How to repair the database files
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You might be OK
There might be nothing to worry about. Check these points:
- Did you come to this page because of a message you saw in the server console or logs?
- Is the following text at the start of the error message block?
ERROR: near "3": syntax error
- If so, then everything is OK. You don't have to do anything written below and you can safely ignore the error message.
Warnings
Backup all files before attempting a repair!
Shutdown the server before attempting a repair!
Windows server
Easy way
- Download this
- Unzip and put the files into server/mods/deathmatch/
- Double click on sqlite_repair_internal_db.bat to repair internal.db
- Double click on sqlite_repair_registry_db.bat to repair registry.db
Hard way
- Download sqlite-shell-win32 from here. If that link fails, the main download page is here.
- Unzip and put sqlite3.exe into server/mods/deathmatch/
- Open command prompt the change directory to server/mods/deathmatch/
- To repair internal.db:
- Copy internal.db to internal_original.db
- Do this command: sqlite3.exe internal_original.db .dump | sqlite3.exe internal_repaired.db
- Copy internal_repaired.db to internal.db
- To repair registry.db:
- Copy registry.db to registry_original.db
- Do this command: sqlite3.exe registry_original.db .dump | sqlite3.exe registry_repaired.db
- Copy registry_repaired.db to registry.db
Linux server
Only way
(You can use the easy way by copying the DB from linux to windows, and use the method used on windows PC's)
- Download sqlite-shell-linux from here. If that link fails, the main download page is here.
- Unzip and put sqlite3 into server/mods/deathmatch/
- To repair internal.db:
- Copy internal.db to internal_original.db
- Do this command: ./sqlite3 internal_original.db .dump | ./sqlite3 internal_repaired.db
- Copy internal_repaired.db to internal.db
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Commands- To repair registry.db:
- Copy registry.db to registry_original.db
- Do this command: ./sqlite3 registry_original.db .dump | ./sqlite3 registry_repaired.db
- Copy registry_repaired.db to registry.db
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