How to convert a postgres database to sqlite

I found this blog entry which guides you to do these steps:

Create a dump of the PostgreSQL database.

ssh -C [email protected] pg_dump --data-only --inserts YOUR_DB_NAME > dump.sql

Remove/modify the dump.
1. Remove the lines starting with SET
2. Remove the lines starting with SELECT pg_catalog.setval
3. Replace true for ‘t’
4. Replace false for ‘f’
Add BEGIN; as first line and END; as last line
Recreate an empty development database. bundle exec rake db:migrate

Import the dump.

sqlite3 db/development.sqlite3
sqlite> delete from schema_migrations;
sqlite> .read dump.sql

Of course connecting via ssh and creating a new db using rake are optional

STEP1: make a dump of your database structure and data

pg_dump --create --inserts -f myPgDump.sql \
   -d myDatabaseName -U myUserName -W myPassword

STEP2: delete everything except CREATE TABLES and INSERT statements out of myPgDump.sql (using text editor)

STEP3: initialize your SQLite database passing structure and data of your Postgres dump

sqlite3 myNewSQLiteDB.db -init myPgDump.sql

STEP4: use your database ;)

There are some converter tools around:

https://www2.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=ConverterTools

Would it be easier just to install postgres on windows?

Probably, and doing so is very straightforward.

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