Loading Native module sqlite fails

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Electron Forge version

6.0.0-beta.61

Electron version

15.3.1

Operating system

Windows 10 (19043)

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

Expect when i add the native module sqlite3, it works fine.

Actual behavior

Electron threw an error during loading:

Error: node-loader: Error: xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\797c785640ebd2acfcdb58106aa54b96.node is not a valid Win32 application. xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\797c785640ebd2acfcdb58106aa54b96.node at Object.<anonymous> (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:14328:9) at Object…/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/napi-v3-win32-x64/node_sqlite3.node (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:14331:30) at webpack_require (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:21:30) at Object…/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/sqlite3-binding.js (C:\Users\emide\Desktop\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:14345:15) at webpack_require (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:21:30) at Object…/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/sqlite3.js (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:14359:15) at webpack_require (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:21:30) at Object…/src/main.js (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:15828:15) at webpack_require (xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:21:30) at xxxxxxxxx\my-new-app.webpack\main\index.js:85:18 webpack built a31995d6bc66e85e33ab in 1971ms

Steps to reproduce

yarn create electron-app my-new-app --template=webpack cd my-new-app yarn add sqlite3

Add in the main.js the following code: var sqlite3 = require('sqlite3')

yarn run start

Additional information

If I set in webpack the package sqlite3 as “externals”, the “yarn run start” run fine, but the application built with “yarn run package” fails to start with the same error.

I also tried to replace “@marshallofsound/webpack-asset-relocator-loader” with “@vercel/webpack-asset-relocator-loader” and I get the same situations.

[cwellsx]

@erickzhao It wasn’t me who opened this. In the OP it was @emidelgo and they were saying they couldn’t use sqlite3. I posted to say that I can use better-sqlite3 – which someone else on this site recommended – in case that’s a useful alternative.

[cwellsx]

The new release of better-sqlite3 include PR 870 which fixes the problem it had compiling for the latest version of Electron

• https://github.com/WiseLibs/better-sqlite3/releases/tag/v8.0.0