Malformed database image

This error happens in SQLite sometimes, and the Internet has various ideas on how one can sometimes dump the broken database (assuming it cooperates…) and put its contents into a replacement database.

SQLiteException “database disk image is malformed” is one example, but really it appears case-by-case.

Database disk image is malformed is a case where a quite-database-savvy user managed to fix theirs up.

Another option is to Recreate the database after deleting the bad one (preferably saving off a copy first…). There have been reports that it’s faster to start again, but then you lose the ability to restore older versions.