From c907a6d57fa6577d5bc6b403f5ffdd67244a4fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pedrocarlo <pedro.muniz.carlo@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 17:23:57 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] automatically convert Legacy sqlite db to WAL mode

---
 core/lib.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index be561ca3d..b2c5d56d2 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -631,7 +631,9 @@ impl Database {
         // Now check the Header Version to see which mode the DB file really is on
         match read_version {
             Version::Legacy => {
-                return Err(LimboError::InvalidArgument(format!("Database is in Legacy mode. Use `pragma journal_mode = 'wal'` in sqlite to enable wal mode")));
+                // just treat it as WAL mode
+                header_mut.read_version = RawVersion::from(Version::Wal);
+                header_mut.write_version = RawVersion::from(Version::Wal);
             }
             Version::Wal => {
                 if self.mvcc_enabled() {