My hunch is that you need to change the while() line to: while ( (rc = sqlite3_step(pStmt)) != SQLITE_DONE ) But I could be wrong, and I don't have a computer with a C compiler to test this right now.
Terence MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The following code is part of a class member function that loads data from an existing database. The database has been opened and there IS data in the target table. I have had it working with callbacks, but using the prepare/step/finalise approach below I consistently get the log message: Step : ERROR - not an error i.e. the 'sqlite3_step' loop returns only once indicating an error but the error message says 'not an error'. Can anyone spot my silly error? -------------------------------------------------------------------- string sql = "SELECT name,value FROM setting;" ; sqlite3_stmt *pStmt ; LOGLN("SQL: "+sql) ; if( sqlite3_prepare( db, sql.c_str(), -1, &pStmt, 0 ) != SQLITE_OK ) { LOGLN(string("Prepare: ERROR -")+sqlite3_errmsg(db)) ; } else { int rc ; while( rc=sqlite3_step(pStmt) != SQLITE_DONE ) { if( rc == SQLITE_ROW ) { string name = (const char*)(sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,0)) ; string value = (const char*)(sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,1)) ; settings[name] = value.c_str() ? value : "" ; LOGLN(name+"="+value) ; } else if( rc == SQLITE_BUSY ) { LOGLN("Step: BUSY") ; continue ; } else if( rc == SQLITE_ERROR ) { LOGLN(string("Step : ERROR - ")+sqlite3_errmsg(db)) ; break ; } else if( rc == SQLITE_MISUSE ) { LOGLN("Step: MISUSE") ; break ; } } } sqlite3_finalize(pStmt) ; --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.