Performance issues with SQLite3 sqlite3_step function

I have problems with a specific query when using the sqlite3_step function:

SELECT DISTINCT interfaces_int_id,device_dev_id FROM devInterface 
INNER JOIN interfaces ON devInterface.interfaces_int_id=interfaces.intf_id 
INNER JOIN nlink ON nlink.interfaces_intf_id=interfaces.intf_id 
INNER JOIN neighbor ON neighbor.neighbor_id=nlink.neighbor_neighbor_id 

I only posted the parts of the query which are relevant.

For querying the database, I use this code.

When debugging it, it hangs at

    while(true)
    {
--->    result = sqlite3_step(statement);

        if(result == SQLITE_ROW)
        {
            std::vector<std::string> values;
            ...
        }
        ...
    }

Depending on the database size, it sometimes takes minutes to get a result. But when using the Firefox plugin "SQLite Manager", it takes only 1-2 seconds.

In cases where the query takes several minutes, the "neighbor" and "nlink" tables have more than 150k entries.

For buliding the database, I used the Forward engineer feature of the MySQL Workbench tool, and modified the syntax to work for sqlite3:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS device(dev_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, type INT, hwtype INT, dataSource INT, hostname TEXT, sw_version TEXT, stpBridgeID TEXT, stpProtocol TEXT);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS interfaces(intf_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, intfName TEXT, intfType TEXT, phl INT, macAddress TEXT, ipAddress TEXT, subnetMask TEXT, duplex TEXT, speed TEXT, status TEXT, description TEXT, l2l3 TEXT, errLvl INT, loadLvl INT, channel_intf_id INT, vpc_id INT, CONSTRAINT fk_interfaces_interfaces1 FOREIGN KEY (channel_intf_id) REFERENCES interfaces (intf_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS devInterface (interfaces_int_id INT, device_dev_id INT, cdp_cdp_id INT, PRIMARY KEY (interfaces_int_id, device_dev_id, cdp_cdp_id), CONSTRAINT fk_dev_interface_interfaces1 FOREIGN KEY (interfaces_int_id) REFERENCES interfaces (intf_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT fk_dev_interface_device1 FOREIGN KEY (device_dev_id) REFERENCES device (dev_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT fk_devInterface_cdp1 FOREIGN KEY (cdp_cdp_id) REFERENCES cdp (cdp_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS neighbor (neighbor_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, l2_addr TEXT NULL , l3_addr TEXT NULL);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS nlink (neighbor开发者_StackOverflow社区_neighbor_id INT, interfaces_intf_id INT, PRIMARY KEY (neighbor_neighbor_id, interfaces_intf_id), CONSTRAINT fk_table1_neighbor1  FOREIGN KEY (neighbor_neighbor_id ) REFERENCES neighbor (neighbor_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT fk_table1_interfaces1 FOREIGN KEY (interfaces_intf_id) REFERENCES interfaces (intf_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE);  

EDIT: SQLITE Version: 3.6.22

After upgrading SQLite to the latest version (3.7.6.2), performance is much better.