Different API to node-sqlite3

[JumpLink]

I tried to use this package under Deno with TypeORM which did not work because they differ in API's to node-sqlite3.

Is it an option for you to make the APIs more compatible and would you accept PRs for this?

I also wrote a simple wrapper that makes the API's more compatible. So far I have only tried this with a very simple TypeORM entry, but at least that worked. Maybe this is also useful for someone else.

[DjDeveloperr]

The current API is inspired from Node.js better-sqlite3 module, as a result of rewrite that took place a while ago: #44

It's a pretty simple and synchronous API that allows making best of sqlite3 performance. I see that node-sqlite3 is callback based & non-blocking/asynchronous, which could be a bottleneck.

So I think a separate wrapper is a preferable option, since the current API seems better in terms of simplicity and performance (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/better-sqlite3 for some performance comparison, and this module performs even better than better-sqlite3). Currently, the high performance sqlite3 bindings in Node.js (better-sqlite3), Deno (sqlite3) and Bun (bun:sqlite) ecosystems all have this similar API.

[JumpLink]

@DjDeveloperr Thanks for the answer, that is very good to know that the API is based on better-sqlite3!

There are also drivers in TypeORM for better-sqlite3, so maybe I should just output this package as better-sqlite3, if that would work I could have saved myself the wrapper 😅. Do you think there are still big differences regarding better-sqlite3?

Edit:
Okay, I tested it once, there seem to be some differences in the return values, so that would also need adjustments, the question is which is more complex...

[DjDeveloperr]

@JumpLink Using better-sqlite3 driver sounds like a great idea. I can try to help get that to work. There shouldn't be much big differences, which one are you running into here?

[JumpLink]

@DjDeveloperr I can create a simple example for this issue, than other developers like you can test it by himself

[JumpLink]

@DjDeveloperr Here the example: https://github.com/JumpLink/deno-typeorm-sqlite-example with preconfigured settings for debugging Deno and Node.js in VSCode.