Hi Tony

If you're looking for a solution where the connect() returns a "Database file does not exist" instead of checking for the existance of the file yourself, then your best bet is to contact Mat Sergeant who wrote DBD::SQLite. Ask politely for the new feature using rt.cpan.org.

This is because, as others have already mentioned, that this particular feature is DBD specific. You could always subclass DBD::SQLite and write the check yourself, but I would recommend against it unless you are familiar with Perl's ways of OOP. Do *NOT* modify DBD-SQLite directly yourself as the next time you update your cpan modules, it will be overwritten.

Order of preference:

  1. test the file existance yourself
  2. have DBD::SQLite maintainers make the modification
  3. subclass DBD::SQLite

Hope this helps

Jason L. Froebe

Team Sybase member

No one has seen what you have seen, and until that happens, we're all going to think that you're nuts. - Jack O'Neil, Stargate SG-1

In reply to Re: Determining if SQLite db exists by jfroebe
in thread Determining if SQLite db exists by TonyDonker

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