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[Databases]
This section lists actual databases. The name of each database is given in double brackets, for example, [[archive_sqlite]]. Each database section contains the parameters necessary to create and manage the database. The number of parameters varies depending on the type of database.
archive_sqlite
This definition uses the SQLite database engine to store data. SQLite is open-source, simple, lightweight, highly portable, and memory efficient. For most purposes it serves nicely.
database_type
Set to SQLite to signal that this is a SQLite database. The definitions that go with type SQLite are defined in section [DatabaseTypes] / [[SQLite]].
database_name
The path to the SQLite file relative to SQLITE_ROOT. Default is weewx.sdb.
archive_mysql
This definition uses the MySQL database engine to store data. It is free, highly-scalable, but more complicated to administer.
database_type
Set to MySQL to signal that this is a MySQL database. The definitions that go with type MySQL are defined in section [DatabaseTypes] / [[MySQL]].
database_name
The name of the database. Default is weewx.