{"record":{"id":"f0038abf288e8ef1","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"problem-occurred-s-while-accessing-sqlite-dat","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database located at '%s'. Please make sure that it's not used by some other program","messagePattern":"problem occurred \\('(.+?)'\\) while accessing sqlite database located at '(.+?)'\\. Please make sure that it's not used by some other program","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapGenericException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/replication.py","lineNumber":96,"sourceCode":"            \"\"\"\n\n            if len(values) == len(self.columns):\n                self.execute('INSERT INTO \"%s\" VALUES (%s)' % (self.name, ','.join(['?'] * len(values))), safechardecode(values))\n            else:\n                errMsg = \"wrong number of columns used in replicating insert\"\n                raise SqlmapValueException(errMsg)\n\n        def execute(self, sql, parameters=None):\n            try:\n                try:\n                    self.parent.cursor.execute(sql, parameters or [])\n                except UnicodeError:\n                    self.parent.cursor.execute(sql, cleanReplaceUnicode(parameters or []))\n            except sqlite3.OperationalError as ex:\n                errMsg = \"problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database \" % getSafeExString(ex, UNICODE_ENCODING)\n                errMsg += \"located at '%s'. Please make sure that \" % self.parent.dbpath\n                errMsg += \"it's not used by some other program\"\n                raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)\n\n        def beginTransaction(self):\n            \"\"\"\n            Great speed improvement can be gained by using explicit transactions around multiple inserts.\n            Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4719836/python-and-sqlite3-adding-thousands-of-rows\n            \"\"\"\n            self.execute('BEGIN TRANSACTION')\n\n        def endTransaction(self):\n            self.execute('END TRANSACTION')\n\n        def select(self, condition=None):\n            \"\"\"\n            This function is used for selecting row(s) from current table.\n            \"\"\"\n            query = 'SELECT * FROM \"%s\"' % self.name\n            if condition:\n                query += ' WHERE %s' % condition","sourceCodeStart":78,"sourceCodeEnd":114,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/replication.py#L78-L114","documentation":"Error \"problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database located at '%s'. Please make sure that it's not used by some other program\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/replication.py:96 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}