private static SQLiteConnection open_and_load_zumero(string s) { // open the local SQLite db SQLiteConnection db = new SQLiteConnection(s); // tell SQLite to allow load_extension() db.EnableLoadExtension(1); // load the Zumero extension // this is the equivalent of ".load zumero.dylib" in the sqlite3 shell db.ExecuteScalar<string>("SELECT load_extension('zumero.dylib');"); return db; }