---
slug: /en/sql-reference/table-functions/sqlite
sidebar_position: 185
sidebar_label: sqlite
title: sqlite
---

Allows to perform queries on a data stored in an [SQLite](../../engines/database-engines/sqlite.md) database.

**Syntax**

``` sql
    sqlite('db_path', 'table_name')
```

**Arguments**

- `db_path` — Path to a file with an SQLite database. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
- `table_name` — Name of a table in the SQLite database. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).

**Returned value**

- A table object with the same columns as in the original `SQLite` table.

**Example**

Query:

``` sql
SELECT * FROM sqlite('sqlite.db', 'table1') ORDER BY col2;
```

Result:

``` text
┌─col1──┬─col2─┐
│ line1 │    1 │
│ line2 │    2 │
│ line3 │    3 │
└───────┴──────┘
```

**See Also**

- [SQLite](../../engines/table-engines/integrations/sqlite.md) table engine
