Can not create a new database

[Thomas Bechtold]

Hi,

i use precise (i386) with python 2.7 and sqlite3 installed and can not create a new database as decribed at [1]. Steps to reproduce:

1) bzr branch lp:u1db
2) cd u1db
3) python
4) import u1db
5) db = u1db.open("~/u1test.db", True)

Then i get:
>>> db = u1db.open("~/u1test.db", True)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "u1db/__init__.py", line 33, in open
    return sqlite_backend.SQLiteDatabase.open_database(path, create=create)
  File "u1db/backends/sqlite_backend.py", line 92, in open_database
    return backend_cls(sqlite_file)
  File "u1db/backends/sqlite_backend.py", line 39, in __init__
    self._db_handle = dbapi2.connect(sqlite_file)
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file

[1] http://people.canonical.com/~aquarius/u1db-docs/reference-implementation.html#reference-implementation

[John A Meinel (jameinel)]

We decided that if you want to create in ~ you can use "os.path.expanduser()" yourself, rather than doing it internally.