It's the trailing semicolon. The dot commands don't require them, while SQL statements do.
----- Original Message ---- From: Douglas McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:11:35 PM Subject: [sqlite] When I try to .read I get a "can't open" message I'm sure I'm doing something simple and obvious wrong here. I'm a complete sqlite n00b. Help? C:\_source>sqlite3 test SQLite version 3.5.7 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> .read test.sql; can't open "test.sql;" sqlite> .read C:/_source/test.sql; can't open "C:/_source/test.sql;" _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

