First post - Calibre help - says database is full

[Marega]

Hi - first post - and probably (hopefully) being an idiot here. Running windows 10. Never had a problem with Calibre before. Opened the program today, added some books from my computer. Then tried to add books and kept getting error messages saying "full". Now whatever I try to do I am getting error messages.
Trying to add book from my hard drive

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Failed to add the book: Earth Fall
C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_ewuatp\w waoqb_add_books\0\Earth Fall - Mark Walden.mobi
With error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\add.py", line 379, in add_book
File "site-packages\calibre\db\legacy.py", line 217, in create_book_entry
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 61, in call_func_with_lock
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1530, in create_book_entry
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 822, in execute
File "c:\cygwin64\home\kovid\sw\build\apsw-3.8.2-r1\src\cursor.c", line 231, in resetcursor
FullError: FullError: database or disk is full

Trying to delete book from Calibre

calibre 2.77 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-8-6.2.9200 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '8', '6.2.9200')
Python 2.7.9
Windows: ('8', '6.2.9200', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 5, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\actions\delete.py", line 404, in delete_books
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\actions\delete.py", line 378, in do_library_delete
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 385, in delete_books_by_id
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 61, in call_func_with_lock
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1597, in remove_books
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 1621, in remove_books
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 834, in executemany
SQLError: SQLError: no such savepoint: _apsw-0

Can anyone help? Or do I just delete the program and start again?

Thank you. Sorry for the long post.

[itimpi]

Have you checked that your C: drive DOES have spare space?

[theducks]

FULL? Don't think this is reasonable. There are users with well over 20K books.

Are you trying to run with the LIBRARY on a Network or Cloud drive? Not a good plan.

[BetterRed]

@Marega - if you're using Calibre Portable on a thumb drive then maybe it is full.

BR

[Fiat_Lux]

Originally Posted by Marega

File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 834, in executemany
SQLError: SQLError: no such savepoint: _apsw-0

Is your hard drive connected to your laptop?
Is your hard drive mounted?

I don't know if it is an OS setting, or something internal to the hard drive, but I've come across hard drives that automatically unmount themselves, if they aren't used after a specific period of time.

[Marega]

Originally Posted by itimpi

Have you checked that your C: drive DOES have spare space?

Hi - The main hard drive was nowhere near full. I am using a PC with many external hard drives fitted. What I did to fix the problem was move the entire library to an external hard drive. Then closed and opened the Calibre program again. And then moved it all back to the original PC hard drive. That has fixed the problem but why it happened I have absolutely no idea! .mobi files use up hardly any memory!

Thank you so much for helping. I was getting desperate!