On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:41:30 Dominique Devienne <ddevienne at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps you're missing the leading file: ? I believe it is required. --DD No, unless I'm putting it in the wrong place. As I wrote I did: $ sqlite3 "myDbpath?mode=ro" I also tried escaping the '?' as '\?', no go. Should this work from the command line? Should the '?' go somewhere else? Can you give a working commandline example? THX --Mark -----Original Message----- > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:41:30 +0200 > From: Dominique Devienne <ddevienne at gmail.com> > To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> > Subject: Re: [sqlite] sqlite3 command line, read-only > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Mark Foley <mfoley at novatec-inc.com> wrote: > > > I'm new to the list, so apologies if this has been posted before. > > > > I am using sqlite3 3.7.17 on Linux Slackware64 14.1. I use the sqlite3 > > command > > every 10 minutes to query several Thunderbird calendar databases. > > Occasionally, I > > have a message, "Error: database is locked"; understandable since > > Thunderbird > > is occasionally updating its database. > > > > First, is there a way to open a database in readonly mode from the command > > line? > > I 've searched the man page and googled, but I find nothing. I've tried > > opening > > the database as dbname?mode=ro, but that doesn't work. The C API has such a > > mode, but apparently not the command line. > > > > Perhaps you're missing the leading file: ? I believe it is required. --DD > > C:\Users\DDevienne>sqlite3 new.db > SQLite version 3.10.2 2016-01-20 15:27:19 > Enter ".help" for usage hints. > sqlite> create table t (v); > sqlite> insert into t values (1), (2), (3); > sqlite> .q > > C:\Users\DDevienne>sqlite3 file:new.db?mode=ro > SQLite version 3.10.2 2016-01-20 15:27:19 > Enter ".help" for usage hints. > sqlite> select * from t; > 1 > 2 > 3 > sqlite> update t set v = 4; > Error: attempt to write a readonly database > sqlite> > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >
