Other than different methodologies, are there any differences between the two? Does one work out to be faster or more reliable than the other when deployed at scale? I'm trying out both UDFs, was curious which method is preferred by the community.

I'm using the following:
Autoit 3.3.14.5
newly installed Beta 3.3.15.5
SQlite version 3380000 aka 3.38.0
I put sqlite3.dll and sqlite3_x64.dll in C:\Windows\System32 since many scripts depend on them.


I extended the output of _SQLite_Startup()
with:
ConsoleWrite("@AutoItX64 " & @AutoItX64 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("$sDll_Filename " & $sDll_Filename & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("_SQLite_LibVersion=" & _SQLite_LibVersion() & @CRLF)

Also using the script from https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_SQLite_Startup.htm for testing.

 
>Running:(3.3.14.5):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "R:\Download\aasdf.au3" @AutoItX64 0 $sDll_Filename sqlite3.dll _SQLite_LibVersion=0 >Running:(3.3.14.5):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3_x64.exe "R:\Download\aasdf.au3" @AutoItX64 1 $sDll_Filename sqlite3_x64.dll _SQLite_LibVersion=3.38.0 >Running:(3.3.15.5):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Beta\autoit3.exe "R:\Download\aasdf.au3" @AutoItX64 0 $sDll_Filename sqlite3.dll _SQLite_LibVersion=0 >Running:(3.3.15.5):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Beta\autoit3_x64.exe "R:\Download\aasdf.au3" @AutoItX64 1 $sDll_Filename sqlite3_x64.dll _SQLite_LibVersion=3.38.0


Why doesn't it work in 32bit, despite me having the 32bit sqlite.dll? Autoit urges running scripts in 32bit mode and Scite starts scripts just in 32bit mode without the flag?
With #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=Y it just works, both normal Autoit and beta!
sqlite3.dll sqlite3_x64.dll

I was searching for a way to highlight zones (regions, provinces, counties, etc) on a map, and I don't need  super precise maps so I wrote this script, based on picking up black and white maps (2 colors BW .png or .gif tested) and filling them with colors, writing down a sqlite database to associate zones with names (and other data as well), and reuse the map and the DB to display data, in my example reading a simple .txt file.
It's all based on this thread  and this other thread.

