On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Simon Slavin <slav...@bigfraud.org> wrote:
> > On 24 Jul 2014, at 3:07pm, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > A simpler solution which would serve my goals just as well: the ability > to > > rename only 'main' (e.g. sqlite3_rename_db(sqlite3*, char const * > > newName)). i don't need 'main' because main is fluid in these apps. i > need > > a well-defined name which sticks with a db regardless of whether it is > > opened or attached. > > What happens if you open any SQLite database, then ATTACH the same > database to the same connection ? > > i was almost ready to kiss you, but that seems to not work: [stephan@host:~/cvs/fossil/libfossil/s2]$ sqlite3 foo.db SQLite version 3.8.4.1 2014-03-12 19:38:38 Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite> create table t(a); sqlite> attach 'foo.db' as foo; sqlite> .schema foo.t sqlite> .dump foo.t PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF; BEGIN TRANSACTION; COMMIT; sqlite> .schema t CREATE TABLE t(a); sqlite> And yet... sqlite> insert into foo.t(a) values(1),(2),(3); sqlite> select * from foo.t; 1 2 3 sqlite> ^D [stephan@host:~/cvs/fossil/libfossil/s2]$ sqlite3 foo.db SQLite version 3.8.4.1 2014-03-12 19:38:38 Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite> select * from t; 1 2 3 So ... that seems to work (just not with those shell .commands, but that's okay). i'll try it out and come back crying if it doesn't. THANK YOU! -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
