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8SQLITE_TABLE(5)                                                SQLITE_TABLE(5)
9
10<b>NAME</b>
11       sqlite_table - Postfix SQLite configuration
12
13<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
14       <b>postmap -q "</b><i>string</i><b>" <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i>
15
16       <b>postmap -q - <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>
17
18<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
19       The  Postfix  mail system uses optional tables for address rewriting or
20       mail routing. These tables are usually in <b>dbm</b> or <b>db</b> format.
21
22       Alternatively, lookup tables can be specified as SQLite databases.   In
23       order  to use SQLite lookups, define an SQLite source as a lookup table
24       in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>, for example:
25           <a href="postconf.5.html#alias_maps">alias_maps</a> = <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:/etc/postfix/sqlite-aliases.cf
26
27       The file /etc/postfix/sqlite-aliases.cf has  the  same  format  as  the
28       Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file, and can specify the parameters described below.
29
30<b>LIST MEMBERSHIP</b>
31       When  using  SQL  to  store  lists such as $<a href="postconf.5.html#mynetworks">mynetworks</a>, $<a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">mydestination</a>,
32       $<a href="postconf.5.html#relay_domains">relay_domains</a>, $<a href="postconf.5.html#local_recipient_maps">local_recipient_maps</a>, etc., it is important to  under-
33       stand that the table must store each list member as a separate key. The
34       table lookup verifies the *existence* of the key.  See  "Postfix  lists
35       versus tables" in the <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a> document for a discussion.
36
37       Do  NOT create tables that return the full list of domains in $<a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">mydesti</a>-
38       <a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">nation</a> or $<a href="postconf.5.html#relay_domains">relay_domains</a> etc., or IP addresses in $<a href="postconf.5.html#mynetworks">mynetworks</a>.
39
40       DO create tables with each matching item as a key and with an arbitrary
41       value.  With  SQL databases it is not uncommon to return the key itself
42       or a constant value.
43
44<b>SQLITE PARAMETERS</b>
45       <b>dbpath</b> The SQLite database file location. Example:
46                  dbpath = customer_database
47
48       <b>query</b>  The SQL query template used to search the database, where <b>%s</b>  is
49              a  substitute for the address Postfix is trying to resolve, e.g.
50                  query = SELECT replacement FROM aliases WHERE mailbox = '%s'
51
52              This parameter supports the following '%' expansions:
53
54              <b>%%</b>     This is replaced by a literal '%' character.
55
56              <b>%s</b>     This is replaced by the input key.  SQL quoting  is  used
57                     to  make  sure that the input key does not add unexpected
58                     metacharacters.
59
60              <b>%u</b>     When the input key is an address of the form user@domain,
61                     <b>%u</b>  is  replaced  by  the  SQL  quoted  local part of the
62                     address.  Otherwise, <b>%u</b> is replaced by the entire  search
63                     string.   If  the  localpart  is empty, the query is sup-
64                     pressed and returns no results.
65
66              <b>%d</b>     When the input key is an address of the form user@domain,
67                     <b>%d</b>  is  replaced  by  the  SQL  quoted domain part of the
68                     address.  Otherwise, the query is suppressed and  returns
69                     no results.
70
71              <b>%[SUD]</b> The upper-case equivalents of the above expansions behave
72                     in the <b>query</b> parameter identically  to  their  lower-case
73                     counter-parts.   With  the  <b>result_format</b>  parameter (see
74                     below), they expand the input key rather than the  result
75                     value.
76
77              <b>%[1-9]</b> The  patterns  %1,  %2, ... %9 are replaced by the corre-
78                     sponding most significant component of  the  input  key's
79                     domain.  If  the input key is <i>user@mail.example.com</i>, then
80                     %1 is <b>com</b>, %2 is <b>example</b> and %3 is <b>mail</b>. If the input key
81                     is  unqualified or does not have enough domain components
82                     to satisfy all the specified patterns, the query is  sup-
83                     pressed and returns no results.
84
85              The  <b>domain</b>  parameter  described below limits the input keys to
86              addresses in matching domains.  When  the  <b>domain</b>  parameter  is
87              non-empty, SQL queries for unqualified addresses or addresses in
88              non-matching domains are suppressed and return no results.
89
90              This parameter is available with Postfix 2.2. In prior  releases
91              the   SQL   query   was  built  from  the  separate  parameters:
92              <b>select_field</b>, <b>table</b>, <b>where_field</b> and <b>additional_conditions</b>.  The
93              mapping from the old parameters to the equivalent query is:
94
95                  SELECT [<b>select_field</b>]
96                  FROM [<b>table</b>]
97                  WHERE [<b>where_field</b>] = '%s'
98                        [<b>additional_conditions</b>]
99
100              The  '%s'  in  the  <b>WHERE</b>  clause  expands to the escaped search
101              string.  With Postfix 2.2 these legacy parameters  are  used  if
102              the <b>query</b> parameter is not specified.
103
104              NOTE: DO NOT put quotes around the query parameter.
105
106       <b>result_format (default: %s</b>)
107              Format template applied to result attributes. Most commonly used
108              to append (or prepend) text to the result. This  parameter  sup-
109              ports the following '%' expansions:
110
111              <b>%%</b>     This is replaced by a literal '%' character.
112
113              <b>%s</b>     This  is  replaced  by the value of the result attribute.
