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Sqlite how to improve performance?

I have to make more than 300 selects from my database.
Each of those queries has to be called inside of a for each loop, here's an example:
for(int id : myids){
Cursor cursor = MyDatabaseHelper.runMyQuery(id);
while(cursor.moveToNext()){
//my stuff...
}
}
MyDatabaseHelper is an instance of a database helper class, the function is like this
public Cursor runMyQuery(int id){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
Cursor ret = db.rawQuery("select Name, Surname, Age from PTable where Id = " + id, null);
return ret;
}
I've been told that the constant "open and close" of the db because of multiple queries it the cause of my performance issues and I should, instead, make a single query (using union etc).
Changing my code to a single query would mean changing the entire database, and I was hoping not to do that.
Is there anything I can do to improve the performance and keep the multiple selects at the same time?
Thanks

I think what you are looking for is the in clause.
Convert your myids into a string. Something like
String inClause = "(1,2,3)"
and you can use it as
"select Name, Surname, Age from PTable where Id in " + inClause
You can read more of the in operator here

You can return a single Cursor containing all the rows.
First change your runMyQuery() method to this:
public Cursor runAll(String list){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
String sql = "select Name, Surname, Age from PTable where " + list + " like '%,' || id || ',%'"
Cursor ret = db.rawQuery(sql, null);
return ret;
}
So you pass to the method runAll() a String which is the the comma separated list of all the ids that you have in myids and with th eoperator LIKE you compare it to each id of the table.
You create this list and get the results in a Cursor object like this:
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(",");
for(int id : myids){
sb.append(String.valueOf(id)).append(",");
}
String list = sb.length() > 1 ? sb.toString() : "";
if (list.length() > 0) {
Cursor c = runAll(list);
while(c.moveToNext()){
//your stuff...
}
}

Sql Query to retrieve a particular data from particular column and row in android?

I want to fetch phone number linked to particular email in the database. I am not able to find the query for it or how
public String getContactNumber(String email){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String query = "SELECT " + COLUMN_USER_MOBILE_NUMBER + " FROM " + TABLE_USER + " WHERE " + email + " = " + COLUMN_USER_EMAIL;
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(query,null);
//What to put here to extract the data.
String contact = cursor.getString(get);
cursor.close();
return contact;
}
to extract the data. Completely a beginner

Try this ..
public List<String> getMyItemsD(String emailData) {
List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<>();
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String selectQuery = "SELECT COLUMN_USER_MOBILE_NUMBER FROM " + USER_TABLE_NAME + " WHERE email= " + emailData;
Cursor c = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
if (c != null) {
c.moveToFirst();
while (c.isAfterLast() == false) {
String name = (c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("Item_Name")));
stringList.add(name);
c.moveToNext();
}
}
return stringList;
}

public String getContactNumber(String email){
String contact = "";
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String query = "SELECT " + COLUMN_USER_MOBILE_NUMBER + " FROM " + TABLE_USER + " WHERE " + email + " = " + COLUMN_USER_EMAIL;
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(query,null);
if(cursor.getCount()>0) {
cursor.moveToNext();
contact = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_USER_MOBILE_NUMBER));
}
//What to put here to extract the data.
cursor.close();
return contact;
}
From this method you get phone number value of that email which you pass any other method easily.

I'd suggest the following :-
public String getContactNumber(String email){
String contact = "NO CONTACT FOUND"; //<<<<<<<<<< Default in case no row is found.
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase(); //<<<<<<<<<< Generally getReadable gets a writable database
String[] columns_to_get = new String[]{COLUMN_USER_MOBILE_NUMBER};
String whereclause = COLUMN_USER_EMAIL + "=?";
String[] whereargs = new String[]{email};
Cursor cursor = db.query(TABLE_USER,columns_to_get,whereclause,whereargs,null,null,null);
//What to put here to extract the data.
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
contact = csr.getString(csr.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_USER_MOBILE_NUMBER));
}
cursor.close();
return contact;
}
The above does assumes that there will only be 1 row per email (which is most likely).
Explanations
A default value is set so that you can easily tell if an invalid/non-existent email is passed (you'd check the return value if need be (might be easier to simply have "" and check the length as a check)).
getReadableDatabase has been replaced with getWritableDatabase as unless there are issues with the database a writable database will be returned, as per :-
Create and/or open a database. This will be the same object returned
by getWritableDatabase() unless some problem, such as a full disk,
requires the database to be opened read-only. In that case, a
read-only database object will be returned. If the problem is fixed, a
future call to getWritableDatabase() may succeed, in which case the
read-only database object will be closed and the read/write object
will be returned in the future.
getReadableDatabase
Note no real problem either way;
The recommended query method has been used instead of the rawQuery method. This has distinct advantages, it builds the underlying SQL and also offers protection against SQL injection (just in case the email passed is input by a user).
this version of the method takes 7 parameters :-
The table name as a string
The columns to be extracted as an array of Strings (aka String array). null can be all columns.
The where clause less the WHERE keyword with ?'s to represent arguments (see next). null if no WHERE clause.
The arguments to be applied (replace ?'s 1 for 1) as a String array. null if none or no WHERE clause.
The GROUP BY clause, less the GROUP BY keywords. null if no GROUP BY clause.
The HAVING clause, less the HAVING keyword. null if no HAVING clause.
The ORDER BY clause, less the ORDER BY keywords. null if no ORDER BY clause.
SQLiteDatabase - query
- Note there are 4 query methods (see link for the subtle difference, I believe this is the most commonly used)
The data extraction is the new code. When a Cursor is returned it is at a position BEFORE THE FIRST ROW, so you need to move to a valid row. So the moveToFirst* method is suitable (note that if a move cannot be made by a move method that it will return false, hence how you can say if (cursor.moveToFirst())). The data is then extracted from the appropriate column use the **getString method, which takes an int as an argumnet for the column offset (0 in this case). However, using hard coded values can lead to issues so the getColumnIndex method is used to get the offset according to the column name (-1 is returned if the named column is not in the Cursor).

