diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp b/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
index b1cdf0e0735..e9a13a9b64b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
@@ -875,14 +875,18 @@ class ApplicationImp : public Application, public BasicApp
 
         try
         {
+            std::cout << "initRDBMS - a" << std::endl;
             mRelationalDatabase =
                 RelationalDatabase::init(*this, *config_, *m_jobQueue);
 
+            std::cout << "initRDBMS - b" << std::endl;
             // wallet database
             auto setup = setup_DatabaseCon(*config_, m_journal);
             setup.useGlobalPragma = false;
+            std::cout << "initRDBMS - a" << std::endl;
 
             mWalletDB = makeWalletDB(setup);
+            std::cout << "initRDBMS - a" << std::endl;
         }
         catch (std::exception const& e)
         {
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.h b/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.h
index 00cfc104df0..e604cdfb06e 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.h
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/DBInit.h
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ inline constexpr std::array<char const*, 5> LgrDBInit{
 // Transaction database holds transactions and public keys
 inline constexpr auto TxDBName{"transaction.db"};
 
-inline constexpr std::array TxDBPragma
+inline constexpr std::array<char const*, 4> TxDBPragma
 {
     "PRAGMA page_size=4096;", "PRAGMA journal_size_limit=1582080;",
         "PRAGMA max_page_count=2147483646;",
 #if (ULONG_MAX > UINT_MAX) && !defined(NO_SQLITE_MMAP)
         "PRAGMA mmap_size=17179869184;"
+#else
+        "PRAGMA sqlite_noop_statement;"
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/detail/impl/Node.cpp b/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/detail/impl/Node.cpp
index c51f39826a7..5d2dd1cdf72 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/detail/impl/Node.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/detail/impl/Node.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ makeLedgerDBs(
     DatabaseCon::Setup const& setup,
     DatabaseCon::CheckpointerSetup const& checkpointerSetup)
 {
+    std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs 1" << std::endl;
+
     // ledger database
     auto lgr{std::make_unique<DatabaseCon>(
         setup, LgrDBName, LgrDBPragma, LgrDBInit, checkpointerSetup)};
@@ -76,15 +78,38 @@ makeLedgerDBs(
         boost::format("PRAGMA cache_size=-%d;") %
         kilobytes(config.getValueFor(SizedItem::lgrDBCache)));
 
+    std::vector<std::string> prag;
+    std::transform(
+        LgrDBPragma.begin(),
+        LgrDBPragma.end(),
+        std::back_inserter(prag),
+        [](const char* c) { return std::string(c); });
+
+    std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs LgrDBPragma: "
+              << boost::algorithm::join(prag, ", ") << std::endl;
+
+    std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs 2" << std::endl;
     if (config.useTxTables())
     {
+        prag.clear();
+        std::transform(
+            TxDBPragma.begin(),
+            TxDBPragma.end(),
+            std::back_inserter(prag),
+            [](const char* c) { return std::string(c); });
+
+        std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs 2.1" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs TxDBPragma: "
+                  << boost::algorithm::join(prag, ", ") << std::endl;
         // transaction database
         auto tx{std::make_unique<DatabaseCon>(
             setup, TxDBName, TxDBPragma, TxDBInit, checkpointerSetup)};
+        std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs 2.2" << std::endl;
         tx->getSession() << boost::str(
             boost::format("PRAGMA cache_size=-%d;") %
             kilobytes(config.getValueFor(SizedItem::txnDBCache)));
 
+        std::cout << "detail::makeLedgerDBs 3" << std::endl;
         if (!setup.standAlone || setup.startUp == Config::LOAD ||
             setup.startUp == Config::LOAD_FILE ||
             setup.startUp == Config::REPLAY)
@@ -116,7 +141,9 @@ makeLedgerDBs(
         return {std::move(lgr), std::move(tx), true};
     }
     else
+    {
         return {std::move(lgr), {}, true};
+    }
 }
 
