Except on sqlite read-only errors with guidance

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Description

This PR adds an exception on sqlite read-only errors and tries to provide guidance to the user when this occurs.

This is intended to address errors which look like the following:

_duckdb.Error: Failed to prepare query "PRAGMA table_info('sqlite_master')": attempt to write a readonly database

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of read-only SQLite databases, including WAL-mode sources.
  • Replaced low-level database errors with a clear, actionable message for resolving read-only access issues.
  • Applied consistent error handling during table discovery, metadata reads, pagination, and Parquet exports.
  • Preserved existing behavior for unrelated database errors and mixed-type SQLite data.
  • Added clearer guidance for switching SQLite journal mode when required.

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Walkthrough

SQLite WAL-mode read-only failures now raise SQLiteReadOnlyException across source discovery, metadata reads, pagination, and parquet export. Remediation guidance and regression tests were added.

Changes

SQLite read-only handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Read-only error detection contract cytotable/exceptions.py, cytotable/utils.py	Adds SQLiteReadOnlyException and remediation guidance for switching to journal_mode=DELETE.
Error propagation through SQLite operations cytotable/sources.py, cytotable/convert.py	Routes matching DuckDB errors through the shared detector for metadata discovery, pagination, and parquet export. Other errors and existing fallbacks remain unchanged.
Read-only SQLite regression coverage tests/test_sources.py, tests/test_convert.py	Creates incomplete WAL-mode SQLite sources in read-only locations and verifies the specialized exception and remediation message.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c9def

The change adds clearer handling and guidance for SQLite read-only failures, but pagination can still skip affected scanner failures instead of surfacing the new error. That bounded correctness issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Suggested reviewers: gwaybio

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cytotable/convert.py (1)

388-400: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle SQLite read-only errors before the invalid-input fallback.

_get_table_keyset_pagination_sets catches duckdb.InvalidInputException before duckdb.Error, and that handler does not call _raise_if_sqlite_readonly_error. A SQLite scanner read-only failure can therefore return None and drop the source instead of raising SQLiteReadOnlyException. Call the helper before the warning path and add a pagination regression test for a read-only WAL database.

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In `@cytotable/convert.py` around lines 388 - 400, The invalid-input handler in
_get_table_keyset_pagination_sets must call _raise_if_sqlite_readonly_error
before logging and returning None, so SQLite read-only failures raise
SQLiteReadOnlyException instead of being dropped. Add a pagination regression
test covering a read-only WAL database.

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Inline comments:
In `@cytotable/utils.py`:
- Around line 246-257: Update the SQLite remediation message in the
SQLiteReadOnlyException construction so source_path cannot inject shell syntax
when the command is copied; use shell-safe escaping for the displayed argument
or provide the path separately from the executable command while preserving the
remediation guidance.

In `@tests/test_sources.py`:
- Around line 94-105: Explicitly close the sqlite3 connection after committing
and before copying or temporary-directory cleanup in the fixture setup. Update
the connection created by sqlite3.connect in the with block, preserving the
existing database initialization and copy behavior.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@cytotable/convert.py`:
- Around line 388-400: The invalid-input handler in
_get_table_keyset_pagination_sets must call _raise_if_sqlite_readonly_error
before logging and returning None, so SQLite read-only failures raise
SQLiteReadOnlyException instead of being dropped. Add a pagination regression
test covering a read-only WAL database.

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Thanks @gwaybio ! Going to merge this in.