Re: [sqlite] unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables

2007-12-06 Thread Dan
When issuing PRAGMAS, do they have to be issued from sqlite executable or can they also be issued via the Tcl API? Pragmas can be executed via the Tcl API, because they are a part of SQLite's SQL dialect. Unlike the 'dot-commands' that are only available in the shell tool. Dan.

RE: [sqlite] unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables

2007-12-06 Thread Charlie Bursell
Thanks Dan, I'll give it try -Original Message- From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:06 AM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables When issuing PRAGMAS, do they have to

[sqlite] unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables

2007-12-05 Thread Charlie Bursell
This is my first post. I thought I had osted yesterday but do not see it so forgive me if this is a duplicate. I have seen the error malformed database schema - unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables discussed in another thread relative to PHP and BSD Unix.

Re: [sqlite] unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables

2007-12-05 Thread Joe Wilson
Regarding the DOS-like name, it may be the canonical name on Windows for FAT/VFAT file systems. Is that what you're using? I wonder if there's a hash collision in trying to get the file name down to DOS 8.3 file name format. Do you have many sqlite_* files in that directory? Since the file

RE: [sqlite] unable to open a temporary database file for storing temporary tables

2007-12-05 Thread Charlie Bursell
Thanks for the response. I have finally been able to look at the system where this is running. You are correct. They are on an older system (2.8.17). I'll try to get them to update. They are using 3 different databases. When I issue a .databases command I see that all three are using the same