Index: System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConnection.cs
==================================================================
--- System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConnection.cs
+++ System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConnection.cs
@@ -887,11 +887,11 @@
             {
               cmd.CommandText = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "PRAGMA cache_size={0}", defValue);
               cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
             }
 
-            defValue = FindKey(opts, "Journal Mode", "Delete");
+            defValue = FindKey(opts, "Journal Mode", "Default");
             if (String.Compare(defValue, "Default", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != 0)
             {
               cmd.CommandText = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "PRAGMA journal_mode={0}", defValue);
               cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
             }

Index: System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConvert.cs
==================================================================
--- System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConvert.cs
+++ System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteConvert.cs
@@ -763,11 +763,15 @@
   /// when starting a transaction.  If this is happening, you may want to change the default journal mode to Persist.
   /// </remarks>
   public enum SQLiteJournalModeEnum
   {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The default mode, this causes SQLite to create and destroy the journal file as-needed.
+    /// The default mode, this causes SQLite to use the existing journaling mode for the database.
+    /// </summary>
+    Default = -1,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// SQLite will create and destroy the journal file as-needed.
     /// </summary>
     Delete = 0,
     /// <summary>
     /// When this is set, SQLite will keep the journal file even after a transaction has completed.  It's contents will be erased,
     /// and the journal re-used as often as needed.  If it is deleted, it will be recreated the next time it is needed.
@@ -775,11 +779,27 @@
     Persist = 1,
     /// <summary>
     /// This option disables the rollback journal entirely.  Interrupted transactions or a program crash can cause database
     /// corruption in this mode!
     /// </summary>
-    Off = 2
+    Off = 2,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// SQLite will truncate the journal file to zero-length instead of deleting it.
+    /// </summary>
+    Truncate = 3,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// SQLite will store the journal in volatile RAM.  This saves disk I/O but at the expense of database safety and integrity.
+    /// If the application using SQLite crashes in the middle of a transaction when the MEMORY journaling mode is set, then the
+    /// database file will very likely go corrupt.
+    /// </summary>
+    Memory = 4,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// SQLite uses a write-ahead log instead of a rollback journal to implement transactions.  The WAL journaling mode is persistent;
+    /// after being set it stays in effect across multiple database connections and after closing and reopening the database. A database
+    /// in WAL journaling mode can only be accessed by SQLite version 3.7.0 or later.
+    /// </summary>
+    Wal = 5
   }
 
   /// <summary>
   /// Struct used internally to determine the datatype of a column in a resultset
   /// </summary>

Index: Tests/common.eagle
==================================================================
--- Tests/common.eagle
+++ Tests/common.eagle
@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@
     }
 
     return ""
   }
 
-  proc setupDb {fileName {mode ""} {varName db}} {
+  proc setupDb {fileName {mode ""} {delete true} {varName db}} {
     set fileName [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-    catch {file delete $fileName}
+
+    if {$delete} then {
+      catch {file delete $fileName}
+    }
+
     upvar 1 $varName db
 
     set connection {Data Source=${fileName}}
 
     if {[string length $mode] > 0} then {

Index: Tests/tkt-448d663d11.eagle
==================================================================
--- Tests/tkt-448d663d11.eagle
+++ Tests/tkt-448d663d11.eagle
@@ -17,162 +17,240 @@
 source [file join $path common.eagle]
 loadAssembly System.Data.SQLite.dll
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.1 {'Default' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.1.db] Default
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.1 {missing journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.1.db]
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.2 {missing journal mode, WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.2.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path wal.db] \
+      [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
+  setupDb $fileName "" false
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {wal}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.3 {missing journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.3.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
+      [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
+  setupDb $fileName "" false
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.4 {'Default' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.4.db] Default
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.2 {'Default' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
-  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.2.db
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.5 {'Default' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.5.db
   file copy -force [file join $path wal.db] \
       [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-  setupDb $fileName Default
+  setupDb $fileName Default false
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {wal}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.3 {'Default' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
-  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.3.db
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.6 {'Default' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.6.db
   file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
       [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-  setupDb $fileName Default
+  setupDb $fileName Default false
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.7 {'Delete' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.7.db] Delete
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.4 {'Delete' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.4.db] Delete
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.8 {'Delete' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.8.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path wal.db] \
+      [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
+  setupDb $fileName Delete false
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.5 {'Delete' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
-  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.5.db
-  file copy -force [file join $path wal.db] \
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.9 {'Delete' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.9.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
       [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-  setupDb $fileName Delete
+  setupDb $fileName Delete false
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.6 {'Delete' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
-  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.6.db
-  file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
-      [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-  setupDb $fileName Delete
-  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
-} -cleanup {
-  cleanupDb $fileName
-  unset -nocomplain db fileName
-} -constraints \
-{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
-
-###############################################################################
-
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.7 {'Persist' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.7.db] Persist
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.10 {'Persist' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.10.db] Persist
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {persist}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.8 {'Off' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.8.db] Off
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.11 {'Off' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.11.db] Off
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {off}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.9 {'Truncate' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.9.db] Truncate
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.12 {'Truncate' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.12.db] Truncate
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {truncate}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.10 {'Memory' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.10.db] Memory
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.13 {'Memory' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.13.db] Memory
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {memory}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.11 {'Wal' journal mode, new db} -body {
-  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.11.db] Wal
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.14 {'Wal' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.14.db] Wal
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {wal}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.15 {'Wal' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.15.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
+      [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
+  setupDb $fileName Wal false
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {wal}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.12 {'Wal' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
-  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.12.db
-  file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.16 {'Wal' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.16.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path wal.db] \
       [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-  setupDb $fileName Wal
+  setupDb $fileName Wal false
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \
 {eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {wal}}
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.13 {'Wal' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
-  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.13.db
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.17 {'Bad' journal mode, new db} -body {
+  setupDb [set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.17.db] Bad
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.18 {'Bad' journal mode, non-WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.18.db
+  file copy -force [file join $path nonWal.db] \
+      [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
+  setupDb $fileName Bad false
+  sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
+} -cleanup {
+  cleanupDb $fileName
+  unset -nocomplain db fileName
+} -constraints \
+{eagle monoBug28 command.sql compile.DATA System.Data.SQLite} -result {delete}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
+runTest {test tkt-448d663d11-1.19 {'Bad' journal mode, WAL db} -body {
+  set fileName tkt-448d663d11-1.19.db
   file copy -force [file join $path wal.db] \
       [file join [getTemporaryPath] $fileName]
-  setupDb $fileName Wal
+  setupDb $fileName Bad false
   sql execute -execute scalar $db "PRAGMA journal_mode;"
 } -cleanup {
   cleanupDb $fileName
   unset -nocomplain db fileName
 } -constraints \