[Tutor] SQLite database creation bafflement

[Alan Gauld]

"Che M" <pine508 at hotmail.com> wrote

> don't.  For example, this will create a brand new database on the 
> desktop:
>
> conn = sqlite3.connect('C:\Documents and
> Settings\user\Desktop\mydatabase.db')
>
> But running *this*--only thing different is the database's 
> name--gives the
> error, as shown:
>
> conn = sqlite3.connect('C:\Documents and
> Settings\user\Desktop\adatabase.db')

Could be that you are hitting the DOS naming issue.
Try making your path names raw strings or use forward slashesinstead
of backslashes. Python/SQLite may not like the \a character...

But I'm guessing.

HTH,

Alan G.