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

your database is open close it using sqlite3_close(db) if you dont close then the process which accessed your database will be running background which will cause database is locked error.

if you want to remove database is locked error then follow these steps 1.copy your database file to some other location. 2.then replace the database with the copied database 3.this will dereference all processes which were accessing your database file