sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapConnectionException

error occurred while opening a session file '%s' ('%s')

Error message

error occurred while opening a session file '%s' ('%s')

What it means

Error "error occurred while opening a session file '%s' ('%s')" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/utils/hashdb.py:61

    def _get_cursor(self):
        threadData = getCurrentThreadData()

        if threadData.hashDBCursor is None:
            try:
                connection = sqlite3.connect(self.filepath, timeout=10, isolation_level=None, check_same_thread=False)
                if not IS_PYPY:
                    connection.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
                connection.execute("PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL")
                connection.execute("PRAGMA busy_timeout=10000")
                self._connections.append(connection)
                threadData.hashDBCursor = connection.cursor()
                threadData.hashDBCursor.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS storage (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, value TEXT)")
                connection.commit()
            except Exception as ex:
                errMsg = "error occurred while opening a session "
                errMsg += "file '%s' ('%s')" % (self.filepath, getSafeExString(ex))
                raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)

        return threadData.hashDBCursor

    def _set_cursor(self, cursor):
        threadData = getCurrentThreadData()
        threadData.hashDBCursor = cursor

    cursor = property(_get_cursor, _set_cursor)

    def close(self):
        threadData = getCurrentThreadData()
        try:
            if threadData.hashDBCursor:
                if self._write_cache:
                    self.flush()

                threadData.hashDBCursor.close()
                threadData.hashDBCursor.connection.close()

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/utils/hashdb.py:61 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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