On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:14 PM, Paul H. Tarver <paul@tpcqpc.com> wrote:

> Ok, I give up. I've been using Whil Hentzen's book "Using SQLite to Bypass

> The 2GB .DBF Filesize Limit" for a project I'm trying to develop and I have

> some weird behavior going on.

I read that book, too! <g>

> If I create a DSN using the ODBC drive and then use SQLCONNECT('dsn-name'),

> the connection is made and if the database file "trnslate.db" doesn't

> already exist it is created in the folder I designated in the Database Name

> field of the DSN.

That's good.

> However, if I create DSN-Less connection (SQLSTRINGCONNECT) using the

> connection string I get back using SQLGETPROP(lnhandle,"ConnectString") , I

> get a handle, but it is to a "trnslate.db" database that doesn't contain the

> table I previously created and if the "trnslate.db" table doesn't already

> exist in the designated folder, it is NOT created on the hard drive.

> However, it apparently IS created in memory. I can create a table and issue

> a select command and get back the results I expect, but a database file is

> NEVER physically created on the hard drive which I need to do for my

> purposes.

/*snip*/

> HELP!

I'm away from Windows machines right now. Let me check into this later

in the day.

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Ted Roche

Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

http://www.tedroche.com

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