#30955 [Opn]: PATCH: setting TEMP so SQLite will work on Windows

ID: 30955 User updated by: danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com Reported By: danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Can someone please apply the patch? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-29 20:43:57] danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com Nicely put nlopess. By the way, I've tweaked the patch in the last few minutes. So, if it gets used, please obtain a fresh copy from the URI, above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-29 20:25:28] nlopess@php.net I've checked libsqlite code. It is using GetTempPath() on windows to get a temporary file. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/fileio/base/gettemppath.asp) According to MSDN docs the order is: 1. The path specified by the TMP environment variable. 2. The path specified by the TEMP environment variable. 3. The path specified by the USERPROFILE environment variable. 4. The Windows directory. So, I think this should be documented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-29 18:02:01] mez@php.net Isn't this more a SQLLite problem than a documentation problem/PHP Problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-02 22:47:46] danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com I'm talking about Windows 2000 Pro and XP Pro. TEMP _might_ be set if the web server is running under the SYSTEM account. But if the web server service is running under an unprivilged user account TEMP isn't automatically available. If TEMP isn't set, the sqlite extension goes to write the temporary files into the windows directory. Not a good idea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-02 18:59:53] nlopess@php.net But windows *always* set the TEMP var by default, doesn't it? I never had such problems on windows... To which version of windows are you refering to? Windows 9x? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/30955 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30955&edit=1