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What is a .DB3-WAL file?

A .db3-wal file is the write-ahead log for a SQLite database stored as .db3, holding committed changes waiting to be folded into the main file. Same format as .sqlite-wal.

Did you know
  • The -wal sidecar lets readers keep using the old database while a writer appends new changes, which is what makes WAL mode fast.
  • Analyser handles .DB3-WAL alongside related formats such as .SQLite, .SQLite3, .DB and more.
  • In Analyser's format library, .DB3-WAL sits in the Data & code category.
What Analyser reads
Open SQLite databases (.sqlite/.db/.sqlite3) and read their full schema in-browser - every table with its columns and row counts, views, indexes, triggers, the CREATE-statement DDL, and a sample of the largest table. Reads the WAL-mode sidecars too: the Write-Ahead Log (-wal) - page size, salts, frame and committed-transaction counts, and the pages it changed - and the shared-memory index (-shm) - valid frame count, database size and checkpoint progress. (.sql dumps are listed under Developer / data.) Microsoft Access (MDB, ACCDB) now opens in a full table viewer - see Access database above.
Depth of analysis
.DB3-WAL is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
Open a .DB3-WAL file
Drag a .DB3-WAL file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.