On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 09:06 -0700, Will Leshner wrote: > On Aug 20, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Edwin Knoppert wrote: > > > v3.2.1, i opened a textfile containing a simple list not related to > > sqlite. > > Was testing my error handler but it still opens it. > > > > Do you mean you called sqlite3_open? I believe sqlite3_open does not > yet test to see if the database is truly a SQLite 3 database. And I > can't remember the exact details, but I think it is possible that if > you open a non-database and then start trying to use it, SQLite blows > away whatever is in it and turns it into a SQLite 3 database. So you > might want to be kinda careful about opening non-databases with SQLite. >
Not quite correct. sqlite3_open just sets up the database handle. It does not actually open the database file or check to see if the file really contains a database. The file is not actually opened until you try to do something with it. SQLite never "blows away" a file that is not a database. -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
