Error with mushclient database

Posted by Shou on Mon 18 Jun 2012 04:11 PM — 5 posts, 21,584 views.

Shou USA Mon 18 Jun 2012 04:11 PM #0

Each time I open MUSHclient or close any window within it (aliases, triggers, settings) it opens up a list of errors about trying to write to a read-only database, like so:


SQL error on statement:
"UPDATE control SET value = '100' WHERE name = 'trigger list Col 0 Width'"
attempt to write a readonly database
SQL error on statement:
"UPDATE control SET value = '0' WHERE name = 'trigger list Col 0 Order'"
attempt to write a readonly database
SQL error on statement:
"UPDATE control SET value = '40' WHERE name = 'trigger list Col 1 Width'"
attempt to write a readonly database

The title of this window is 'SQL errors in global preferences'. Does anybody know what is wrong here?

Worstje Netherlands Mon 18 Jun 2012 08:52 PM #1

I guess MUSHclient does not have write permissions to wherever it stores its settings? Where did you install MUSHclient, and what version is it?

Shou USA Mon 18 Jun 2012 09:01 PM #2

I am using MUSHclient version 4.73 and it is downloaded into my Program Files folder by default. This happened first when I tried to access it as an external hard drive, however, even after unplugging that and downloading MUSHclient again, it still does it.

Worstje Netherlands Mon 18 Jun 2012 09:48 PM #3

I generally install outside of Program Files. MUSHclient is a bit old and the limitations on Program Files in more recent Windows versions give it trouble. (At least it used to; don't know if Nick ever fixed those.)

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Tue 19 Jun 2012 07:26 AM #4

Install it somewhere else. Like My Documents.