114                     When result is empty it is skipped.
115
116              <b>%u</b>     When the result attribute value is an address of the form
117                     user@domain,  <b>%u</b>  is  replaced  by  the local part of the
118                     address. When the result has an  empty  localpart  it  is
119                     skipped.
120
121              <b>%d</b>     When  a  result attribute value is an address of the form
122                     user@domain, <b>%d</b> is replaced by the  domain  part  of  the
123                     attribute  value.  When  the  result is unqualified it is
124                     skipped.
125
126              <b>%[SUD1-9]</b>
127                     The upper-case and decimal digit  expansions  interpolate
128                     the  parts of the input key rather than the result. Their
129                     behavior is identical to that described with  <b>query</b>,  and
130                     in  fact  because  the  input  key  is  known in advance,
131                     queries whose key does not contain  all  the  information
132                     specified  in  the  result  template  are  suppressed and
133                     return no results.
134
135              For example, using "result_format = <a href="smtp.8.html">smtp</a>:[%s]" allows one to use
136              a mailHost attribute as the basis of a <a href="transport.5.html">transport(5)</a> table. After
137              applying the result format, multiple values are concatenated  as
138              comma  separated  strings.  The  expansion_limit  and  parameter
139              explained below allows one to restrict the number of  values  in
140              the result, which is especially useful for maps that must return
141              at most one value.
142
143              The default value <b>%s</b> specifies that each result value should  be
144              used as is.
145
146              This parameter is available with Postfix 2.2 and later.
147
148              NOTE: DO NOT put quotes around the result format!
149
150       <b>domain (default: no domain list)</b>
151              This  is a list of domain names, paths to files, or "<a href="DATABASE_README.html">type:table</a>"
152              databases. When specified, only fully qualified search keys with
153              a  *non-empty*  localpart and a matching domain are eligible for
154              lookup:  'user'  lookups,  bare  domain  lookups  and  "@domain"
155              lookups  are  not  performed.  This can significantly reduce the
156              query load on the SQLite server.
157                  domain = postfix.org, <a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">hash</a>:/etc/postfix/searchdomains
158
159              It is best not to use SQL to store the domains eligible for  SQL
160              lookups.
161
162              This parameter is available with Postfix 2.2 and later.
163
164              NOTE: DO NOT define this parameter for <a href="local.8.html">local(8)</a> aliases, because
165              the input keys are always unqualified.
166
167       <b>expansion_limit (default: 0)</b>
168              A limit on the total number of result elements  returned  (as  a
169              comma separated list) by a lookup against the map.  A setting of
170              zero disables the limit. Lookups fail with a temporary error  if
171              the  limit  is  exceeded.   Setting  the limit to 1 ensures that
172              lookups do not return multiple values.
173
174<b>OBSOLETE MAIN.CF PARAMETERS</b>
175       For compatibility with other Postfix lookup tables,  SQLite  parameters
176       can also be defined in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>.  In order to do that, specify as SQLite
177       source a name that doesn't begin with a slash or  a  dot.   The  SQLite
178       parameters  will then be accessible as the name you've given the source
179       in its definition, an underscore, and the name of the  parameter.   For
180       example,  if the map is specified as "<a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:<i>sqlitename</i>", the parameter
181       "query" would be defined in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> as "<i>sqlitename</i>_query".
182
183<b>OBSOLETE QUERY INTERFACE</b>
184       This section describes an interface that is deprecated  as  of  Postfix
185       2.2.  It  is  replaced  by  the  more general <b>query</b> interface described
186       above.  If the  <b>query</b>  parameter  is  defined,  the  legacy  parameters
187       described  here  ignored.   Please  migrate to the new interface as the
188       legacy interface may be removed in a future release.
189
190       The following parameters can be used  to  fill  in  a  SELECT  template
191       statement of the form:
192
193           SELECT [<b>select_field</b>]
194           FROM [<b>table</b>]
195           WHERE [<b>where_field</b>] = '%s'
196                 [<b>additional_conditions</b>]
197
198       The specifier %s is replaced by the search string, and is escaped so if
199       it contains single quotes or other odd characters, it will not cause  a
200       parse error, or worse, a security problem.
201
202       <b>select_field</b>
203              The SQL "select" parameter. Example:
204                  <b>select_field</b> = forw_addr
205
206       <b>table</b>  The SQL "select .. from" table name. Example:
207                  <b>table</b> = mxaliases
208
209       <b>where_field</b>
210              The SQL "select .. where" parameter. Example:
211                  <b>where_field</b> = alias
212
213       <b>additional_conditions</b>
214              Additional conditions to the SQL query. Example:
215                  <b>additional_conditions</b> = AND status = 'paid'
216
217<b>SEE ALSO</b>
218       <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table maintenance
219       <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
220       <a href="ldap_table.5.html">ldap_table(5)</a>, LDAP lookup tables
221       <a href="mysql_table.5.html">mysql_table(5)</a>, MySQL lookup tables
222       <a href="pgsql_table.5.html">pgsql_table(5)</a>, PostgreSQL lookup tables
223
224<b>README FILES</b>
225       <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a>, Postfix lookup table overview
226       <a href="SQLITE_README.html">SQLITE_README</a>, Postfix SQLITE howto
227
228<b>LICENSE</b>
229       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
230
231<b>HISTORY</b>
232       SQLite support was introduced with Postfix version 2.8.
233
234<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
235       Original implementation by:
236       Axel Steiner
237
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