[Qt-interest] SQLite and create new database file

[Tony Rietwyk]

Robert wrote:

> According to the docs of SQLite, if one tries to open a database file 
> which doesn't exist, a new one by that name is created.
> 
> It appears that Qt doesn't play along these lines. I added a 
> database, 
> then tried to open it. No error was issued, but no new 
> database file was 
> created, either.
> 
> How can I create a new SQLite database by using 
> QSqlDatabase::addDatabase()?
> 
> Is it possible by some other means (from within the Qt 
> application, that 
> is)?

Hi Robert, 

QSqlDatabase is an interface to many databases, most of which fail if a
database does not exist when opened. So I would be very surprised if it had
this capability. 

In my case with IBASE, if the file doesn't exist, then the code extracts an
initial database from a resource before opening it. 

Hope that helps, 

Tony Rietwyk