sqlite-as-dict.py

import sqlite3
class DummyDict(object):
    def __init__(self, database="database.db"):
        self.database = sqlite3.connect(database)
        self.db = self.database.cursor()
        self.db.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test")
        self.db.execute("CREATE TABLE test (name VARCHAR(255) PRIMARY KEY, content VARCHAR(255))")
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        self.db.execute("SELECT content FROM test WHERE name = ?", (key, ))
        return self.db.fetchone()[0]
    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        if key in self:
            self.db.execute("UPDATE test SET content = ? WHERE name = ?", (value, key))
        else:
            self.db.execute("INSERT INTO test VALUES(?, ?)", (key, value))
    def __contains__(self, key):
        self.db.execute("SELECT * FROM test where name = ?", (key, ))
        return self.db.fetchone() != None
    def close(self):
        self.db.close()
        self.database.close()

d = DummyDict("example.database.db")
d["a"] = "hello world"
print "a" in d
print "b" in d
print d["a"]
d.close()