Thank you Michael. I can't find anything in the documentation about the
-cmd switch. Will you point me in the right direction? Also, a 2 second
timeout would be .timeout 2000 , right?

John


On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Black, Michael (IS) <michael.bla...@ngc.com
> wrote:

> Try the -cmd switch.  Probably the easiest solution.
>
>
> set xxx to do shell script "sqlite3 -cmd \".timeout 2\"  " & databasePath
> & " \"select * from "& table1 & ";\""
>
> Michael D. Black
> Senior Scientist
> Advanced Analytics Directorate
> Advanced GEOINT Solutions Operating Unit
> Northrop Grumman Information Systems
>
> ________________________________________
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> on behalf of John [sql...@johneday.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:12 AM
> To: sqlite-users
> Subject: EXT :[sqlite] Sending SQLite3 .timeout command in Command-Line
> Mode
>
> Hi,
>
> I have several different computers running an AppleScript that queries and
> writes to a SQLite3 database located in a shared folder on the network.
> Occasionally a "database is locked" error is produced. Is there a way of
> sending a .timeout command as if I was working from the shell, in
> Command-Line Mode? I understand I can write an error handler which will
> accomplish the same thing but I am trying to avoid that option.
>
> property databaseFolder : POSIX path of (path to public folder as text) &
> "Databases/"
> property databaseName : "myDatabase"
> property databasePath : quoted form of (databaseFolder & databaseName
> astext)
> property table1 : "Main"
>
> set xxx to do shell script "sqlite3 " & databasePath & " \"select *
> from "& table1 & ";
> \""
>
> Thanks.
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