diff --git a/docs/lib/sqlite.md b/docs/lib/sqlite.md
index b5259410d..e4c414f2c 100644
--- a/docs/lib/sqlite.md
+++ b/docs/lib/sqlite.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {SQLiteDatabaseClient} from "npm:@observablehq/sqlite";
 
 The easiest way to construct a SQLite database client is to declare a [`FileAttachment`](../files) and then call `file.sqlite` to load a SQLite file. This returns a promise. (Here we rely on [implicit await](../reactivity#promises).)
 
-```js echo
+```js run=false
 const db = FileAttachment("chinook.db").sqlite();
 ```
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const db = SQLiteDatabaseClient.open(FileAttachment("chinook.db"));
 
 Using `FileAttachment` means that referenced files are automatically copied to `dist` during build, and you can even generate SQLite files using [data loaders](../data-loaders). But if you want to “hot” load a live file from an external server, pass a string to `SQLiteDatabaseClient.open`:
 
-```js run=false
+```js echo
 const db = SQLiteDatabaseClient.open("https://static.observableusercontent.com/files/b3711cfd9bdf50cbe4e74751164d28e907ce366cd4bf56a39a980a48fdc5f998c42a019716a8033e2b54defdd97e4a55ebe4f6464b4f0678ea0311532605a115");
 ```
 
@@ -71,3 +71,20 @@ There’s also `db.queryRow` for just getting a single row.
 ```js echo
 db.queryRow(`SELECT sqlite_version()`)
 ```
+
+The entire database can be exported as a binary array with `db.export`:
+
+```js echo
+const dbAsBinary = db.export();
+```
+
+which can be loaded back into SQLite as noted previously:
+
+```js echo
+const db2 = await SQLiteDatabaseClient.open(dbAsBinary);
+const companies = db2.query('SELECT Company FROM customers WHERE Company IS NOT NULL ORDER BY Company');
+```
+
+```js
+Inputs.table(companies)
+```
diff --git a/src/client/stdlib/sqlite.js b/src/client/stdlib/sqlite.js
index ac22e9471..75985ad45 100644
--- a/src/client/stdlib/sqlite.js
+++ b/src/client/stdlib/sqlite.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ export class SQLiteDatabaseClient {
   queryTag(strings, ...params) {
     return [strings.join("?"), params];
   }
+  export() {
+    return this._db.export(this._db);
+  }
 }
 
 Object.defineProperty(SQLiteDatabaseClient.prototype, "dialect", {