Could not open SRS database on 0.8.1-pr3 results in segfault

[maris.gis@…]

When I try to add any vector layer to newly installed QGIS 0.8.1-pr3 on Windows XP, it pops-up multiple sequential error messages: "Could not open SRS database C:/Documents and Settings/Māris Nartišs/.qgis/qgis.db Error(14): unable to open database file" File exists and is readable in specified location.

Trying to do anything related to projections (open project properties etc.), qgis segfaults with message:

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Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
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Assertion failed!

Program: C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS\qgis.exe
File: C:\dev\cpp\qgis0.8branch\src\wid...\qgspro...tor.cpp
Line: 532

Expression: myResult == 0

For information on how your program can cause an assertion
failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts

(Press Retry to debug the application - JIT must be enabled)

[homann]

Completely uninstall old version, and try to re-install pre3 into an empty directory.

[maris.gis@…]

Uninstalled pr3, "Program filez/qgis" was removed properly, also rmed user/.qgis dir (with that .db file). Installed qgis into different directory but still same - cannot read SRS db file and anything projection related results in segfault.

[homann]

It's due to having i18n characters in your home directory path. Interesting problem, I haven't been able to solve it yet.

[homann]

It was a bug in Qgis. The file name sent to sqlite3_open() must be in UTF-8, and not the local charset. Most Unix and Mac computers uses Utf-8 as default, but not Windows.

Fixed in r6827.

Good catch Māris!

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Milestone Version 0.8.1 deleted