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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 0b5a819898..e553651ef3 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -265,6 +265,26 @@ of whether ``unique=True`` is specified or not. SQLite notes ============ +SQLite_ provides an excellent development alternative for applications that +are predominantly read-only or require a smaller installation footprint. As +with all database servers, though, there are some differences that are +specific to SQLite that you should be aware of. + +.. _SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/ + +.. _sqlite-string-matching: + +String matching for non-ASCII strings +-------------------------------------- + +SQLite doesn't support case-insensitive matching for non-ASCII strings. Some +possible workarounds for this are `documented at sqlite.org`_, but they are +not utilised by the default SQLite backend in Django. Therefore, if you are +using the ``iexact`` lookup type in your queryset filters, be aware that it +will not work as expected for non-ASCII strings. + +.. _documented at sqlite.org: http://www.sqlite.org/faq.html#q18 + Versions prior to 3.3.6 ------------------------ |