Hi, During our internal tests, I recently stumbled across a problem when using SVN, which uses SQLite to manage the "wc.db" metadata database in the working copy.
SVN itself uses the Apache APR as PAL, which internally uses the Windows Unicode APIs with the \\?\ path prefix, allowing path lengths of up to 32k characters, so it can deal fine with deep directory hierarchies. Except when using SVN externals within those deep hierarchies. Externals are managed via nested working copies coming with their own "wc.db", so it's easy to run into the MAX_PATH limit of 260 characters. http://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users@sqlite.org/msg18707.html seems to indicate that SQLite is not using those APIs. On the other hand, that post is of 2006. So my questions are: Is there any way to successfully open a database at such a long path location? Is the SQLite project interested in a fix of this problem? What is the correct way to get such a fix rolled (bug tracker, patches, etc.?) Is it possible to implement a workaround, e. G. via a custom VFS layer (which might be able to delegate everything except file opening to the default one)? PS: I'm already on contact with the SVN Developers, but I think the issue is best fixed in SQLite itself: http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2013-08/0344.shtml Best regards Markus Schaber CODESYS(r) a trademark of 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Inspiring Automation Solutions 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Dipl.-Inf. Markus Schaber | Product Development Core Technology Memminger Str. 151 | 87439 Kempten | Germany Tel. +49-831-54031-979 | Fax +49-831-54031-50 E-Mail: m.scha...@codesys.com | Web: http://www.codesys.com | CODESYS store: http://store.codesys.com CODESYS forum: http://forum.codesys.com Managing Directors: Dipl.Inf. Dieter Hess, Dipl.Inf. Manfred Werner | Trade register: Kempten HRB 6186 | Tax ID No.: DE 167014915 _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
