Memory optimization for sqlite requests - help needed - iphone

Question

I'm using two methods to r/w sqlite table:
+ (NSString *) getWeatherData:(int)rowID:(int)columnID {
NSString *savedWeatherData = [[NSString alloc] init];
if (sqlite3_open([[DBController getDBPath] UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) {
const char *sql = "select * from TABLE where id=?";
sqlite3_stmt *selectstmt;
if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &selectstmt, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) {
sqlite3_bind_int(selectstmt, 1, rowID);
while(sqlite3_step(selectstmt) == SQLITE_ROW) {
NSInteger primaryKey = sqlite3_column_int(selectstmt, 0);
Weather *weatherObj = [[Weather alloc] initWithPrimaryKey:primaryKey];
weatherObj.weatherData = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)sqlite3_column_text(selectstmt, columnID)];
savedWeatherData = weatherObj.weatherData;
[weatherObj release];
}
}
}
return [savedWeatherData autorelease];
}
And to save some data:
+ (void) saveDataToDataBase:(NSString *)columnToUpdate:(int)rowID:(NSString *)value {
if (sqlite3_open([[DBController getDBPath] UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) {
updateStmt = nil;
NSString *sqlString = [[#"update TABLE set " stringByAppendingString:columnToUpdate] stringByAppendingString:#"=? where id=?"];
const char *sql = [sqlString UTF8String];
if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &updateStmt, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
NSAssert1(0, #"Error while creating update statement. '%s'", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
} else { // select statement ok
sqlite3_bind_text(updateStmt, 1, [value UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT); // replace first ? with value
sqlite3_bind_int(updateStmt, 2, rowID); // replace second ? with rowID
if(SQLITE_DONE != sqlite3_step(updateStmt)) {
NSAssert1(0, #"Error while updating. '%s'", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
} else {
// NSLog(#"Update completed !!!");
}
sqlite3_reset(updateStmt);
}
sqlite3_finalize(updateStmt);
}
else
sqlite3_close(database); //Even though the open call failed, close the database connection to release all the memory.
}
With the Instruments, I see pretty big memory consumption for sqlite.
Info: during app startup, cca 100 different kind of data is stored in DB - for each data, this saveDataToDataBase method is called. (In case of no internet connection - getWeatherData would be used - and again cca 100 different kind of data would be read)
Please, can you instruct me - is it possible to optimize memory consumption.
Thanks a lot!
Kind regards!