Can't extract integer from cursor after preforming sqlite query in Android

I'm working on an small android app that maintains a small database of tools which I lend out to other people.
As part of the app, I am incorporating an sqllite database, where I am having a bit of trouble performing queries and working with cursors once the queries have been executed.
The code in question is as follows:
String COLUMN_NAME = "toolName";
String[] columns = { COLUMN_NAME };
String selection = COLUMN_NAME + " =?";
String[] selectionArgs = {tool};
Cursor cursor = mToolDb.query(ToolStatisticContract.ToolStatisticEntry.TABLE_NAME, columns,
selection, selectionArgs, null, null, null, null);
return Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(3));
The contract for the database is as follows:
public class ToolStatisticContract {
public static final class ToolStatisticEntry implements BaseColumns {
public static final String TABLE_NAME = "tooltable";
public static final String COLUMN_TOOL_NAME = "toolName";
public static final String COLUMN_LIFESPAN = "lifespan";
public static final String COLUMN_USAGE = "usageTime";
}
}
I am essentially trying to extract out the value from COLUMN_USAGE, which seems to be producing errors with regards to parsing the value to an integer. The value in the COLUMN is actually an integer typecasted as a String from a previous segment of code, so I'm fairly certain the error is encompasssed with the code snippets above.
Thanks again in advance for all your help!

The code in question is as follows
The net SQL statement is something like:
SELECT toolName FROM tooltable WHERE toolName = ?
And there is no column with index 3, since you are only returning 1 column.
You need to:
Have usageTime in your column list (COLUMNS)
Move the Cursor to a valid row (as it initially is positioned before the first row)
Pass getInteger() the value that lines up with COLUMNS to retrieve usageTime

You could use the following. This uses null instead of columns, which will get all columns (i.e. resolves to SELECT * FROM table). It checks that a row has been returned and only then does it try to get the data. It also closes the cursor (you should close a cursor when done with it). It uses cursor.getInt() to get the integer value rather than convert it from a string to int. It assumes that you'll only get 1 row (if no rows then 0 will be returned).
int returnvalue = 0;
String COLUMN_NAME = "toolName";
String[] columns = { COLUMN_NAME };
String selection = COLUMN_NAME + " =?";
String[] selectionArgs = {tool};
Cursor cursor = mToolDb.query(ToolStatisticContract.ToolStatisticEntry.TABLE_NAME, null,
selection, selectionArgs, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor.getCount() > 0) {
cursor.moveToFirst();
returnvalue = cursor.getInt(2);
//or returnvalue = Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(2));
}
cursor.close();
return returnvalue;
Note! I haven't checked this just coded it from memory, so apologies for the odd mistake.
To do the above using specific columns then you could use:-
String COLUMN_NAME = "toolName";
String[] columns = { COLUMN_USAGE };
String selection = COLUMN_NAME + " =?";
String[] selectionArgs = {tool};
Cursor cursor = mToolDb.query(ToolStatisticContract.ToolStatisticEntry.TABLE_NAME, columns,
selection, selectionArgs, null, null, null, null);
In which case the column index would be 0 (that is the index is according to the column's in the cursor). However it might be better to use, the following which gets the column index according to the column's name:-
cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_USAGE);

The easiest way to read a single value from the database is to use a helper function that allows you to avoid having to handle cursor objects:
String query = "SELECT usageTime FROM tooltable WHERE toolName = ?";
String[] selectionArgs = { tool };
long returnvalue = DatabaseUtils.longForQuery(mToolDb, query, selectionArgs);

Sqlite verify if value of column exists

i'm wondering if this method is right to verify if the value of _username already exists in the column "username"
public boolean verification(String _username) throws SQLException{
Cursor c = dataBase.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM "+TABLE_NAME+" WHERE "+KEY_USERNAME+"="+_username, null);
if (c!=null)
return true; // return true if the value of _username already exists
return false; // Return false if _username doesn't match with any value of the columns "Username"
}
Is there a better way to do the same thing, i'm really not sure about this, it seemed right for me.
Thanks.

