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database page size: 1024
```

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In this stage, you'll implement one of SQLite's
[dot-commands](https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html#special_commands_to_sqlite3_dot_commands_): `.dbinfo`. This command
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database page size: 4096
number of tables: 2
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In this stage, you'll extend support for the .dbinfo command added in the previous stage. Specifically, you'll
implement functionality to print the number of tables. You'll do this by parsing a file that uses the
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formats its output so that every value has a fixed-width. Your program doesn't need to mimic this behaviour. Using
just one space as a separator should work. Both `apples oranges` and <code>apples &nbsp; oranges</code> will pass
our tests.

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In this stage, you'll implement another dot-command:
[`.tables`](https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html#special_commands_to_sqlite3_dot_commands_). Instead of just printing
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Remember: You don't need to implement a full-blown SQL parser just yet. We'll get to that in the
next stages. For now you can just split the input by " " and pick the last item to get the table name.

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Now that you've gotten your feet wet with the [SQLite database file format](https://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html),
it's time to move on to actual SQL!
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[`peg`](https://crates.io/crates/peg) and [`regex`](https://crates.io/crates/regex) crates are available in
`Cargo.toml` if you'd like to use them.
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In this stage, your sqlite3 implementation will need to execute a SQL statement of this form:
`SELECT <column> FROM <table>`.
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Just like in the previous stage, the order of rows doesn't matter.

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This stage is similar to the previous one, just that you'll read data from multiple columns instead of just one.
In this stage, your sqlite3 implementation will need to execute a SQL statement of this form: `SELECT <column1>,<column2> FROM <table>`.
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For now you can assume that the contents of the table are small enough to fit inside the root page. We'll deal
with tables that span multiple pages in the next stage.

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In this stage, you'll filter records based on a `WHERE` clause. You'll assume that the query can't be served by
an index, so you'll visit all records in a table and then filter out the matching ones.
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[Busying Oneself With B-Trees](https://medium.com/basecs/busying-oneself-with-b-trees-78bbf10522e7) is a good place to
start. For specifics on how SQLite stores B-trees on disk, read the
[B-tree Pages](https://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html#b_tree_pages) documentation section.

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In this stage, you'll filter records based on a `WHERE` clause. You'll assume that the query can't be served by
an index, so you'll visit all records in a table and then filter out the matching ones.
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You can assume that all queries run by the tester will include `country` in the `WHERE` clause,
so they can be served by the index. The tester will run multiple randomized queries and expect all of them
to return results in under 3 seconds.

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This stage is similar to the previous one, but focuses on enhancing query performance using an index. In this
stage, your program will need to read through millions of rows in under 5 seconds.