error! C:\file\example.db is not UTF-8 encoded ipython notebook

Question

please help! I am using sqlite3 in ipython notebook to create an SQL database. I think I have successfully created the database, but when I go to look at it I am receiving an en

Answer 1

The encoding of file itself is not utf-8.

You can change file character encoding by following steps in these links: http://mindspill.net/computing/linux-notes/determine-and-change-file-character-encoding/

Get encoding of a file in Windows

Best way to convert text files between character sets?

Answer 2

I am a complete newbie in Python and faced the similar issue. But i soon realized i was trying to access a zip folder from Jupyter and hence the error!! Unzip and access the actual file was to be done in the first place.

This may sound very basic, but it might happen to new coders.

Answer 3

This may be a known Jupyter issue, specifically: https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/issues/1572

I experienced the same problem with ReportLab. I created a PDF file, and tried to open it from within the Jupyter web interface (on the "tree" page). I received much the same error message.

The first thing to do is verify outside of Jupyter that the file was created successfully.

The only thing I can add to the documentation on the GitHub issue is that although the output from using "view" in the URL instead of "edit" may look blank, view source will show that Jupyter served a correctly-formed HTML page with a reference to the correctly-formed file, but that something is preventing the file from getting to a PDF renderer (or whatever you need for your DB file).

I am still working on the complete solution, which involves some settings for the Jupyter server that we haven't figured out yet. I'll come back and edit this post when the solution is found. However, be assured that UTF-8 encoding is not the root cause here, at least as far as the file itself is concerned.