sqlite error database is locked

Question

I am have a sqlite database in the iPhone application I am writing. I get an error with following code that I am running in a background thread. In the background thread, I

Answer 1

you must always close the sqlite database after using it ... so add this line sqlite3_close(DB); just after sqlite3_finalize(statement);

Update -

You are returning YES in one of your while loop -

        while (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW)
        {
            return YES;
            break;
        }

so here you are nither finalizing nor closing the database.. you need to close if everytime you open it