title: Electron & Node: How to read an SQL file?
body: <p>I have a local sql file, not a server, which I need to query information from. How should I do this?</p>
  
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  <li><p>I have tried to install <code>sqlite3</code> with <code>npm</code>, however I need to first install Microsoft visual studio to compile it:</p>
  
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  <li><p>Will Visual Studio Community Edition 2017 (free) be able to compile this? The CLI error asks for version 2005.</p></li>
  <li><p>Is there an x86 flag for NPM when building this instead of
  using x64 from my system?</p></li>
  </ol></li>
  <li><p>Or, are there other options? For example, localForage and WebSQL?</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I would like an easy to install and use way, which is cross-platform compatible.</p>