I have been using SQLite as a replacement for MS Access for use in a PC application. It works well but we have been experiencing the following problem when the database file is located on a network drive. We are getting "Unable to open the database file" when trying to start a new transaction. Investigating this it appeared the reason this was happening was that the journal file is open by another process and cannot be deleted. SQLite cannot delete it and neither can I manually via explorer. After much investiagtion with out IT department it looks like the reason this was open is that Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (a file indexer program) has opened it. I am still unsure why it keeps it open and does not allow for anyone other than an admin to delete it. A file may stay in this state for hours before mysteriously disappearing of its own accord. If we configure Windows Desktop Search to ignore the folder, we do not get (or at least we have not yet got) this problem.
Basically I would like to:- 1) Make this problem known to the community. 2) Ask if anyone has experienced anything like this? 3) Ask if anyone can offer any advise us as to what we can do to get around the problem of a journal file being locked and SQLite cannot delete it? Because at the moment if this situation occurs no one can write to that Db until the journal file has gone. Which is quite a severe problem... Thanks Mark DISCLAIMER: This information and any attachments contained in this email message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete the original message immediately.
