Project file (.pro) Add the following line to your .pro file
QT += sql Header #include <QtSql/QSqlDatabase> #include <QtSql/QSqlError> class DatabaseManager { public: DatabaseManager(); ~DatabaseManager(); public: bool openDB(); bool deleteDB(); QSqlError lastError(); private: QSqlDatabase db; }; Source bool DatabaseManager::openDB() { // Find QSLite driver db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE"); db.setDatabaseName("database_name_here"); // Open databasee return db.open(); } QSqlError DatabaseManager::lastError() { // If opening database has failed user can ask // error description by QSqlError::text() return db.lastError(); } bool DatabaseManager::deleteDB() { // Close database db.close(); return QFile::remove("database_name_here"); } Execute a query QSqlQuery query; // Create a new table query.exec("CREATE TABLE filelist(fullpath VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY, timestamp VARCHAR)"); // Prepare file Information to insert QFileInfo currentFile = ...; QString filepath = currentFile.absoluteFilePath(); QString timestamp = currentFile.lastModified().date().toString("yyyy-MM"); // Insert a record to the database query.exec("INSERT INTO filelist VALUES('" + filepath + "', '" + timestamp + "')"); // You can also insert a record as following query.prepare("INSERT INTO filelist VALUES(?, ?)"); query.addBindValue(filepath); query.addBindValue(timestamp); query.exec(); query.exec("DROP TABLE filelist");