SQLite and Android "Database Error:Unable to open the database file"

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Sat May 30 02:25:34 EDT 2015


Try PRAGMA integrity_check and PRAGMA foreign_key_check.

Pete
lcSQL Software
On May 29, 2015 11:20 PM, "Ralph DiMola" <rdimola at evergreeninfo.net> wrote:

> I am getting the dreaded and extremely unhelpful "Database Error:Unable to
> open the database file". This only happens on Android. Works in the IDE on
> either Mac or PC. Works on iOS. Fails only with some queries. Other queries
> work just fine. This started after I added some data. If I just add
> additional criteria to a select query encompassing new data that failed
> then query will work? Or if the first item in the WHERE clause does not
> reference any of the new data it works. You can select ALL the data and it
> works. I'm guessing that there is some data inconsistency that only the
> Android library cares about. Any ideas how to run this down? Are there any
> utilities to verify the integrity of an SQLite DB? I load the db from an LC
> utility that shells to export a .xls to a .txt tab delimited file and then
> reads in the text file and adds records to the DB.
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>
>
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