= PySqlite =

[http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite PySqlite] is a Python binding 
for the [http://www.sqlite.org SQLite] light-weight database engine, 
which is Trac's default DatabaseBackend.

It should still be possible to use the old SQLite 2.8.x
with the Pysqlite [http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/releases/1.0/1.0.1 1.0.1],
but Trac 0.9 works best with '''SQLite 3.2.x'''. The compatible 
Python bindings are:
 * either the 1.x release branch of PySqlite (version 1.1.6 as of this writing)
 * or, better, the newer 2.0.x release branch 
   (version >= 2.0.5 preferred)
 * ''(the upcoming 2.1.x release branch has just been started and has not yet
   been tested with Trac)''

Recent versions are available from
[http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite/wiki#Downloads there].


'''Note:''' If you want to use Trac in a multi-threaded setup
by using either TracModPython or TracStandalone, be sure to build a
'''thread-safe version of SQLite''', by using the `--enable-threadsafe` 
configuration switch.
If you use a non thread-safe library, which is unfortunately what you
get by default on non-windows platforms, you face the risk to get 
persistent database locks (see #2170).