# Unable to check databases for errors (collation sequence error)

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-freebsd, server-truenas\
**Created:** [May 10, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-check-databases-for-errors-collation-sequence-error/715029 "2021-05-10T10:24:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Iguana9999phil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@Iguana9999phil](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Iguana9999phil)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/unable-to-check-databases-for-errors-collation-sequence-error/715029/4 "2021-05-21T07:34:06Z")

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You’ll need to use the internal sqlite.

> [@Can no longer update library database with sqlite3](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-no-longer-update-library-database-with-sqlite3/701405):
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> Server Version#: 1.22.1.4200 Player Version#: N/A I can no longer manually update the com.plexapp.plugins.library.db with sqlite3. Any attempt to edit the database exits with “Error: unknown tokenizer: collating”. Using a gui like sqlitebrowser produces a similar error. (Libraries are updated ok when new content is added, btw.) I just want to know how to get around the tokenizer error when manipulating the db from cli. Any hints? jim

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