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How to write a sqlite query to get specific data?

I want to get the first name, middle name and last name of a student whose userid is used for login. I have written this particular piece of code but it stops my application.
I have used both the ways like database.query() and .rawquery() also.
Cursor studentData(String userId) {
SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.query(studentTable, new String[] { "First_Name", "Middle_Name", "Last_Name"}, "User_ID=?", new String[] { userId }, null, null, null, null);
// Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("select First_Name, Middle_Name, Last_Name from Student_Table where User_ID =?", new String[]{userId});
String data = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("First_Name"));
db.close();
return cursor;
}
I should get whole name in the string.

You have a number of issues.
Attempting to use String data = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("First_Name"));,
will result in an error because you have not moved the cursor beyond BEFORE THE FIRST ROW and the attempt to access the row -1 will result in an exception (the likely issue you have encountered).
you can use various move??? methods e.g. moveToFirst, moveToNext (the 2 most common), moveToLast, moveToPosition.
Most of the Cursor move??? methods return true if the move could be made, else false.
You CANNOT close the database and then access the Cursor (this would happen if the issue above was resolved)
The Cursor buffers rows and then ONLY when required.
That is The Cursor is when returned from the query method (or rawQuery) at a position of BEFORE THE FIRST ROW (-1), it's only when an attempt is made to move through the Cursor that the CursorWindow (the buffer) is filled (getCount() included) and the actual data obtained. So the database MUST be open.
If you want a single String, the full name, then you could use :-
String studentData(String userId) { //<<<<<<<<<< returns the string rather than the Cursor
SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();
String rv = "NO NAME FOUND"; //<<<<<<<<<< value returned if no row is located
Cursor cursor = db.query(studentTable, new String[] { "First_Name", "Middle_Name", "Last_Name"}, "User_ID=?", new String[] { userId }, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor.modeToFirst()) {
String rv =
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("First_Name")) +
" " +
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("Middle_Name")) +
" " +
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("Last_Name"));
}
cursor.close(); //<<<<<<<<<< should close all cursors when done with them
db.close(); //<<<<<<<<<< not required but would result in an exception if returning a Cursor
return rv;
}
Or alternately :-
String studentData(String userId) { //<<<<<<<<<< returns the string rather than the Cursor
SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();
String rv = "NO NAME FOUND"; //<<<<<<<<<< value returned if no row is located
Cursor cursor = db.query(studentTable, new String[] { "First_Name"||" "||"Middle_Name"||" "||"Last_Name" AS fullname}, "User_ID=?", new String[] { userId }, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor.modeToFirst()) {
String rv =
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("fullname"));
}
cursor.close(); //<<<<<<<<<< should close all cursors when done with them
db.close(); //<<<<<<<<<< not required but would result in an exception if returning a Cursor
return rv;
}
the underlying query being SELECT First_Name||" "||Middle_Name||" "||LastName AS fullname FROM student_table; so you concatenate the names as part of the query which returns just one dynamically created column named fullname.

How to get specific value from DB by id

How to get specific value from DB by id.
This is my table: TABLE-RECORDS-(name of table) and KEY-ID , KEY-PRICE ... I'm trying to get KEY-PRICE by KEY-ID and can not. How to do it?

I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but this is the query.
SELECT key-price FROM table-record WHERE key-id='id number you need';

// please change the column names of database if i have mistaken
public Cursor getCursor(int id) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String from[] = {"key-price"};//this is the edit1
String where = "key-id=?";//this is the edit2
String[] whereArgs = new String[]{String.valueOf(id)+""}; //this is the edit3
Cursor cursor = db.query(true, table-records, from, where, whereArgs, null, null, null, null);
return cursor;
}
//just call this function and see the magic
private int getPrice(int id) {
Cursor c = getCursor(id);
int price=-1;
if(c != null)
{
while(c.moveToNext){
//assuming price is an integer
price = c.getInt(0);//edit 4
// use these strings as you want
}
}
return price;
}

