Error (“EXC_BAD_ACCESS”) while trying to open(create) SQLite d/b

Here's the code... anybody see what's wrong? Also, why does the 2nd NSLog of "errmsg" cause the debugger to crash when debugging to the device (iPhone 3GS)

    // Get the path to the database file
NSArray *searchPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentPath = [searchPaths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *databasePath = [documentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"ppcipher.s3db"];
const char *cDatabasePath = [databasePath cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"databasePath: %@", databasePath);

    NSString *sqlCommand = @"CREATE TABLE CardData (card_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, card_name TEXT NOT NULL, "
        @"card_type TEXT, cide_val TEXT, create_date TEXT DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE, user_notes TEXT, gps_loc TEXT)"; 
    const char cSQLCommand = [sqlCommand cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    char * errmsg = NULL;   

    NSFileManager *fileM开发者_开发知识库anager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    [fileManager removeItemAtPath:databasePath error:NULL];  //  <------------  delete d/b  TESTING ONLY! 

    BOOL fileExists = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:databasePath];
    if(!fileExists)  {
        if(sqlite3_open(cDatabasePath, db) == SQLITE_OK) { // doesn't exist, so create it...
            sqlite3_exec(db, &cSQLCommand, NULL, NULL, &errmsg);  //  now create the table...
            NSLog(@"error: %@", errmsg);
        }

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It's crashing because errmsg is not an Objective-C object, which you're requiring by your use of the %@ substitution. errmsg is a char *, which means you should be using %s.

As for why it's crashing....

sqlite3_open is defined as:

int sqlite3_open(
  const char *filename,   /* Database filename (UTF-8) */
  sqlite3 **ppDb          /* OUT: SQLite db handle */
);

Your db is declared as sqlite3*. In other words, you're passing the wrong thing in. You should be doing:

sqlite3_open(cDatabasePath, &db)

While your desire to understand the SQLite C API is great, I still think you should use FMDB. It really mitigates these sorts of errors and lets you concentrate on the real problems with your code.