sqlite: Database seems to be corrupted

[Mustaphi]

Hello
I'm using SQLite as backend with VbrichClient.
Suddenly I'm getting this message on opening the application:cannot compile sql statement file is not a database.
Did anyone experience this issue?
Is there a way to solve the problem?
thank you

[jpbro]

Can you post the database file, or does it contain private information?

[jpbro]

Also - were you using a password for the database, and if so - are you sure you are still using the same password to open it?

[Mustaphi]

Also - were you using a password for the database, and if so - are you sure you are still using the same password to open it?

thank you sir
yes it is the same password.
Please sir check your inbox. the file was sent in private message.

[jpbro]

I took a look at the file you sent - it appears to be an HTML document, not an SQLite database. When I open it up, it looks like a Google login page.

Just a hunch: does your app grab your database from Google Drive and store it locally? It looks like it may have failed due to requiring authentication and you saved the HTML file over top your database file.

[Mustaphi]

Thank you sir

I took a look at the file you sent - it appears to be an HTML document, not an SQLite database. When I open it up, it looks like a Google login page.

But when I look at the file property, I has a "db" extension: SQLite database (.db)

does your app grab your database from Google Drive and store it locally?

No the database is at the application path.
thanks

[OptionBase1]

But when I look at the file property, I has a "db" extension: SQLite database (.db)

The extension of the file is completely irrelevant. If I have a bicycle and put a post-it note on it that says spaceship, that doesn't mean I can fly it to the moon.

If I create a text file that contains the text "This is a picture of a Palm Tree" and change the name to PalmTree.jpg, does that make it valid image file? Of course not.

Did you examine the contents of your db file in something like Notepad? If, as jbpro saw in your attachment, your local file is just a bunch of html, then your database file needs to be restored from backup because it has been overwritten, replaced, or significantly corrupted due to some sort of hard drive issue.

[Mustaphi]

OptionBase1
thank you that clear
unfortunately there is no backup copy of the database file.

[jpbro]

I'm afraid it's really bad news if you don't have a backup. Unless Google is mangling the DB at the link you sent me, it clearly looks like Google HTML code for their login page:

Result in Notepad++:

Attachment 177740

Result in browser:

Attachment 177741

Perhaps a user accidentally saved over the database file with the HTML?

[Mustaphi]

Aanyway thank you sir

[westconn1]

there is no backup copy of the database file

bad management?

[wqweto]

Here is how to attempt broker sqlite DB repair with their sqlite3.exe utility from command prompt

c:> echo .dump | sqlite3.exe my.db > dump.sql
c:> echo .quit | sqlite3.exe -init dump.sql my_repaired.db

cheers,
</wqw>