CursorIndexOutOfBounds Exception: Index 0 requested, with a size of 0

I tried to read the SQLite database column and store each values in an String array. I did the following but it returned exception cursoroutofbounds. Help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?
public String[] getPlaces(){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String [] columns = {"place1"};
c = db.query("rates_table", columns, null, null, null, null, null);
String[] places = new String[c.getColumnCount()];
c.moveToNext();
for(int i=0; i<c.getColumnCount(); i++)
places[i] = c.getString(i);
return places;
}

Here :
String[] places = new String[c.getColumnCount()];
c.getColumnCount() will return count of column in row instead of number of rows in column. use c.getCount() to initialize places Array:
String[] places = new String[c.getCount()];
Or use ArrayList .

I worked out for sometime and found out the solution:
public String[] getPlaces(){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String [] columns = {"place1"};
c = db.query("rates_table", columns, null, null, null, null, null);
c.moveToFirst();
ArrayList<String> places = new ArrayList<String>();
while(!c.isAfterLast()) {
places.add(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("place1")));
c.moveToNext();
}
c.close();
return places.toArray(new String[places.size()]);
}

You need to change your query and further processing at multiple places. Rectify your third parameter of query method to a proper where clause or keep it null. Loop through the cursor properly and add it to your String.
public String[] getPlaces(){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
String [] columns = {"place1"};
c = db.query("rates_table", columns, null, null, null, null, null);
if (c.getCount() > 0) {
String[] places = new String[c.getCount()];
int i=0;
c.moveToFirst();
do {
places[i] = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(0)));
} while (c.moveToNext());
return places;
}
c.close();
db.close();
}

First you have an issue with c = db.query("rates_table", columns, "place1", null, null, null, null);
The third parameter will result in no rows being selected.
You could use c = db.query("rates_table", columns, null, null, null, null, null); , which would return all rows.
Or you could use c = db.query("rates_table", columns, "place1 = 'myplace'", null, null, null, null);, in which case only rows that have the value myplace in the column place1 would be shown.
The best practice way is to use the 3rd and 4th parameter in conjunction where you use ? placeholders in the 3rd parm (e.g "place1=?") and corresponding args in the 4th parameter (e.g. new String[]{"myplace"}), so to replicate the previous query you could have c = db.query("rates_table", columns, "place1=?", new String[]{"myplace}, null, null, null);
Using c.moveToNext, will try to move to the next (initially the first) row of the cursor. However, if it cannot move (i.e. there are no rows, as would be the case as described above) it will not fail, rather it returns false (true if the cursor could be moved).
So You need to check this otherwise, in the case of no rows, an attempt to access a row will fail with Cursor out of bounds Index 0 requested, with a size of 0 (i.e. you requested the first (index 0) when the size of the cursors (number of rows) is 0.
There are various ways to check.
However I suspect you will then wonder why your loop only displays 1 column. That would be because you have said in the query to just get 1 column.
If you changed the query's 2nd parameter to null, it would get all columns.
At a guess you want to return an array of all places.
Assuming this then :-
// get Cursor with all rows(3rd parm null) for the place1 column (2nd parm)
c = db.query("rates_table", columns, null, null, null, null, null);
// Create String array according to the number of rows returned.
String[] places = new String[c.getCount()];
// loop through all rows setting the respective places element with the
// value obtained from the Cursor
while (c.moveToNext) {
places[c.getPosition()] = csr.getString(csr.getColumnIndex("place1"));
}
csr.close(); // Should always close a Cursor
return places;

How to store a row from a cursor

I want to pull a row from a data-filled cursor and store it in another object for other use.
my code:
SQLiteDatabase db = dbOpener.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor dataSet = db.query(WPTemplateDB.PRODUCT_TABLE,
null, //all columns
null, //where clause
null, //where clause args
null, null, null);//groupBy, having, orderBy
while (dataSet.moveToNext()){
Product product = new Product(dataSet);
pArray.add(product);
}
my storing object:
public Product(Cursor cursor){
productData = cursor;
}
public String getData(String column){
Log.d(column, productData.getColumnIndex(column)+"");
return productData.getString(productData.getColumnIndex(column));
}
Now, I am facing an error of "index 10 requested with a size of 10". What can I do to this?

