I have a database in which i have created one table with name "SectionDetails".
In this table i have set "id" as a primary key with AUTOINCREMENT property.And i am inserting my data into this table.
However, i came to the scenario where i need to check if record i am inserting is already present or not(if record is present then replace it with same values or skip it,And if record is not present then insert new one ).
But when i tried to insert record with same column values, it increases the primary key and insert the same row again instead of replacing.
So, my question is-
Does sqlite "insert or replace" works with AUTOINCREMENT primary key?
I am using following query:
insert or replace into SectionDetails(Name,Month,Title,Url)values('Deepak',"August","None","www.dd619.com")
here column "id" is not appearing because its a primary key with AUTOINCREMENT property.
You will need to add some unique constraints to your other columns to make this work and even then you will have your IDs change.
insert or replace is really an insert with on conflict replace conflict resolution strategy. That is, when the insert would violate some constraint, all conflicting rows are first deleted and the insert takes place only then. The autoincrement mechanism will then generate a new ID value for you.
For more information: http://www.sqlite.org/lang_conflict.html
Short answer: no it does not.
The "insert or replace" only works well when you also specify the primary key. With the autoincrement in a setup that you describe, this cannot work.
Probably the quickest way to do that is by creating a custom insert/update method for your use case.
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I am making an Android App in which there is a List of Users.
And for that I am having a Users table where i am maintaining users' id using AUTO_INCREMENT
db.execSQL("create table Users (u_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL, u_name TEXT , u_username text)");
Now my problem is that when i am trying to delete a user from database through ListView.
But after deleting the sequence order is like this : 1,2,4,5,7
So how can i rearrange the AUTO_INCREMENT column to : 1,2,3,4,5 like this.
How to query this thing in SQLite database.
Please help Me, i am stuck.
AUTO_INCREMENT will always increment by one from the last inserted record, no matter if that record still exists or not. if a sequential ordering without gaps is what you want, auto incremental ID is not the proper way to achieve that. Add another int field where you manually keep track of this ordering.
Say I have table Book and table Page. Say that table Page has book's dbId as a foreign key. When I do an INSERT OR REPLACE on a Book row, does that change the dbId of the book?
Say the book is title="Song of Songs", author="King Solomon",pages=50" say that I want to change the title of the book and that will lead to replacement of the row. So the question is: will the replace cause the dbId of the book to change? I imagine it shouldn't, but I just don't know.
So this is about ON CONFLICT REPLACE
The documentation says about INSERT OR REPLACE:
When a UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY constraint violation occurs, the REPLACE algorithm deletes pre-existing rows that are causing the constraint violation prior to inserting the current row and the command continues executing normally.
If the new dbId has the same value as the old one, it does not change (obviously). But if the constraint violation happens in another column, the new dbId might have a different value (especially if it's an autoincrementing column).
For implementing your idea :
1:) First get to foreign key from the first table using select query.
2:) then create a function with a parameter through which you can pass this foreign key in process of getting relevant data using the foreign key from the foreign table.
3:) Now use below query for fetching to related data using that key-
databaseObject.update(TABLE_NAME, values, COLOMN_NAME + " = ?",
Array_of_replacing_values);
i am getting information from user in sqlite database.
But when i insert same record which is already in database it is added again.
how i can stop duplication of record in sqlite. I am developing this in android.
I am using mobile number as primary key. still it add that record in database.
Please suggest me appropriate solutions.
Thanks in advanced.
Be aware of the limitations of REPLACE or INSERT OR REPLACE as these will overwrite any custom data your app user has added to these rows in the database - it is not as advanced as UPSERT in other SQL databases.
As mentioned in a previous post you really need to identify what the primary key could be and use this information to either update old data or to remove an old row before inserting the fresh one.
If this is not possible then you could always DELETE FROM my_table or DROP my_table before running the insertions so that there will be no duplicates. This will (for better or worse) also make sure that data that is missing from new imports is not left lying around in your app.
make sure you have set your phone number as Primary Key at the time you created the table.
for example:
String query = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS PhoneBook ("+
"TelNum VARCHAR(100) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,"+
"Address TEXT);";
db.execSQL(query);
and in case you want to enforce foreign keys defined in your table then call the following method before doing anything in your database
db.execSQL("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;"); //enforcing FK
Use REPLACE INTO keyword:
REPLACE INTO my_table (pk_id, col1) VALUES (5, '123');
This automatically identifies the primary key and finds a matching row to update, inserting a new one if none is found.
Can anyone tell me how to declare a composite primary key in Android 1.6 which includes an autoincrement _id column? I'm not sure of the syntax. I've ended up just enforcing it in Java when I try to add values (where registrationNumber + date has to be unique in the table):
Cursor fuelUpsCursor = getFuelUps(registrationNumber, date);
if(!fuelUpsCursor.moveToNext())
{
//add registrationNumber and date
}
I don't really need the _id column but it can make life tricky if tables don't have one.
Cheers,
Barry
Your question does not make much sense. Your subject line asks for a "composite foreign key", your first sentence asks for a "composite primary key" with an AUTOINCREMENT that your sample code then ignores.
I am going to interpret your question this way: You want an _ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT column in your table to be able to use Android's CursorAdapter, but you want to also make sure that the combination of two other columns is unique.
In that case, I think that you want to use a UNIQUE constraint:
Multiple Unique Columns in SQLite
SQLite table constraint - unique on multiple columns
http://sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html
I want to use constraints in SQLite.
Scenario: Stop parent delete if child is present.
How can I achieve that?
Corrected: SQLite supports foreign key constraints, but they're off by default. You have to enable them at run time with this statement. (That means you can't set this once, and expect it to stick. If you forget to set it just once, you can delete rows from the parent and leave orphans in the child table.)
sqlite> PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
Details are at Enabling Foreign Key Support
SQLite can be compiled with foreign key support entirely disabled. That's something to keep in mind.
Lets say you have table A (ID, NAME) and table B (ID, A_ID, NICK_NAME)
When you create table A you'd do
create table A (
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
NAME TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE
);
create table B (
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
A_ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
NICK_NAME TEXT,
CONSTRAINT A_FK FOREIGN KEY (A_ID) REFERENCES A (ID) ON DELETE RESTRICT
);
That should cause an error if you try to delete content from table A that is referenced by column B.
EDIT: as noted in the original poster's comment and my own following it, this apparently does not work. Anyone else shed light on this?