I'm trying this code: import sqlite connection = sqlite.connect('cache.db') cur = connection.cursor() cur.execute('''create table item (id integer primary key, itemno text unique, scancode text, descr text, price real)''') connection.commit() cur.close() I'm catching this exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "cache_storage.py", line 7, in <module> scancode text, descr text, price real)''') File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 237, in execute self.con._begin() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 503, in _begin self.db.execute("BEGIN") _sqlite.OperationalError: database is locked Permissions for cache.db are ok. Any ideas?