-- Taken from the LuaSQL examples page -- That example used postgres but we're using sqlite! -- load driver require "luasql.sqlite3" -- create environment object env = assert (luasql.sqlite3()) -- connect to data source con = assert (env:connect("luasql-test")) -- reset our table res = con:execute"DROP TABLE people" res = assert (con:execute[[ CREATE TABLE people( name varchar(50), email varchar(50) ) ]]) -- add a few elements list = { { name="Jose das Couves", email="jose@couves.com", }, { name="Manoel Joaquim", email="manoel.joaquim@cafundo.com", }, { name="Maria das Dores", email="maria@dores.com", }, } for i, p in pairs (list) do res = assert (con:execute(string.format([[ INSERT INTO people VALUES ('%s', '%s')]], p.name, p.email) )) end -- retrieve a cursor cur = assert (con:execute"SELECT name, email from people") -- print all rows, the rows will be indexed by field names row = cur:fetch ({}, "a") while row do print(string.format("Name: %s, E-mail: %s", row.name, row.email)) -- reusing the table of results row = cur:fetch (row, "a") end -- close everything cur:close() con:close() env:close()