Gnucash thinks data file is read-only, how to open it for writing?

[Colin Law]

On 18 July 2013 01:32, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> OK, the lock is inside the database instead of a separate file -- that's so that the same code will work
> with the Postgresql and and MySQL server backends, where we can't open files separate from the
> database.
>
> You can use the sqlite3 command-line tool to remove the lock:
> sqlite> DELETE FROM gnclock;
> sqlite> ^D

I don't use sqlite but is it not the same as when using XML format,
that if the lock is present on starting one gets an option to open it
read-write anyway, and from then on all should be well?

Colin