Can I use a later version of sqlite3 with python?

Question

I am using python 3.5.1, which comes with SQL version 3.8.11. I wonder if I can use a different version of sqlite (let's say the latest version from my current python. If so, how to do it? Learning from here I tried this, but it does nothing:

pip install sqlite3 --upgrade 

I am using sqlite3 in my django project which needs a full-text search. So I read this one , and at some point I was tempted to use the latest version in sqlite3, as he said that he had some improvements over previous versions, which seemed interesting to me. Anyway, is it possible to use a later version of sqlite3 without updating python?

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Note: the question is almost completely rewritten, so many comments may seem irrelevant. Thanks to Alasdair, I learned that the previous question makes no sense, so I rewrote it.

Answer 1

After some searching, I found a way to do this. You need to download sqlite3.dll (precompiled binary) file from here . Then copy this file to the DLLs folder in the python installation directory. You can back up the old sqlite3.dll file in case you decide to return.