How do I unlock a SQLite database?

Question

sqlite> DELETE FROM mails WHERE (`id` = 71);
SQL error: database is locked

How do I unlock the database so this will work?

Answer 1

you can try this: .timeout 100 to set timeout . I don't know what happen in command line but in C# .Net when I do this: "UPDATE table-name SET column-name = value;" I get Database is locked but this "UPDATE table-name SET column-name = value" it goes fine.

It looks like when you add ;, sqlite'll look for further command.