Thanks, Dan, that does the trick. I didn't know that sqlite used any
temporary files that weren't based on the database filename, but that makes
perfect sense.
Cheers,
Doug


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Dan Kennedy <danielk1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/31/2013 10:03 PM, Douglas Orr wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have run into an issue when trying to use triggers with column
>> constraints on Android (using our build of SQLite 3.8.2, not Android's
>> built-in version from native code.) Executing the following on a
>> file-backed database fails:
>>    CREATE TABLE things (number INTEGER NOT NULL);
>>    CREATE TRIGGER on_insert_thing AFTER INSERT ON things BEGIN SELECT
>> NULL;
>> END;
>>    BEGIN;
>>      INSERT INTO things (number) VALUES (1);
>>      INSERT INTO things (number) VALUES (2);
>>    END;
>>
>> But if I do any of the following, it does not fail:
>>   - add ON CONFLICT FAIL to the NOT NULL constraint
>>   - remove the NOT NULL constraint
>>   - remove the trigger
>>   - remove the transaction BEGIN and END
>>   - use an in-memory database
>>   - run on my development machine (Linux based)
>>
>> This is reproduced in the attached program (includes SQLite 3.8.2), which
>> gives the following output when built for armeabi-v7a and run on either an
>> armeabi-v7a emulator (with SD card) or a Samsung Galaxy Note 2:
>>    $ env ANDROID_NDK=/path/to/android-ndk-r9b ./build.sh && ./run.sh
>>    Log(14): cannot open file at line 29016 of [27392118af]   --- I think
>> this is from the 3.8.2 amalgamation source file
>>    Log(14): os_unix.c:29016: (30) open(./etilqs_mRlOFvBwZiFYwdW) -
>>
>
> It's failing to create the temporary file required for a statement
> journal. It's likely any statement that uses a temporary file will
> fail.
>
>   http://www.sqlite.org/tempfiles.html
>
> One way around the problem would be to configure SQLite not to use
> temp files using "PRAGMA temp_store = memory;".
>
> Or ensure that the environment variable SQLITE_TMPDIR is set to
> the path of a writable directory. See also:
>
>   http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/temp_directory.html
>
> Dan.
>
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