So I have two modes:
The Map "creation mode" : you provide a map image and you start to pick up colors, set "upper level" region/state, and by clicking on a region you fill it and you name it, and all the data are saved on a sqlite DB (auto-created) when you have the map image and a DB with the correct associations, you can switch the "mode" to "show" (as by .ini file) and the script tries to read a "datafile" showing the zone names listed in datafile. The code:
#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=Icone\mapFlooder.ico #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** ;MAP Flooder ;(C) NSC 2021 #include <GUIConstants.au3> #include <_GOLLOG.au3> #include <SQLite.au3> #include <SQLite.dll.au3> #include <Misc.au3> #include <GDIPlus.au3> Opt("mousecoordmode", 2) Global $prgname = "MAP Flooder", $ver = "V.0.7", $Buttoncolor = "0xFF00FF", $MPini = @ScriptDir & "\MapFlooder.ini", $btest Global $dbfullpath, $dbtable, $dbFields, $mapfile, $FloodMode, $datafile Global $HDC, $hBrush, $hGraphics, $obj_orig Global $Pic1, $gui, $width, $height, $bColor, $realtimeCoords, $lastclickcoords, $inputSup, $zonecountNum,$labeltest #Region program Gollog(">>>>>> Start MAP Flooder " & $ver) ctrlini() Gui() SQLiteDBcreate() If $FloodMode = "createdb" Then Gollog("CreateDB Mode") DBFlooder() Else Gollog("Show MAP mode") MapShow("show") EndIf Close() #EndRegion program #Region funcS Func Gui() _GDIPlus_Startup() $Pic1 = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromFile($mapfile) $width = _GDIPlus_ImageGetWidth($Pic1) $height = _GDIPlus_ImageGetHeight($Pic1) If $FloodMode = "createdb" Then $gui = GUICreate($prgname & " " & $ver, $width + 150, $height) $labelLoadedMap = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Loaded Map", $width + 10, 5) $labelLoadedMap2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel(_FileToFileName($mapfile), $width + 10, 25) $labeldim = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Width*Height", $width + 10, 45) $labeldim2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel($width & " * " & $height, $width + 10, 65) $lastclickcoordslabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Last Click Coords", $width + 10, 100) $lastclickcoords = GUICtrlCreateLabel("xx - xx", $width + 10, 120, 180, 20) $realtimeCoordslabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Real Time Coords", $width + 10, 140) $realtimeCoords = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Real Time Coords", $width + 10, 160, 80, 20) $SuPzonelabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Supzone (region-state)", $width + 10, 200) $inputSup = GUICtrlCreateInput("sup", $width + 10, 220, 80, 20) $bColor = GUICtrlCreateButton($Buttoncolor, $width + 10, 250, 130, 30) GUICtrlSetBkColor($bColor, $Buttoncolor) $zonecountlabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Done Zone Count:", $width + 10, 320, 100, 20) $zonecountNum = GUICtrlCreateLabel("x", $width + 10, 340, 100, 20) $btest = GUICtrlCreateButton("TEST MAP", $width + 10, 380, 130, 30) $labeltest = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", $width + 10, 420, 130, 30) Else $gui = GUICreate($prgname & " " & $ver, $width, $height) EndIf GUISetState() $HDC = _WinAPI_GetDC($gui) $hGraphics = _GDIPlus_GraphicsCreateFromHDC($HDC) _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($hGraphics, $Pic1, 0, 0, $width, $height) EndFunc ;==>Gui Func MapShow($showmode) ; reading a simple text file with zone names, searching for names in DB and fill the map using stored coordinates If $showmode = "show" Then Local $aLines = FileReadToArray($datafile) Local $iLineCount = @extended EndIf If $showmode = "test" Then $iLineCount = 1 If @error Then MsgBox(48, "MapFlooder", "There was an error reading the data file. @error: " & @error) ; Gollog("There was an error reading the data file. @error: " & @error) Close() Else Gollog("start filling zones") _SQLite_Startup() _SQLite_Open($dbfullpath) ; open Database with zone definitions Local $hQuery, $aRow For $i = 0 To $iLineCount - 1 If $showmode = "show" Then _SQLite_Query(-1, "SELECT * FROM " & $dbtable & " where zone = '" & $aLines[$i] & "' ORDER BY zone ASC;", $hQuery) ; the query EndIf If $showmode = "test" Then _SQLite_Query(-1, "SELECT * FROM " & $dbtable & " ORDER BY zone ASC;", $hQuery) ; the query EndIf While _SQLite_FetchData($hQuery, $aRow) = $SQLITE_OK $hBrush = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "long", "CreateSolidBrush", "int", $aRow[2]) ; fill color read from DB $obj_orig = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "SelectObject", "int", $HDC, "int", $hBrush[0]) DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "FloodFill", "int", $HDC, "int", $aRow[3], "int", $aRow[4], "int", 0x000000) If $showmode = "test" Then GUICtrlSetData($labeltest,$aRow[0]) Sleep(200) GUISetState() EndIf WEnd _SQLite_QueryFinalize($hQuery) Next _SQLite_Close() _SQLite_Shutdown() EndIf While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop WEnd EndFunc ;==>MapShow Func DBFlooder() $zonecount = 0 While 1 $mp = MouseGetPos() GUICtrlSetData($realtimeCoords, $mp[0] & " - " & $mp[1]) $msg = GUIGetMsg() If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop If $msg = $bColor Then colorP() If $msg = $btest Then MapShow("Test") If $mp[0] < $width And $mp[1] < $height And _IsPressed("01") And WinActive($gui) Then $mp = MouseGetPos() GUICtrlSetData($lastclickcoords, $mp[0] & " - " & $mp[1]) $hBrush = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "long", "CreateSolidBrush", "int", $Buttoncolor) ; fill color ok $obj_orig = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "SelectObject", "int", $HDC, "int", $hBrush[0]) DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "FloodFill", "int", $HDC, "int", $mp[0], "int", $mp[1], "int", 0x000000) Local $Zone = InputBox("Map Floode", "Zone ?") If $Zone = "" Or @error = 1 Then ; when manage wrong click, possibility to repeat ; set 'temp' color to highlight the 'wrong' click $hBrush = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "long", "CreateSolidBrush", "int", 0x4ccfc6) ; fill color wrong $obj_orig = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "SelectObject", "int", $HDC, "int", $hBrush[0]) DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "FloodFill", "int", $HDC, "int", $mp[0], "int", $mp[1], "int", 0x000000) ; restore color $hBrush = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "long", "CreateSolidBrush", "int", $Buttoncolor) ; fill color ok $obj_orig = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "SelectObject", "int", $HDC, "int", $hBrush[0]) Else _SQLite_Startup() _SQLite_Open($dbfullpath) ; open Database Local $SupZone = GUICtrlRead($inputSup) Local $data = '"' & $Zone & '","' & $SupZone & '","' & $Buttoncolor & '",' & $mp[0] & "," & $mp[1] _SQLite_Exec(-1, "INSERT INTO " & $dbtable & "(" & $dbFields & ") VALUES (" & $data & ");") If @error = -1 Then GOLLOG("Error insert record") MsgBox(48, "Error", "insert record") EndIf $zonecount += 1 GUICtrlSetData($zonecountNum, $zonecount) _SQLite_Close() _SQLite_Shutdown() EndIf EndIf WEnd EndFunc ;==>DBFlooder Func Close() Gollog("<<<<<<< closing...") _WinAPI_ReleaseDC($gui, $HDC) _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hGraphics) _GDIPlus_Shutdown() Exit EndFunc ;==>Close Func SQLiteDBcreate() ;complete path e filename If Not FileExists($dbfullpath) Then GOLLOG("perform SQLite DB creation") Local $dbfolder = _FileToFilePath($dbfullpath) ;Local $dbfile = _FileToFileName($dbfullpath) If Not FileExists($dbfolder) Then DirCreate($dbfolder) ; =====================>>>>> START SQL DLL _SQLite_Startup() _SQLite_Open($dbfullpath) ; open Database ; creating first table If _SQLite_Exec(-1, "CREATE TABLE " & $dbtable & " (" & $dbFields & ");") = $SQLITE_OK Then GOLLOG("DB table - " & $dbtable & " - creation ok") Else GOLLOG("Error creating DB table : " & @error) EndIf _SQLite_Close() _SQLite_Shutdown() Else Gollog("DB already exist") EndIf EndFunc ;==>SQLiteDBcreate ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _FileToFilePath ; Description ...: Returns a folder path from a FQPN (Fully Qualified Path Name) ; Syntax ........: _FileToFilePath($sPath) ; Parameters ....: $sPath - a string value. ; Return values .: Success - String ; Failure - Empty string as returned from StringLeft() ; Author ........: Sam Coates ; =============================================================================================================================== Func _FileToFilePath($sPath) Local $sReturn = StringLeft($sPath, StringInStr($sPath, "\", 0, -1) - 1) Return ($sReturn) EndFunc ;==>_FileToFilePath ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _FileToFileName ; Description ...: Returns a filename from a FQPN (Fully Qualified Path Name) ; Syntax ........: _FileToFileName($sPath[, $bIncludeExtension = True]) ; Parameters ....: $sPath - a string value. ; $bIncludeExtension - [optional] a boolean value. Default is True. ; Return values .: Success - String ; Failure - Empty string as returned from StringLeft() ; Author ........: Sam Coates ; =============================================================================================================================== Func _FileToFileName($sPath, $bIncludeExtension = True) Local $sReturn = StringTrimLeft($sPath, StringInStr($sPath, "\", 0, -1)) If $bIncludeExtension = False Then $sReturn = StringLeft($sReturn, StringInStr($sReturn, ".", 0, -1) - 1) Return ($sReturn) EndFunc ;==>_FileToFileName Func colorP() ; modified for BGR color GOLLOG("Color Picker") Local $color = _ChooseColor(2) If $color = -1 Then GOLLOG("no color selected") Else Local $sCr = Hex($color, 6) Local $RGB_Buttoncolor = '0x' & StringMid($sCr, 1, 2) & StringMid($sCr, 3, 2) & StringMid($sCr, 5, 2) GUICtrlSetBkColor($bColor, $RGB_Buttoncolor) ; BGR color $Buttoncolor = '0x' & StringMid($sCr, 5, 2) & StringMid($sCr, 3, 2) & StringMid($sCr, 1, 2) GUICtrlSetData($bColor, $Buttoncolor) GOLLOG("new color " & $Buttoncolor & " selected") EndIf EndFunc ;==>colorP Func ctrlini() ;ini read If FileExists($MPini) Then GOLLOG("found: " & $MPini) $mapfile = IniRead($MPini, "map", "mapfile", "") $datafile = IniRead($MPini, "map", "datafile", "") $dbfullpath = IniRead($MPini, "db", "dbfullpath", "") $dbtable = IniRead($MPini, "db", "dbtable", "") $dbFields = IniRead($MPini, "db", "dbfields", "") $FloodMode = IniRead($MPini, "mode", "mode", "") Else GOLLOG($MPini & " NOT found..") Close() EndIf EndFunc ;==>ctrlini #EndRegion funcS All the needed files plus some example (image maps and DBs)
Link to all demo files
To test, copy all in a single folder and adjust the mapflooder.ini, also you can add to you includes the _gollog.au3 (used for log, you can avoid it deleting all Gollog() lines)
 
