When building a vscode extension using sqlite3, database creation fails

[gord47]

Issue Summary

This vscode extension is meant to create or read from an sqlite database on activation using the node-sqlite3 module. However, when debugging, the following error appears:
Activating extension failed: Could not find module root given file: "node:internal/modules/cjs/loader". Do you have a package.json file? .
This is despite installing sqlite3 and @types/sqlite3 prior to debugging. The way to database is created is as follows:

import * as vscode from 'vscode';
import Database from 'sqlite3';
import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
import { registerCommands } from './commandRegistration';
import { TreeDataProvider } from './treeDataProvider';
import { YourViewProvider } from './yourViewProvider';

// This method is called when your extension is activated
// Your extension is activated the very first time the command is executed
export const db = new Database('localcsr.db');
export const treeDataProvider = new TreeDataProvider();
export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
    ....
}
export function deactivate() {}

Steps to Reproduce

I expected a database to be created within folder the extension was activated in. The steps to reproduce are highlighted above.

Version

^5.1.7

Node.js Version

20.18.0

How did you install the library?

npm install sqlite3 then perform .\node_modules.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd -v 32.2.1

[jack484]

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