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.