From 7e0b2abad01b0fbec8b32b8e3b092dda82f81ff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wikid82 <jhatfield82@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:36:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Implement SQLite database connection functionality

---
 backend/internal/database/database.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/internal/database/database.go

diff --git a/backend/internal/database/database.go b/backend/internal/database/database.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c343922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/database/database.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+// Connect opens a SQLite database connection.
+func Connect(dbPath string) (*gorm.DB, error) {
+	db, err := gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(dbPath), &gorm.Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open database: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return db, nil
+}