Hello, I would like to pass cookies back and forth between a search script I have written that runs on the local system, and javascript pages displaying the forms and results in Firefox. I'll forego all the gory details here, it is working pretty well, but being able to pass cookies back and forth would make allow me to make it much more robust. FF (3+) uses an sqlite db to store it's cookies. I have tried to edit cookie values using sqlite3, but I keep getting a 'database locked' error, incessantly. (Does FF simply put a lock on this file at the beginning of a session and not release it til it is done?)
I have read things that talk about using fcntl() to get around this, but it is quite over my head, though I am willing to invest, as I really want to accomplish this. If I could get some suggestions on how to handle this situation to my ends, I would much appreciate it. I could just simply copy the db file, alter the cookie values, and then copy it over the existing cookies db. This works. Perhaps a more kosher way would be to use fcntl() (or something) to get a mandatory exclusive lock beforehand. This is an area I am quite unfamiliar with, but willing to invest in learning if it seems feasible. I really would like to be able to edit the cookies outside of FF and I believe there is a way without just forcing it. Reading them is no problem, but I want to be able to write flags back to the javascript while it is running. Perhaps copying over the db file is not such a big deal, after all, this would (most likely) only be occurring while the user is using the search feature anyway. Any thoughts on this? But if I can do this in a more kosher manner, it would be better. Any input on this? Thanks much, Allasso -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%27database-locked%27-error-tp24953225p24953225.html Sent from the SQLite mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
