PRAGMA journal_mode=OFF is not working.why?

Question

I am running SQLite3 version sqlite-3.6.12 and I have successfully ported it to my OS. The problem I am seeing is that when I execute the command "PRAGMA journal_mode = OFF" it returns "OFF" but I am still seeing *.db-journal files being created. It is critical that these files are not created for the purpose of my project. When I step through the code sqlite3PagerJournalMode is returning PAGER_JOURNALMODE_OFF so I am wondering if setting journal_mode=OFF should still produce these files or if there is something else that I am missing.Please help

I also tried PRAGMA main.journal_mode = OFF and PRAGMA journal_mode = MEMORY.But the journel file is creating as such !!!!

Answer 1

Try to set exclusive access (PRAGMA locking_mode=exclusive), sometimes journal is created for external locking.

Answer 2

Many pragmas have both temporary and permanent forms. Temporary forms affect only the current session for the duration of its lifetime. The permanent forms are stored in the database and affect every session.

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