Is it possible to open a locked sqlite database in read only mode?

Question

I\'d like to open the chromium site data (in ~/.config/chromium/Default) with python-sqlite3 but it gets locked whenever chromium is running, which is understandable since trans

Answer 1

I believe it depends on the lock set by the transaction.

http://www.sqlite.org/lockingv3.html#shared_lock http://www.sqlite.org/lang_transaction.html

SQLite exclusive transactions lock both read and write where immediate and deferred transactions will still allow readers.

So it really depends on the transactions used by Chromium.