Question

I’m getting “System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: Unable to open the database file.” when I attempt to access the database to save a record upon the “first” opening of my program.

Here’s the thing, it works fine when debugging locally in Visual Studio, but stops working when I package the program in an installer, and then install the program somewhere.

I was guessing that it was the location of the database, which I just have set at database.s3db without a path, because it is stored next to the program’s exe, but how could that cause problems?

I’m at a loss, any further ideas or suggestions for solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Maybe you are installing the program in a folder which the user doesn’t have write permissions so cannot modify the database file.