...seems like I 'kicked over another bee hive'...plenty of messages in regard to this when you do google search--->[sqlite3.operational error unable to open database file in windows vista] ...i'm getting the following error messages when I try to create a database in Sqlite3: *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "poddbtest.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 21, seErrorMsg = "prepare 6: BEGIN: unable to open database file"} *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "test1.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 1, seErrorMsg = "step: SQL logic error or missing database"} Both come from Chapters 21 and 22 in "Real World Haskell" I can't invoke Sqlite3 from the command line using---> Sqlite3 myDatabase.db... I created blank files in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci -- seemed to get me a bit further along...at least I was able to connect... Is it possible to specify the folder that the database should be created in? Is it possible to run Sqlite3 from the command line - when it has been installed using the Haskell wiki? Has anyone had better success with MySql - I've used it in the past and it was very reliable? Thank you