Hi Andy, The display strings larger than 20 chars use the DISqlite3UniDirQueryInitFieldDef event. Check the demo 'DISQLite3_World'. procedure Txxxxxx.DISqlite3UniDirQueryInitFieldDef(const AColumn: TDISQLite3Column; const AFieldDef: TFieldDef); begin inherited; case AFieldDef.DataType of ftWideString: begin AFieldDef.Size := 255; end; end; end; No idea why loading your dataset takes 20 secs. I have for instance a data table with 300.000 records which loads in a 0.3 second. Did you try to open the table using SQLiteSpy? This tool gives a good impression how fast data tables can be loaded. Regards, Stephan Stephan Hennekens Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands Tel: +31 317 485887 (06-31960774) Skype: stephan.hennekens -----Original Message----- From: yunqa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:yunqa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: maandag 21 januari 2013 20:51 To: yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [yunqa.de] Re: SQLite Error 11 - malformed database schema ... near "TRIGGER" OK, back on this. I have partly sorted out the problem of all the grid showing the same row by using a TClientDataSet. I now have a different problem in that all columns are truncated to 20 chars. I thought that must be an easy one to solve until I browsed back a bit and I'm no longer sure there is a satisfactory solution. And there is another significant probem that it may not be possible to work round - it's only a medium size database, but using the ClientDataSet it takes 20 seconds to open and display any data! Neither of these are actually a problem with this particular thing I want to do because I don't need any visualisation of the data and don't need TCLientDataSet. But whatever components I choose at this stage I'm probably going to live with for some years to come, so I have to decide if this is likely to be a show-stopper on some future requirement. Rgds, Andy On 21/01/2013 15:43, Delphi Inspiration wrote: > On 21.01.2013 16:23, Andy wrote: > >> I have a hobby project where I would like to read an existing SQLite >> database. I am a professional programmer, but this is nothing to do >> with work so I tried the Personal version of DISQLite. I get the >> above error when running a SELECT query. From browsing the internet >> it seems possible that this is due to a limitation of the personal >> version and that it may work with the Pro version. > Triggers are indeed not supported by DISQLite3 Personal. See > > http://www.yunqa.de/delphi/doku.php/products/sqlite3/feature_chart > > for a comparison of DISQLite3 Personal and DISQLite3 Professional. > >> I'm prepared to buy it, but only if I'm sure this will fix the >> problem. > You can test this yourself: Download the DISQLite3 Pro Demo from > > http://www.yunqa.de/delphi/doku.php/products/sqlite3/index > > by clicking on "Professional" in the Quick Info box. > >> Sorry if the mailing list is not the right place to ask this, but >> I've failed to find any way to contact the programmer directly. > The mailing list is just the right place for your question! > > Ralf > _______________________________________________ > Delphi Inspiration mailing list > yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > //www.freelists.org/list/yunqa > > _______________________________________________ Delphi Inspiration mailing list yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/yunqa _______________________________________________ Delphi Inspiration mailing list yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/yunqa