_SQLite_SQLiteExe() sometimes has a big delay

[lokster]

In my dictionary script, I use the following code to query the words from a sqlite database:

_SQLite_SQLiteExe($DBName,"select word from words where word like '" & $sWord & "%' order by word asc;",$sOut,@ScriptDir&"\sqlite3.exe")

The problem is, that sometimes this function delays the execution of the script for 3-4 seconds.

The database is big - about 100 000 records, but I don't think this is the problem, because most of the time the function works very fast, even when the query returns a lot of results.

And for the same word, the 1st time it's fast, and the second - slow... (or the first time slow, and the second - fast).

When the function has a delay, the taskmanager shows that sqlite3.exe does not use any CPU resources. Just stays at 0% and waits....

So, what is the problem?