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PHP PHP & Databases with PDO Getting Started With PDO Introductions

.open database.db <error

Please help, error when i run .open database.db

sqlite> .databases
seq name file



0 main

sqlite> .open database.db
Error: unknown command or invalid arguments:
"open". Enter ".help" for help

3 Answers

Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Sorry for the error Heri Mardinal.

The version of SQLite in Workspaces isn't the same as in the video. You need to load the database when you open sqlite. To do that type:

sqlite3 database.db

Apparently the .open command was deprecated, because if you do .help, you won't find the .open command.

But If you're using the command indicated by Dave McFarland ─ sqlite3 database.db ─ , you won't need to open the database anyway, because it will already be loaded. You can safely skip that command and jump to .tables, and follow along from there.

I don't think you need the . in front of open.