Thanks Doug.  I appreciate you pointing this out to me.  

I checked two references and neither one of them  mentioned this teensy little 
requirement.  I guess they must've thought it wasn't important.

R,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org]
> On Behalf Of Doug Currie
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:07 PM
> To: General Discussion of SQLite Database
> Subject: Re: [sqlite] OSX path
> 
> 
> On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:56 PM, john darnell wrote:
> 
> > I am attempting to open an SQLite database on the Mac (OSX Snow Leopard)
> and am getting an error.  This is the code I am using:
> >
> >   char      DBEnginePath[1000];
> >
> >   strcpy(DBEnginePath, "Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign CS5:Plug-
> Ins:WPC_ID:IndexData.db");
> >   fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", DBEnginePath);                                    
> >     //  Sends
> correct path to stderr for verification.
> >   Result = sqlite3_open_v2(DBEnginePath, &db_ptr,
> SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY, NULL);  //  Errors out here.
> 
> Your path has colons instead of slashes for separators.
> 
> Open a Terminal window, and drag the database file into the window. The
> terminal.app will display the path name on the command line. You can copy and
> paste from there. It's probably something like:
> 
> /Applications/Adobe\ InDesign\ CS5/Plug-Ins/WPC_ID/IndexData.db
> 
> e
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