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7SQLITE_TABLE(5)                                                SQLITE_TABLE(5)
8
9<b>NAME</b>
10       sqlite_table - Postfix SQLite configuration
11
12<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
13       <b>postmap -q "</b><i>string</i><b>" <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i>
14
15       <b>postmap -q - <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:/etc/postfix/</b><i>filename</i> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>
16
17<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
18       The  Postfix  mail system uses optional tables for address rewriting or
19       mail routing. These tables are usually in <b>dbm</b> or <b>db</b> format.
20
21       Alternatively, lookup tables can be specified as SQLite databases.   In
22       order  to use SQLite lookups, define an SQLite source as a lookup table
23       in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>, for example:
24           <a href="postconf.5.html#alias_maps">alias_maps</a> = <a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:/etc/sqlite-aliases.cf
25
26       The file /etc/postfix/sqlite-aliases.cf has  the  same  format  as  the
27       Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file, and can specify the parameters described below.
28
29<b>BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY</b>
30       For  compatibility  with other Postfix lookup tables, SQLite parameters
31       can also be defined in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>.  In order to do that, specify as SQLite
32       source  a  name  that  doesn't begin with a slash or a dot.  The SQLite
33       parameters will then be accessible as the name you've given the  source
34       in  its  definition, an underscore, and the name of the parameter.  For
35       example, if the map is specified as "<a href="sqlite_table.5.html">sqlite</a>:<i>sqlitename</i>", the  parameter
36       "query" below would be defined in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> as "<i>sqlitename</i>_query".
37
38       Normally,  the  SQL  query  is  specified  via a single <b>query</b> parameter
39       (described in more detail below).  When this parameter is not specified
40       in  the map definition, Postfix reverts to an older interface, with the
41       SQL query constructed from the  <b>select_field</b>,  <b>table</b>,  <b>where_field</b>  and
42       <b>additional_conditions</b>  parameters.  The old interface will be gradually
43       phased out. To migrate to the new interface set:
44
45           <b>query</b> = SELECT [<i>select</i><b>_</b><i>field</i>]
46               FROM [<i>table</i>]
47               WHERE [<i>where</i><b>_</b><i>field</i>] = '%s'
48                   [<i>additional</i><b>_</b><i>conditions</i>]
49
50       Insert the value, not the name, of each legacy parameter. Note that the
51       <b>additional_conditions</b>  parameter  is  optional  and  if not empty, will
52       always start with <b>AND</b>.
53
54<b>LIST MEMBERSHIP</b>
55       When using SQL to store  lists  such  as  $<a href="postconf.5.html#mynetworks">mynetworks</a>,  $<a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">mydestination</a>,
56       $<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-
57       stand that the table must store each list member as a separate key. The
58       table  lookup  verifies  the *existence* of the key. See "Postfix lists
59       versus tables" in the <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a> document for a discussion.
60
61       Do NOT create tables that return the full list of domains in  $<a href="postconf.5.html#mydestination">mydesti</a>-
62       <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>.
63
64       DO create tables with each matching item as a key and with an arbitrary
65       value. With SQL databases it is not uncommon to return the  key  itself
66       or a constant value.
67
68<b>SQLITE PARAMETERS</b>
69       <b>dbpath</b> The SQLite database file location. Example:
70                  dbpath = customer_database
71
72       <b>query</b>  The  SQL query template used to search the database, where <b>%s</b> is
73              a substitute for the address Postfix is trying to resolve,  e.g.
74                  query = SELECT replacement FROM aliases WHERE mailbox = '%s'
75
76              This parameter supports the following '%' expansions:
77
78              <b>%%</b>     This is replaced by a literal '%' character.
79
80              <b>%s</b>     This  is  replaced by the input key.  SQL quoting is used
81                     to make sure that the input key does not  add  unexpected
82                     metacharacters.
83
84              <b>%u</b>     When the input key is an address of the form user@domain,
85                     <b>%u</b> is replaced by  the  SQL  quoted  local  part  of  the
86                     address.   Otherwise, <b>%u</b> is replaced by the entire search
87                     string.  If the localpart is empty,  the  query  is  sup-
88                     pressed and returns no results.
89
90              <b>%d</b>     When the input key is an address of the form user@domain,
91                     <b>%d</b> is replaced by the  SQL  quoted  domain  part  of  the
92                     address.   Otherwise, the query is suppressed and returns
93                     no results.
94
95              <b>%[SUD]</b> The upper-case equivalents of the above expansions behave
96                     in  the  <b>query</b>  parameter identically to their lower-case
97                     counter-parts.  With  the  <b>result_format</b>  parameter  (see
98                     below),  they expand the input key rather than the result
99                     value.
100
101              <b>%[1-9]</b> The patterns %1, %2, ... %9 are replaced  by  the  corre-
102                     sponding  most  significant  component of the input key's
103                     domain. If the input key is  <i>user@mail.example.com</i>,  then
104                     %1 is <b>com</b>, %2 is <b>example</b> and %3 is <b>mail</b>. If the input key
105                     is unqualified or does not have enough domain  components
106                     to  satisfy all the specified patterns, the query is sup-
107                     pressed and returns no results.
108
109              The <b>domain</b> parameter described below limits the  input  keys  to
110              addresses in matching domains. When the <b>domain</b> parameter is non-
111              empty, SQL queries for unqualified  addresses  or  addresses  in
112              non-matching domains are suppressed and return no results.