 
 
 
 

It seems  I'm always asking SQL questions in December,  must be a tradition. Here is the latest
I have a database that is queried to return infomation about software installers and users. I can achieve what I want by calling two queries using _SQLite_QuerySingleRow, and adding the second query to the first returned array using _ArrayAdd. What I want to do is try to do it with one query.
I don't have any code as I try the queries in SQLitexpert before to obtain the results and layout I require. The one below returns the information I want but the info is duplicated for every name that uses the program. I know this is down to my code
SELECT [main].[platform].[id], [main].[installer].[path], [main].[package].[type], [main].[installer].[switches], [main].[minwinver].[version], [main].[category].[class], [main].[installer].[install_order], [main].[installer].[id] AS [id1], [main].[installer].[display_name], [main].[installer].[display_version], [main].[installer].[display_description], [main].[user].[username] FROM [main].[installer] INNER JOIN [main].[category] ON [main].[category].[id] = [main].[installer].[category_id] INNER JOIN [main].[installer_user] ON [main].[installer].[id] = [main].[installer_user].[installer_id] INNER JOIN [main].[user] ON [main].[user].[id] = [main].[installer_user].[user_id] INNER JOIN [main].[platform] ON [main].[platform].[id] = [main].[installer].[platform_id] INNER JOIN [main].[package] ON [main].[package].[id] = [main].[installer].[package_id] INNER JOIN [main].[minwinver] ON [main].[minwinver].[id] = [main].[installer].[minwinver_id] WHERE [main].[installer].[display_name] = 'SciTE4AutoIt3' AND [main].[installer].[id] = 5; What I have done is split the sql calls. This one gets the software
SELECT [main].[platform].[id], [main].[installer].[path], [main].[package].[type], [main].[installer].[switches], [main].[minwinver].[version], [main].[category].[class], [main].[installer].[install_order], [main].[installer].[id] AS [id1], [main].[installer].[display_name], [main].[installer].[display_version], [main].[installer].[display_description] FROM [main].[installer] INNER JOIN [main].[category] ON [main].[category].[id] = [main].[installer].[category_id] INNER JOIN [main].[platform] ON [main].[platform].[id] = [main].[installer].[platform_id] INNER JOIN [main].[package] ON [main].[package].[id] = [main].[installer].[package_id] INNER JOIN [main].[minwinver] ON [main].[minwinver].[id] = [main].[installer].[minwinver_id] WHERE [main].[installer].[display_name] = 'SciTE4AutoIt3' AND [main].[installer].[id] = 5; This one gets the users. The users will be added to a combo so it doesn't matter if it's an array, but I would prefer a delimited string return.
SELECT group_concat([main].[user].[username]) FROM [main].[installer] INNER JOIN [main].[installer_user] ON [main].[installer].[id] = [main].[installer_user].[installer_id] INNER JOIN [main].[user] ON [main].[user].[id] = [main].[installer_user].[user_id] WHERE [main].[installer].[id] = 5 ORDER BY [main].[installer_user].[user_id]; Is it possible to return the result in the second example along with the third in one array using SQLite. I have been googling and trying different things that are obviously incorrect. I have attached the database in question.
Thanks
Installers.dbc

I want to present BETA Version of my ADO.au3 UDF.
This is modifed version of _sql.au3 UDF.
 
For that I want to thanks : ; Chris Lambert, eltorro, Elias Assad Neto, CarlH
 
This is first public release , and still is as BETA
 
 
DOWNLOAD LINK (in download section): 
 
 
Have fun,
mLipok
 
 
EDIT: 2016-06-03
Below some interesting topics about databases:
 
 
EDIT 2016/07/04:
For more info about ADO look here:
https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/ADO
FOR EXAMPLE DATABASE use AdventureWorksDW2016_EXT.bak from:
https://github.com/microsoft/sql-server-samples/releases/download/adventureworks/AdventureWorksDW2016_EXT.bak
I will relay on this database in my examples.
 
Here is link to post which shows how "ODBC Data Source Administrator" looks like.