sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapGenericException

problem occurred (' ') while accessing sqlite database…

Error message

problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database located at '%s'. Please make sure that it's not used by some other program

What it means

The SQLite cursor backing session replication raised an operational error while executing a statement (commonly the database is locked by another process, unreadable, or corrupted); the wrapper reports the sqlite error together with the database location so the run can be stopped rather than silently lose replicated data.

Solutions

  1. Close other programs accessing the SQLite session/replication file
  2. Retry after the lock is released
Defensive patterns

Strategy: try-catch

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/replication.py:96 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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Appendix: source

Thrown at lib/core/replication.py:96

            """

            if len(values) == len(self.columns):
                self.execute('INSERT INTO "%s" VALUES (%s)' % (self.name, ','.join(['?'] * len(values))), safechardecode(values))
            else:
                errMsg = "wrong number of columns used in replicating insert"
                raise SqlmapValueException(errMsg)

        def execute(self, sql, parameters=None):
            try:
                try:
                    self.parent.cursor.execute(sql, parameters or [])
                except UnicodeError:
                    self.parent.cursor.execute(sql, cleanReplaceUnicode(parameters or []))
            except sqlite3.OperationalError as ex:
                errMsg = "problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database " % getSafeExString(ex, UNICODE_ENCODING)
                errMsg += "located at '%s'. Please make sure that " % self.parent.dbpath
                errMsg += "it's not used by some other program"
                raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

        def beginTransaction(self):
            """
            Great speed improvement can be gained by using explicit transactions around multiple inserts.
            Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4719836/python-and-sqlite3-adding-thousands-of-rows
            """
            self.execute('BEGIN TRANSACTION')

        def endTransaction(self):
            self.execute('END TRANSACTION')

        def select(self, condition=None):
            """
            This function is used for selecting row(s) from current table.
            """
            query = 'SELECT * FROM "%s"' % self.name
            if condition:
                query += ' WHERE %s' % condition

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