113
114              This  parameter is available with Postfix 2.2. In prior releases
115              the  SQL  query  was  built  from   the   separate   parameters:
116              <b>select_field</b>,  <b>table</b>, <b>where_field</b> and <b>additional_conditions</b>. The
117              mapping from the old parameters to the equivalent query is:
118
119                  SELECT [<b>select_field</b>]
120                  FROM [<b>table</b>]
121                  WHERE [<b>where_field</b>] = '%s'
122                        [<b>additional_conditions</b>]
123
124              The '%s' in the <b>WHERE</b>  clause  expands  to  the  escaped  search
125              string.   With  Postfix  2.2 these legacy parameters are used if
126              the <b>query</b> parameter is not specified.
127
128              NOTE: DO NOT put quotes around the query parameter.
129
130       <b>result_format (default: %s</b>)
131              Format template applied to result attributes. Most commonly used
132              to  append  (or prepend) text to the result. This parameter sup-
133              ports the following '%' expansions:
134
135              <b>%%</b>     This is replaced by a literal '%' character.
136
137              <b>%s</b>     This is replaced by the value of  the  result  attribute.
138                     When result is empty it is skipped.
139
140              <b>%u</b>     When the result attribute value is an address of the form
141                     user@domain, <b>%u</b> is replaced by  the  local  part  of  the
142                     address.  When  the  result  has an empty localpart it is
143                     skipped.
144
145              <b>%d</b>     When a result attribute value is an address of  the  form
146                     user@domain,  <b>%d</b>  is  replaced  by the domain part of the
147                     attribute value. When the result  is  unqualified  it  is
148                     skipped.
149
150              <b>%[SUD1-9]</b>
151                     The  upper-case  and decimal digit expansions interpolate
152                     the parts of the input key rather than the result.  Their
153                     behavior  is  identical to that described with <b>query</b>, and
154                     in fact because  the  input  key  is  known  in  advance,
155                     queries  whose  key  does not contain all the information
156                     specified in  the  result  template  are  suppressed  and
157                     return no results.
158
159              For example, using "result_format = <a href="smtp.8.html">smtp</a>:[%s]" allows one to use
160              a mailHost attribute as the basis of a <a href="transport.5.html">transport(5)</a> table. After
161              applying  the result format, multiple values are concatenated as
162              comma  separated  strings.  The  expansion_limit  and  parameter
163              explained  below  allows one to restrict the number of values in
164              the result, which is especially useful for maps that must return
165              at most one value.
166
167              The  default value <b>%s</b> specifies that each result value should be
168              used as is.
169
170              This parameter is available with Postfix 2.2 and later.
171
172              NOTE: DO NOT put quotes around the result format!
173
174       <b>domain (default: no domain list)</b>
175              This is a list of domain names, paths to files, or dictionaries.
176              When  specified,  only  fully qualified search keys with a *non-
177              empty* localpart and a matching domain are eligible for  lookup:
178              'user'  lookups,  bare  domain lookups and "@domain" lookups are
179              not performed. This can significantly reduce the query  load  on
180              the SQLite server.
181                  domain = postfix.org, <a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">hash</a>:/etc/postfix/searchdomains
182
183              It  is best not to use SQL to store the domains eligible for SQL
184              lookups.
185
186              This parameter is available with Postfix 2.2 and later.
187
188              NOTE: DO NOT define this parameter for <a href="local.8.html">local(8)</a> aliases, because
189              the input keys are always unqualified.
190
191       <b>expansion_limit (default: 0)</b>
192              A  limit  on  the total number of result elements returned (as a
193              comma separated list) by a lookup against the map.  A setting of
194              zero  disables the limit. Lookups fail with a temporary error if
195              the limit is exceeded.  Setting the  limit  to  1  ensures  that
196              lookups do not return multiple values.
197
198<b>OBSOLETE QUERY INTERFACE</b>
199       This  section  describes  an interface that is deprecated as of Postfix
200       2.2. It is replaced by  the  more  general  <b>query</b>  interface  described
201       above.   If  the  <b>query</b>  parameter  is  defined,  the legacy parameters
202       described here ignored.  Please migrate to the  new  interface  as  the
203       legacy interface may be removed in a future release.
204
205       The  following  parameters  can  be  used  to fill in a SELECT template
206       statement of the form:
207
208           SELECT [<b>select_field</b>]
209           FROM [<b>table</b>]
210           WHERE [<b>where_field</b>] = '%s'
211                 [<b>additional_conditions</b>]
212
213       The specifier %s is replaced by the search string, and is escaped so if
214       it  contains single quotes or other odd characters, it will not cause a
215       parse error, or worse, a security problem.
216
217       <b>select_field</b>
218              The SQL "select" parameter. Example:
219                  <b>select_field</b> = forw_addr
220
221       <b>table</b>  The SQL "select .. from" table name. Example:
222                  <b>table</b> = mxaliases
223
224       <b>where_field</b>
225              The SQL "select .. where" parameter. Example:
226                  <b>where_field</b> = alias
227
228       <b>additional_conditions</b>
229              Additional conditions to the SQL query. Example:
230                  <b>additional_conditions</b> = AND status = 'paid'
231
232<b>SEE ALSO</b>
233       <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table maintenance
234       <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
235       <a href="ldap_table.5.html">ldap_table(5)</a>, LDAP lookup tables
236       <a href="mysql_table.5.html">mysql_table(5)</a>, MySQL lookup tables
237       <a href="pgsql_table.5.html">pgsql_table(5)</a>, PostgreSQL lookup tables
238
239<b>README FILES</b>
240       <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a>, Postfix lookup table overview
241       <a href="SQLITE_README.html">SQLITE_README</a>, Postfix SQLITE howto
242
243<b>LICENSE</b>
244       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
245
246<b>HISTORY</b>
247       SQLite support was introduced with Postfix version 2.8.
248
249<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
250       Original implementation by:
251       Axel Steiner
252
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