Don't should using cursor is contructors for Product objects. It will leak memory because cursor must close when not use.
You should read data from cursor then send data to contructor Product like:
String productName = cursor.getString(0);// 0 is column name
......
cursor.close();
Product product = new Product(name);

Indexes are zero-based. It means that is size is 10, max index will be 9. From the code you've posted, everything is fine, so the error in some other place of your code.

Actually, this answer is inspired from #cuasodayleo, I just translate it to be another code.
SQLiteDatabase db = dbOpener.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor dataSet = db.query(WPTemplateDB.PRODUCT_TABLE,
new String[]{WPTemplateDB.PRODUCT_ID},
null, //where clause
null, //where clause args
null, null, null);//groupBy, having, orderBy
while (dataSet.moveToNext()){
Product product = new Product(dataSet.getInt(0), db);
pArray.add(product);
}
dataSet.close();
The Product object:
public Product(int pid, SQLiteDatabase db){
productData = db.query(WPTemplateDB.PRODUCT_TABLE,
null, //all columns
WPTemplateDB.PRODUCT_ID+"=?", //where clause
new String[]{pid+""}, //where clause args
null, null, null);//groupBy, having, orderBy
}
public String getData(String column){
Log.d("count", productData.getCount()+"");
if (productData.getCount()>0){
Log.d(column, productData.getColumnIndex(column)+"");
productData.moveToFirst();
return productData.getString(productData.getColumnIndex(column));
} else {
return null;
}
}

Android- Getting a single value from a database table using cursor

I'm using cursors to retrieve data from a database. I know how to retrieve entire columns to use on listviews and such, but I'm struggling to find a way to retrieve a single value.
Let's say I have a table with two columns ("_id" and "Name") and I have ten records (rows) in that table. How would I get, for example, the Name in the third row? Considering I defined a cursor that reads that table:
public Cursor getMyNameInfo() {
SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();
SQLiteQueryBuilder qb = new SQLiteQueryBuilder();
String sqlTables = "MyNames";
qb.setTables(sqlTables);
Cursor c = qb.query(db, null, null, null,
null, null, null);
c.moveToFirst();
return c;
}

Instead of c.moveToFirst() use c.moveToPosition(2) (Cursor indexes are zero-based hence '2' is the third record).
Remember to check that the Cursor has valid data first though.
EDIT:
Once you've moved the cursor to the 3rd record as I explain above, use the following to just get the value of the "Name" column.
String theName = c.getString(getColumnIndex("Name"));

Cursor cursor = dbHelper.getdata();
System.out.println("colo" + cursor.getColumnCount() + ""
+ cursor.getCount());
cursor.moveToFirst();
if (cursor != null) {
while (cursor.isAfterLast() == false) {
String chktitle = title.trim().toString();
String str = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("title"));
System.out.println("title :: "
+ cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("title")));
System.out.println("date :: "
+ cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("date")));
System.out.println("desc :: "
+ cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("desc")));
if (chktitle.equals(str) == true) {
tvAddfavorite.setText("Remove Favorite");
break;
}
cursor.moveToNext();
}
}
cursor.close();

Add a WHERE clause:
qb.appendWhere("_id = 2");

Thanks to the answers above I created the following method to give the value of an item from another column but in the same row.
public String getValueFromColumn(int position, String tableName, String columnToGetValueFrom) {
SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();
SQLiteQueryBuilder qb = new SQLiteQueryBuilder();
qb.setTables(tableName);
Cursor c = qb.query(db, null, null, null,
null, null, null);
c.moveToPosition(position);
String neededValue = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(columnToGetValueFrom));
return neededValue;
}
Hope it helps anyone.