# Read and writing data temporarily
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-writing-data-temporarily/89963
**Category:** General
**Created:** [2 August 2024 19:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-writing-data-temporarily/89963 "2024-08-02T19:01:33Z")
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### Author:  [@gallionjason](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gallionjason)
#### Post date: [2 August 2024 19:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-writing-data-temporarily/89963/1 "2024-08-02T19:01:33Z")
Hello, is there a way to write/read data temporarily? I would like to test a flow and get average values over time but I do not need to store or keep the data. Would it be possible to use sqlite node and set the database name to memory?
**Note** : Setting the database name to `:memory:` will create a non-persistant in memory database.
Thank you for any suggestions!
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [2 August 2024 19:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-writing-data-temporarily/89963/2 "2024-08-02T19:07:08Z")
Have a look at [Working with context : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/context)
Node-red provde a context store that can be file or memory
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### Author:  [@gallionjason](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gallionjason)
#### Post date: [2 August 2024 19:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-writing-data-temporarily/89963/3 "2024-08-02T19:27:53Z")
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [31 October 2024 19:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-writing-data-temporarily/89963/4 "2024-10-31T19:28:26Z")
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