On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Dennis Cote wrote: > D. Richard Hipp wrote: >>> i always get the error "unable to open database file", error number >>> is 14 >>> >> >> Probably it is unable to open a temporary file in /tmp or /var/tmp or >> wherever temporary files are suppose to live on your system. >> > > This situation seems to come up fairly often. Perhaps it would be a > good > idea to return a different error for this situation, something like > "unable to create temporary file", which would give users a more > explicit indication of what the real problem is. I think most users > jump > to the conclusion that this error always refers to the main database > file, and the existing error doesn't give any indication that there > could be other causes. >
Better error messages are always a good idea. But implementing them, especially this one, can be much harder than you might expect. Suggested patches are welcomed. ;-) D. Richard Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
