Using SQLite from C# in Business Apps — WAL Mode, Exclusive Locking, Corruption Countermeasures, and When to Reach for EF Core (archived 2026-07-27)

A practical rundown of embedding SQLite into a business Windows app with Microsoft.Data.Sqlite: connection strings and pooling, how WAL mode works, SQLITE_BUSY and consolidating writes, speeding things up with transactions, type-mapping pitfalls, backing up with VACUUM INTO, and when to reach for EF Core instead. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/csharp-sqlite-practical-guide/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-07-02.