 std::optional<LedgerIndex>
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/impl/SQLiteDatabase.cpp b/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/impl/SQLiteDatabase.cpp
index efeda85d723..2d595bbe86a 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/impl/SQLiteDatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/rdb/backend/impl/SQLiteDatabase.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ class SQLiteDatabaseImp : public SQLiteDatabase
         , useTxTables_(config.useTxTables())
         , j_(app_.journal("SQLiteDatabaseImp"))
     {
+        std::cout << "SQLiteDatabaseImp - a" << std::endl;
+
+        std::vector<std::string> prag;
+        std::transform(
+            TxDBPragma.begin(),
+            TxDBPragma.end(),
+            std::back_inserter(prag),
+            [](const char* c) { return std::string(c); });
+
+        std::cout << "SQLiteDatabaseImp::SQLiteDatabaseImp TxDBPragma: "
+                  << boost::algorithm::join(prag, ", ") << std::endl;
         DatabaseCon::Setup setup = setup_DatabaseCon(config, j_);
         if (!makeLedgerDBs(
                 config,
@@ -61,6 +72,7 @@ class SQLiteDatabaseImp : public SQLiteDatabase
             JLOG(j_.fatal()) << error;
             Throw<std::runtime_error>(error.data());
         }
+        std::cout << "SQLiteDatabaseImp - b" << std::endl;
 
         if (app.getShardStore() &&
             !makeMetaDBs(
@@ -74,6 +86,7 @@ class SQLiteDatabaseImp : public SQLiteDatabase
             JLOG(j_.fatal()) << error;
             Throw<std::runtime_error>(error.data());
         }
+        std::cout << "SQLiteDatabaseImp - c" << std::endl;
     }
 
     std::optional<LedgerIndex>
@@ -448,6 +461,15 @@ SQLiteDatabaseImp::makeLedgerDBs(
     DatabaseCon::Setup const& setup,
     DatabaseCon::CheckpointerSetup const& checkpointerSetup)
 {
+    std::vector<std::string> prag;
+    std::transform(
+        TxDBPragma.begin(),
+        TxDBPragma.end(),
+        std::back_inserter(prag),
+        [](const char* c) { return std::string(c); });
+
+    std::cout << "SQLiteDatabaseImp::makeLedgerDBs TxDBPragma: "
+              << boost::algorithm::join(prag, ", ") << std::endl;
     auto [lgr, tx, res] =
         detail::makeLedgerDBs(config, setup, checkpointerSetup);
     txdb_ = std::move(tx);
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/rdb/impl/RelationalDatabase.cpp b/src/ripple/app/rdb/impl/RelationalDatabase.cpp
index 8a3ce5b016d..f321ac53cce 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/rdb/impl/RelationalDatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/rdb/impl/RelationalDatabase.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ RelationalDatabase::init(
     bool use_sqlite = false;
     bool use_postgres = false;
 
+    std::cout << "RelationalDatabase::init - a" << std::endl;
+
     if (config.reporting())
     {
+        std::cout << "RelationalDatabase::init - b" << std::endl;
         use_postgres = true;
     }
     else
     {
+        std::cout << "RelationalDatabase::init - c" << std::endl;
         const Section& rdb_section{config.section(SECTION_RELATIONAL_DB)};
         if (!rdb_section.empty())
         {
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ RelationalDatabase::init(
             use_sqlite = true;
         }
     }
+    std::cout << "RelationalDatabase::init - d" << std::endl;
 
     if (use_sqlite)
     {
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ RelationalDatabase::init(
     {
         return getPostgresDatabase(app, config, jobQueue);
     }
+    std::cout << "RelationalDatabase::init - e" << std::endl;
 
     return std::unique_ptr<RelationalDatabase>();
 }
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/DatabaseCon.h b/src/ripple/core/DatabaseCon.h
index 59eec3a32e9..7c78bbaf09a 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/DatabaseCon.h
+++ b/src/ripple/core/DatabaseCon.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <ripple/app/main/DBInit.h>
 #include <ripple/core/Config.h>
 #include <ripple/core/SociDB.h>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/join.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
@@ -194,6 +195,22 @@ class DatabaseCon
     {
         open(*session_, "sqlite", pPath.string());
 
+        std::cout << "DatabaseCon --- " << std::endl
+                  << "path: " << pPath << " pragma size: " << N << std::endl;
+
+#if (ULONG_MAX > UINT_MAX) && !defined(NO_SQLITE_MMAP)
+        std::cout << "#if is triggered" << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+        std::vector<std::string> p;
+        std::transform(
+            pragma.begin(),
+            pragma.end(),
+            std::back_inserter(p),
+            [](const char* c) { return std::string(c); });
+
+        std::cout << "detail::DatabaseCon pragma: "
+                  << boost::algorithm::join(p, "\n") << std::endl;
         if (commonPragma)
         {
             for (auto const& p : *commonPragma)
@@ -204,6 +221,7 @@ class DatabaseCon
         }
         for (auto const& p : pragma)
         {
+            std::cout << "p: " << p << std::endl;
             soci::statement st = session_->prepare << p;
             st.execute(true);
         }