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> edit: not sure why this is being downvoted? not being able to define a range of port seems like a huge oversight.

It's likely been downvoted because your feature request demonstrates that you're not asking about sqlite. sqlite has no server element, and therefore no ports which need using.

> the forums there are not very active so I am asking here.

You're apparently not looking at the correct forums. As one of the sqlite forum moderators, i can say with some degree of authority that its forum is well-visited.