SQLITE_ABORT
SQLiteWARNINGNotableTransactionofficial confidence
Callback routine requested an abort
Production Risk
Medium — statements must be retried or the transaction redesigned.
What this means
SQLITE_ABORT (4) is returned when an operation was aborted before completing. Commonly seen when a ROLLBACK is executed while a read is in progress, or when sqlite3_exec() callback returns non-zero.
Why it happens
- 1sqlite3_exec() callback returned non-zero, requesting abort.
- 2ROLLBACK issued while a prepared statement was active.
- 3sqlite3_interrupt() called from another thread.
How to reproduce
Multi-statement exec callbacks, or concurrent rollback during active read.
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
import sqlite3
conn = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')
conn.execute('CREATE TABLE t(x)')
conn.execute('INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)')
# Abort extended code also appears after ROLLBACK during active SELECTexpected output
sqlite3.OperationalError: abort due to ROLLBACK
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What not to do
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