You need to check your file system.
When you run the shell doing this on a new, empty directory (this is using the shell from the website) sqlite3 mydb.ext In another window you should NOT see anything. then after doing .dump you should see a 0-length mydb.ext file appear. .quit -- your zero-length mydb.ext should still be there. How are you getting wal mode without asking for it? Michael D. Black Senior Scientist Advanced Analytics Directorate Advanced GEOINT Solutions Operating Unit Northrop Grumman Information Systems ________________________________ From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] on behalf of Dennis Volodomanov [i...@psunrise.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 9:19 AM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: EXT :Re: [sqlite] An interesting (strange) issue with selects To further confuse things: I've deleted all files from that old folder. Then using the shell: "sqlite3 mydb.ext" and ".dump" - shows the usual rubbish. The interesting bit here now is that there is no "mydb.ext" file in that folder (checked using a second command prompt), but there are "mydb.ext-shm" and "mydb.ext-wal" files there! Once I ".quit" there are no "mydb*.*" at all. Perhaps my drive or fat are dying or something? Dennis _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users