Sqlite connection string in perl

Question

I am using below sqlite connection string in perl to connect sqlite database and getting following below error

Can't set DBI::db=HASH(0x2c34194)->{PRAGMA journal_mode}: unrecognised attribute name or invalid value

my $driver   = "SQLite"; 
my $database = "C:\\Sample\\Sample_Sqlite\\Activities.db3;PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;";

my $dsn = "DBI:$driver:dbname=$database";
print $dsn;
my $dbh = DBI->connect(          
    $dsn,                          
    { RaiseError => 1 },         
) or die $DBI::errstr;

Answer 1

Reading the section on PRAGMA in the DBD::SQLite documentation , it looks like you're setting the PRAGMA at the wrong time. It shouldn't be part of the connection string, but an SQL command that is run once you have connected.

my $driver   = "SQLite"; 
my $database = "C:\\Sample\\Sample_Sqlite\\Activities.db3";

my $dsn = "DBI:$driver:dbname=$database";
print $dsn;
my $dbh = DBI->connect(          
    $dsn,                          
    { RaiseError => 1 },         
) or die $DBI::errstr;

$dbh->do('PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL');

Update: It's probably also worth noting that the journal_mode setting is persistent. So you only need to set it once, and then you can drop it completely from your connection code.