This worked for me perfectly:
Make sure Python is installed
Open a terminal / command prompt and run:
python --version
or
python3 --version
If it shows a version (3.10+), you’re good.
If not, install Python from https://python.org.
Save the Script to a .py file
Open any text editor (VS Code, Notepad++, PyCharm, etc.)
Paste the code from above into a new file and save it, for example as:
repair_manager.py
Make sure it’s in the same folder as your manager.manager file, or adjust the file path accordingly.
Put the Database File in the Same Folder
Move your manager.manager file into the same directory as repair_manager.py (or edit the path in the code to point to the real location of your DB file).
Example folder layout:
C:\Users\YourName\Projects\repair_db\
├─ manager.manager
├─ repair_manager.py
Open a Terminal in that Folder
Run the Script
python repair_manager.py
or
python3 repair_manager.py
Check the Output
If successful, you’ll get:
Dump created successfully: manager_dump.sql
New repaired database created successfully: manager_fixed.manager
Then you can run the second short Python script (integrity check) in the same way — save it as check_integrity.py or run it in an interactive Python shell.
Optional: Use VS Code’s “Run” Button
Since you’ve already installed Visual Studio Code (per your memory), you can:
Paths
old_db_path = “manager.manager” # original DB file
new_db_path = “manager_fixed.manager” # repaired DB file
dump_file = “manager_dump.sql” # temporary dump file
print(“=== Step 1: Dumping the old database ===”)
try:
conn = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{old_db_path}?mode=ro", uri=True)
with open(dump_file, “w”, encoding=“utf-8”) as f:
for line in conn.iterdump():
f.write(f"{line}\n")
conn.close()
print(“Dump created successfully:”, dump_file)
except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
print(“Error dumping database:”, e)
exit(1)
print(“\n=== Step 2: Creating a new repaired database ===”)
try:
if os.path.exists(new_db_path):
os.remove(new_db_path)
new_conn = sqlite3.connect(new_db_path)
with open(dump_file, “r”, encoding=“utf-8”) as f:
new_conn.executescript(f.read())
new_conn.commit()
new_conn.close()
print(“New repaired database created successfully:”, new_db_path)
except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
print(“Error rebuilding database:”, e)
exit(1)
print(“\n=== Step 3: Integrity check on the new database ===”)
try:
conn = sqlite3.connect(new_db_path)
res = conn.execute(“PRAGMA integrity_check;”).fetchone()
conn.close()
print(“Integrity check result:”, res)
if res and res[0] == “ok”:
print(“\n✅ Your repaired database passed the integrity check.”)
else:
print(“\n⚠️ Integrity check found issues:”, res)
except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
print(“Error running integrity check:”, e)
print(“\nAll steps finished.”)