Create, insert, and Query SQLite with PowerShell.
So I have C# code that grabs the print records from the Windows event logs on the print servers in order to create reports and easy searches from my web environment. I dump this data into a SQLite database, because I am a control freak and the place where I work is also a control freak. I am thinking of moving the whole thing to PowerShell so I needed to see about using SQLite with PowerShell. I could put this into a big database running as a server, but fuck that shit. This is easy and I don’t have to manage yet another server or deal with server folks, management, etc…
This is working example code that takes you from creating the database, to populating it, and doing a small query.
# Grab the SQLite3 DLL here:
# https://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/downloads.wiki
#
# PowerShell SQLite DB example.
# C. Nichols <mohawke@gmail.com>, Aug. 2019
# Make sure to change DLL, database, and log file paths.
Add-Type -Path "c:\sqlite_tests\System.Data.SQLite.dll" # Change path
Function createDataBase([string]$db) {
Try {
If (!(Test-Path $db)) {
$CONN = New-Object -TypeName System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection
$CONN.ConnectionString = "Data Source=$db"
$CONN.Open()
# TEXT as ISO8601 strings ('YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS')
# ID INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, INSERT NULL to increment.
$createTableQuery = "CREATE TABLE printer_usage (
ID INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
printed_dt TEXT NULL,
printed_tm TEXT NULL,
printed_doc_nm TEXT NULL,
printed_doc_sz INTEGER NULL,
printed_page_cnt INTEGER NULL,
print_user_id TEXT NULL,
print_user_comp TEXT NULL,
print_serv_nm TEXT NULL,
printer_nm TEXT NULL
);"
$createUniqueIndex = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX print_idx ON printer_usage(printed_dt, printed_tm, print_user_id, printed_doc_nm);"
$CMD = $CONN.CreateCommand()
$CMD.CommandText = $createTableQuery
$CMD.ExecuteNonQuery()
$CMD.CommandText = $createUniqueIndex
$CMD.ExecuteNonQuery()
$CMD.Dispose()
$CONN.Close()
Log-It "Create database and table: Ok"
} Else {
Log-It "DB Exists: Ok"
}
} Catch {
Log-It "Could not create database: Error"
}
}
Function queryDatabase([string]$db, [string]$sql) {
Try {
If (Test-Path $db) {
$CONN = New-Object -TypeName System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection
$CONN.ConnectionString = "Data Source=$db"
$CONN.Open()
$CMD = $CONN.CreateCommand()
$CMD.CommandText = $sql
$ADAPTER = New-Object -TypeName System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataAdapter $CMD
$DATA = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
$ADAPTER.Fill($DATA)
$TABLE = $DATA.Tables
ForEach ($t in $TABLE){
Write-Output $t
}
$CMD.Dispose()
$CONN.Close()
} Else {
Log-It "Unable to find database: Query Failed"
}
} Catch {
Log-It "Unable to query database: Error"
}
}
Function insertDatabase([string]$db, [System.Collections.ArrayList]$rows) {
Try {
If (Test-Path $db) {
$CONN = New-Object -TypeName System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection
$CONN.ConnectionString = "Data Source=$db"
$CONN.Open()
$CMD = $CONN.CreateCommand()
#$Counter = 0
ForEach($row in $rows) {
$sql = "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO printer_usage (ID,printed_dt,printed_tm,printed_doc_nm,printed_doc_sz,printed_page_cnt,print_user_id,print_user_comp,print_serv_nm,printer_nm)"
$sql += " VALUES (@ID,@printed_dt,@printed_tm,@printed_doc_nm,@printed_doc_sz,@printed_page_cnt,@print_user_id,@print_user_comp,@print_serv_nm,@printer_nm);"
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ID", $NULL)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@printed_dt", $row.printed_dt)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@printed_tm", $row.printed_tm)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@printed_doc_nm", $row.printed_doc_nm)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@printed_doc_sz", $row.printed_doc_sz)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@printed_page_cnt", $row.printed_page_cnt)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@print_user_id", $row.print_user_id)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@print_user_comp", $row.print_user_comp)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@print_serv_nm", $row.print_serv_nm)
$CMD.Parameters.AddWithValue("@printer_nm", $row.printer_nm)
Write-Output $sql
$CMD.CommandText = $sql
$CMD.ExecuteNonQuery()
#$Counter += 1
}
$CMD.Dispose()
$CONN.Close()
Log-It "Inserted records successfully: Ok"
} Else {
Log-It "Unable to find database: Insert Failed"
}
} Catch {
Log-It "Unable to insert into database: Error"
}
}
Function Log-It([string]$logLine)
{
$LogPath = "c:\sqlite_tests\sqlite.log" # Change path
$NewLine = "`r`n"
$Line = "{0}{1}" -f $logLine, $NewLine
if ($logPath) {
write-output $Line
$Line | Out-File $logPath -Append
} else {
write-output $Line
}
}
# ******** MAIN ********
$DBPath = "c:\sqlite_tests\print_events.sqlite" # Change path
$Rows = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$CDate = Get-Date -format "yyyy-MM-dd"
$CTime = Get-Date -format "HH:mm:ss"
# Fake Records
$Rows.Add(@{'printed_dt'=$CDate; 'printed_tm'= $CTime; 'printed_doc_nm'='test.txt'; 'printed_doc_sz'=10; 'printed_page_cnt'=10; 'print_user_id'='nich12'; 'print_user_comp'='m123'; 'print_serv_nm'='printA'; 'printer_nm'='l52'})
$Rows.Add(@{'printed_dt'=$CDate; 'printed_tm'= $CTime; 'printed_doc_nm'='test.doc'; 'printed_doc_sz'=20; 'printed_page_cnt'=12; 'print_user_id'='ward32'; 'print_user_comp'='m234'; 'print_serv_nm'='printA'; 'printer_nm'='l67'})
$Rows.Add(@{'printed_dt'=$CDate; 'printed_tm'= $CTime; 'printed_doc_nm'='test.ps1'; 'printed_doc_sz'=30; 'printed_page_cnt'=14; 'print_user_id'='jame67'; 'print_user_comp'='m345'; 'print_serv_nm'='printB'; 'printer_nm'='l87'})
$Query = "Select * From printer_usage"
# Create Db and Table.
createDataBase $DBPath
# Insert records.
insertDatabase $DBPath $Rows
# Fetch records.
queryDatabase $DBPath $Query
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