowa.sql file in the same directory.

UI usage

• Go to Options/Import
• Choose sqlite as the Wiki storage type

Command-line usage

The steps below assume simple.wikipedia.org.

• Replace the contents of xowa_build.gfs with the following:

app.bldr.pause_at_end_('n');
app.scripts.run_file_by_type('user_system_cfg');
app.setup.dumps {
  db_text_max = 3000;
  db_categorylinks_max = 3600;
  db_wikidata_max = 3600;
  db_ns_map =
"
Template~Module
";
}
app.bldr.cmds {
  add_many  ('simple.wikipedia.org', 'import.sql.init').src_xml_fil = '/home/simplewiki-latest-pages-articles.xml';
  add_many  ('simple.wikipedia.org', 'import.sql.init', 'import.sql.page', 'import.sql.category_v1', 'import.sql.category_registry', 'import.sql.categorylinks', 'import.sql.term');
}
app.bldr.run;

Note the following:

• For any other wiki, replace 'simple.wikipedia.org' with the wiki domain name.
• To use the category v2 system:
  • Remove the 'import.sql.category_v1' command. The category_v1 command generates a temporary categorylinks.sql file from the database dump
  • Download the atual categorylinks.sql file from the dump server. See Help:Core/Category
• The above will create a minimum of 4 sqlite files. If you want only 1 sqlite file, use the following for app.setup.dumps:

app.setup.dumps {
  db_text_max = 0
  db_categorylinks_max = 0;
  db_wikidata_max = 0;
  db_ns_map = "";
}

For more info on these configuration settings, see Archive/Import/Sqlite/Config