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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+This script updates the auth and session sqlite3 databases to use the
+more compatible `username` column instead of `user`, which is a reserved
+word in many other SQL dialects.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+path = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, '../')))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(path))
+
+import sqlite3
+import ankisyncd.config
+conf = ankisyncd.config.load()
+
+
+def main():
+
+    if os.path.isfile(conf["auth_db_path"]):
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(conf["auth_db_path"])
+
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM sqlite_master "
+                             "WHERE sql LIKE '%user VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY%' "
+                             "AND tbl_name = 'auth'")
+        res = cursor.fetchone()
+
+        if res is not None:
+            cursor.execute("ALTER TABLE auth RENAME TO auth_old")
+            cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE auth (username VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY, hash VARCHAR)")
+            cursor.execute("INSERT INTO auth (username, hash) SELECT user, hash FROM auth_old")
+            cursor.execute("DROP TABLE auth_old")
+            conn.commit()
+            print("Successfully updated table 'auth'")
+        else:
+            print("No outdated 'auth' table found.")
+
+        conn.close()
+    else:
+        print("No auth DB found at the configured 'auth_db_path' path.")
+
+    if os.path.isfile(conf["session_db_path"]):
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(conf["session_db_path"])
+
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM sqlite_master "
+                             "WHERE sql LIKE '%user VARCHAR%' "
+                             "AND tbl_name = 'session'")
+        res = cursor.fetchone()
+
+        if res is not None:
+            cursor.execute("ALTER TABLE session RENAME TO session_old")
+            cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE session (hkey VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY, skey VARCHAR, "
+                           "username VARCHAR, path VARCHAR)")
+            cursor.execute("INSERT INTO session (hkey, skey, username, path) "
+                           "SELECT hkey, skey, user, path FROM session_old")
+            cursor.execute("DROP TABLE session_old")
+            conn.commit()
+            print("Successfully updated table 'session'")
+        else:
+            print("No outdated 'session' table found.")
+
+        conn.close()
+    else:
+        print("No session DB found at the configured 'session_db_path' path.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()