Well I've tried the following sqlite3 <path to the DB> dbfile I get put to the command line.
typed in the following and below is the results. sqlite> .show echo: off explain: on headers: on mode: explain nullvalue: "" output: stdout separator: "|" width: 4 13 4 4 4 13 2 13 sqlite> .schema ?table? accounts; sqlite> .schema ?accounts?; sqlite> So I don't know if it's me not understanding the syntax or not. I have 5 tables one of them *is* accounts. thanks for your reply. 2009/12/7 Wilson, Ronald <rwils...@harris.com> > what tables do you have? > sqlite> schema; > > from my mobile 434.851.1612 > > On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:31 PM, "dave lilley" <dgl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have been trying to (without much joy) get a list of rows from a > > table > > within an sqlite3 DB. > > > > I've been starting from the CMD prompt sqite3 <DB filename here> > > dropping into sqlite3 cmd prompt i type in.... > > > > sqlite> select * from accounts; > > SQL error: no such table: accounts > > sqlite> > > > > Now I've used SQLite Database manager 3.1 to create the tables (at > > least 5 > > in the one db) and have been able to access the tables until i > > started to > > entry text for a blob field and now the DB manager falls over! > > > > I am using ruby 1.8.6 as my dev language an suppose i should put it > > to that > > community BUT my issue of not being able to generate a list of data > > from an > > sql statement when i know the names of the tables does belong here. > > > > any help would be appreciated. > > > > dave. > > _______________________________________________ > > sqlite-users mailing list > > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users