On 8/18/07, Scott Derrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a process that repeatedly, once a second, inserts data into the > database. > > I open the database, on the class instantiation. > > once a second I call a function that; > > exec a "BEGIN IMMEDIATE", with a sleep loop if I can't acquire the > reserved lock. > > Then prepare, step, finalize, exit the function > > When I come back into the function and exec a "BEGIN IMMEDIATE" I get an > error > > "Cannot start a transaction within a transaction". > > Whats wrong? Doesn't sqlite3_finalize(stmt), release the locks, > deletes the prepared statement and causes the database to be updated?
No, your assumptions are wrong, that's not it's job. If it did then you couldn't have more than a single statement inside a transaction, don't you think? > Why does the engine think I'm still in a transaction? You didn't end the transaction with either "COMMIT"/"END" or "ROLLBACK". Regards, ~Nuno Lucas > thanks, > > Scott ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