Beware of SQL injection attacks! You should always use a parameterized query:
Cursor c = dataBase.rawQuery("SELECT 1 FROM "+TABLE_NAME+" WHERE "+KEY_USERNAME+"=?", new String[] {_username});
(Honestly I'm not sure how your first query didn't throw an exception since you forgot to wrap the string in quotes...)
Also rawQuery() will always return a Cursor, you must check if the Cursor is empty, not null.
As for "the best" approach, this works fine, but I recommend closing the Cursor to free up resources. All together:
public boolean verification(String _username) {
Cursor c = dataBase.rawQuery("SELECT 1 FROM "+TABLE_NAME+" WHERE "+KEY_USERNAME+"=?", new String[] {_username});
boolean exists = c.moveToFirst();
c.close();
return exists;
}

Is there a better way to do the same thing, i'm really not sure about
this, it seemed right for me. Thanks.
In the terms of security and purity yes, for sure.
public boolean verification(String _username) throws SQLException {
int count = -1;
Cursor c = null;
try {
String query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "
+ TABLE_NAME + " WHERE " + KEY_USERNAME + " = ?"
c = dataBase.rawQuery(query, new String[] {_username});
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
count = c.getInt(0);
}
return count > 0;
}
finally {
if (c != null) {
c.close();
}
}
}
I recommend you to an usage of ? that is called placeholder. Each placeholder will be replaced with value from string array in the same order. This is called also parametrized statement as a defence agains SQL injection. When your work with Cursor is finished, release it.

Get last inserted value from sqlite database Android

I am trying to get the last inserted rowid from a sqlite database in Android. I have read a lot of posts about it, but can't get one to work.
This is my method:
public Cursor getLastId() {
return mDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, new String[] {KEY_WID}, KEY_WID + "=" + MAX(_id), null, null, null, null, null);}
I have tried with MAX, but I must be using it wrong. Is there another way?

Well actually the SQLiteDatabase class has its own insert method which returns the id of the newly created row. I think this is the best way to get the new ID.
You can check its documentation here.
I hope this helps.

Use
SELECT last_insert_rowid();
to get the last inserted rowid.
If you are using AUTOINCREMENT keyword then
SELECT * from SQLITE_SEQUENCE;
will tell you the values for every table.

To get the last row from the table..
Cursor cursor = theDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLE, columns,null, null, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToLast();

Use moveToLast() in Cursor interface.
From android.googlesource.com
/**
* Move the cursor to the last row.
*
* <p>This method will return false if the cursor is empty.
*
* #return whether the move succeeded.
*/
boolean moveToLast();
Simple example:
final static String TABLE_NAME = "table_name";
String name;
int id;
//....
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME, null);
if(cursor.moveToLast()){
//name = cursor.getString(column_index);//to get other values
id = cursor.getInt(0);//to get id, 0 is the column index
}
Or you can get the last row when insertion(Which is #GorgiRankovski have mentioned):
long row = 0;//to get last row
//.....
SQLiteDatabase db= this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
contentValues.put(COLUMN_NAME, name);
row = db.insert(TABLE_NAME, null, contentValues);
//insert() returns the row ID of the newly inserted row, or -1 if an error occurred
Also their is a multiple ways you can do this using query:
One is expressed by #DiegoTorresMilano
SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name. or to get all columns values SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE id = (SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name).
If your PRiMARY KEY have sat to AUTOINCREMENT, you can SELECT vaules occording to max to min and limit the rows to 1 using SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY column DESC LIMIT 1
(If you want each and every value, use * instead of id)

If you want the last_insert_id just afert a insert you can use that :
public long insert(String table, String[] fields, String[] vals )
{
String nullColumnHack = null;
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++)
{
values.put(fields[i], vals[i]);
}
return myDataBase.insert(table, nullColumnHack, values);
}

The insert method returns the id of row just inserted or -1 if there was an error during insertion.
long id = db.insert("your insertion statement");
db is an instance of your SQLiteDatabase.

Try this:
public Cursor getLastId() {
return mDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, new String[] { **MAX(id)** }, null, null, null, null, null, null);}

/**
* #return
*/
public long getLastInsertId() {
long index = 0;
SQLiteDatabase sdb = getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = sdb.query(
"sqlite_sequence",
new String[]{"seq"},
"name = ?",
new String[]{TABLENAME},
null,
null,
null,
null
);
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
index = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex("seq"));
}
cursor.close();
return index;
}

I use this
public int lastId(){
SQLiteDatabase db =
this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor res = db.rawQuery( "select * from resep", null );
res.moveToLast();
return res.getInt(0);
}

In your DbHelper class,
public long getLastIdFromMyTable()
{
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
SQLiteStatement st = db.compileStatement("SELECT last_insert_rowid() from " + MY_TABLE);
return st.simpleQueryForLong();
}