DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed

moggie · 12-12-2008, 07:13 PM

How do I reset the database when it is confused ?

Code:

bash-3.2$ calibredb  list
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/jb23/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/loaders/calibredb.py", line 9, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/jb23/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip/calibre/library/cli.py", line 527, in main
  File "/Users/jb23/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip/calibre/library/cli.py", line 204, in command_list
  File "/Users/jb23/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip/calibre/library/cli.py", line 103, in get_db
  File "calibre/library/database2.pyo", line 383, in __init__
  File "calibre/library/database2.pyo", line 262, in refresh
  File "calibre/library/sqlite.pyo", line 107, in run
calibre.library.sqlite.DatabaseException: database disk image is malformed
	RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
	  File "calibre/library/sqlite.pyo", line 80, in run
	  File "calibre/library/sqlite.pyo", line 46, in get
	DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed

kovidgoyal · 12-12-2008, 08:36 PM

Wow how did you manage that?

Delete/rename the database file, it will be recreated, though you will lose any metadata stored in the database.

moggie · 12-13-2008, 09:56 AM

You also need to delete the file metadata.db

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Wow how did you manage that?

I takes real ability

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Delete/rename the database file, it will be recreated, though you will lose any metadata stored in the database.

I cleaned everything out by

cd Library/Preferences
rm -rf calibre net.kovidgoyal.calibre.plist

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12-12-2008, 08:36 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Wow how did you manage that? Delete/rename the database file, it will be recreated, though you will lose any metadata stored in the database.

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