ref: 1f7ebe9e5cf509d5720bb103accddb2e36c039f6
dir: /sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/sqlite3/complete_statement.py/
# A minimal SQLite shell for experiments
import sqlite3
con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
con.isolation_level = None
cur = con.cursor()
buffer = ""
print "Enter your SQL commands to execute in sqlite3."
print "Enter a blank line to exit."
while True:
    line = raw_input()
    if line == "":
        break
    buffer += line
    if sqlite3.complete_statement(buffer):
        try:
            buffer = buffer.strip()
            cur.execute(buffer)
            if buffer.lstrip().upper().startswith("SELECT"):
                print cur.fetchall()
        except sqlite3.Error, e:
            print "An error occurred:", e.args[0]
        buffer = ""
con.close()