At 18:02 03/07/2008, Simon Davies wrote:
>Hi Tim,
>
>select count(*) from sqlite_master;
>
>will return 0 on a brand new db
>
>Rgds,
>Simon

Thanks - that's a handy pointer.


At 18:04 03/07/2008, Igor Tandetnik wrote:
>Tim Streater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
> > As a work around I thought I might check that the newly opened db has
> > no tables, and clean up if so. My question is, what query can I make
> > of the db to determine that it has no tables?
>
>select exists (select * from sqlite_master where type='table');
>
>Igor Tandetnik

Aha - another useful clue.


At 19:04 03/07/2008, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:

>Why don't you check for the existence of the file using PHP BEFORE you
>open it in? Trivial file exist test in PHP.

OK, OK, red faces on this side of the keyboard. Still, I'm glad I asked as the 
info I got back has allowed me to add extra sanity checks.

Thanks all.

-- Tim

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