Thanks; I opened the initial database using an absolute path, namely, d:\\sqlite32\\db\\ajay.db There is neither an <b>ajay.db</b> in the process's (executable's) folder/location nor in the Start-In folder specified in the shortcut that starts the executable. If it has any bearing, I am enabling load_extension to load fileio.dll an using the extension to write to the database in a transaction. When the transaction completes, I close the database sqlite3_close. No reported errors in my code. My code runs successfully and the changes are in <b>ajay.db��0</b> and not in <b>ajay.db</b> as I expected.