sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapGenericException

problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database loca

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

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.

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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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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