Am 26.07.2008 um 17:21 schrieb Stephen Woodbridge:
> Hartwig Wiesmann wrote:
>> The latest sqlite3_close(sqlite3*) documentation states:
>>
>> Applications should finalize all prepared statements and close all
>> BLOB handles associated with the sqlite3 object prior to attempting
>> to
>> close the object. The sqlite3_next_stmt() interface can be used to
>> locate all prepared statements associated with a database connection
>> if desired. Typical code might look like this:
>>
>> sqlite3_stmt *pStmt;
>> while( (pStmt = sqlite3_next_stmt(db, 0))!=0 ){
>> sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
>> }
>> This is dangerous and does NOT always work!
>> Actually, this causes a terrible bug in the RTree module: the rtree
>> module stores dynamically 9 prepared statement (see rtreeSqlInit). If
>> now all prepared statements are closed before sqlite3_close is called
>> these statements are also finalized.
>> Now, sqlite3_close is called. This call also terminates the rtree
>> module. But this module does not know that the prepared and stored
>> statements (pointers to the previously prepared statements) have
>> already been finalized and do not exist anymore. So, it tries to
>> clean
>> up the not anymore existing part again and crashes!
>>
>> Any workarounds are welcome!!
>
> Seems like the sqlite3_finalize() should check if the pointer is null
> before destroying it, and after destroying it set the freed pointers
> to
> NULL so that they are not destroyed again. Or do the equivalent if
> they
> are not all pointers.
>
> Then again maybe I should not comment without looking at the code :)
> that works pretty darn well most all the time for me.
>
None of the pointers have the value null because the pointers in the
rtree module are not modified by the finalize statement (actually the
finalize statement does not know that there are a couple of pointers
pointing to the non-finalized statement).
Hartwig
> -Steve
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