Sqlite Error: file is not a database

Question

I have created a database named database.db

When I create a table in the database I get the error:Error: file is not a database

nehal@nehal-Inspiron-5559:~/Desktop/UAV$ sqlite3 database.db 
SQLite version 3.20.1 2017-08-24 16:21:36
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite> CREATE TABLE users(
   ...> password varchar(10),
   ...> email text,
   ...> name text
   ...> );
Error: file is not a database

How do I resolve the error?

Answer 1

The error can occur when a database was created with cipher.
So sqlite3_open succeded but any sqlite3_exec or sqlite3_prepare will be failed with this error.

Answer 2

Create database without the .db extension.
for e.g. sqlite3 users //this creates a database names users