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SQLite no such column error

Hi can anyone please help me with below error in android sqlite ? really appreciate!
Caused by: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: no such column: House (code 1): , while compiling: select * from category where category =House
below is part of my code in which I have inserted "House" in the table
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
String CREATE_CATEGORY_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE category( " +
"_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
"category TEXT UNIQUE)";
db.execSQL(CREATE_CATEGORY_TABLE);
}
public void addCategory(String name){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
cv.put("category", name);
db.insert(CATEGORY_TABLE, // table
null, //nullColumnHack
cv); // key/value -> keys = column names/ values = column values
db.close();}
public List getCategory(){
List<String> list=new LinkedList();
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor =
db.rawQuery("select * from category where category =house" , null);
// 3. if we got results get the first one
if (cursor != null)
cursor.moveToFirst();
do {
String s = (cursor.getString(1));
list.add(s);
}while (cursor.moveToNext());
return list;
}

You need to wrap house with single quotes
db.rawQuery("select * from category where category = 'house'" , null);

In my case error was in trigger I wrote on table insert and update

Android sqlite - cursor count not 0 on empty table

I have the following code in a bigger project:
final class DBlifetimeStatisticsHandler{ //implements DBvalueHandler<Cyclist, Double>{
private final String TAG = getClass().getName();
private static final boolean debug = true;
private final DBminMaxAvgHandler dbMinMaxAvgHandler = new DBminMaxAvgHandler();
// table name
private static final String TABLE_LIFETIME_STATISTICS = "lifetime_statistics";
// column names
private static final String KEY_LIFETIME_STATISTICS_ID = "lifetime_statistics_id";
private static final String KEY_MIN_MAX_AVG = "min_max_avg";
// table create statement
private static final String CREATE_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE "
+ TABLE_LIFETIME_STATISTICS + "("
+ KEY_LIFETIME_STATISTICS_ID + " LONG PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,"
+ KEY_MIN_MAX_AVG + " LONG"
+ ")";
public void onCreateTable(SQLiteDatabase db) {
db.execSQL(CREATE_TABLE);
}
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db) {
db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + TABLE_LIFETIME_STATISTICS);
onCreateTable(db);
}
public long addValue(SQLiteDatabase db, Statistics Statistics ) {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
long ID = getLatestID(db)+1;
values.put(KEY_STATISTICS_ID, ID);
... //not important to the question
}
private long getLatestID(SQLiteDatabase db){
String selectQuery = "SELECT MAX(" + KEY_STATISTICS_ID +") FROM " + TABLE_STATISTICS;
Cursor c = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
c.moveToFirst();
int id = 0;
Log.e("count", String.valueOf(c.getCount()));
if (c.moveToFirst()){
...
}
return id;
}
}
After I updated the table it is created again. So when I try to add a new value I had problems cause it always jumped into the if clause because c.moveToFirst() always returned true.
So I tried to tried to check if c.getCount() would return true but sadly it does always return 1. So the question is: Why would it return 1 on an empty table? (I do use Questoid SQLite Browser and the table is really empty)

You use aggregate function MAX, so read documentation:
There are two types of simple SELECT statement - aggregate and non-aggregate queries. A simple SELECT statement is an aggregate query if it contains either a GROUP BY clause or one or more aggregate functions in the result-set.
An aggregate query without a GROUP BY clause always returns exactly one row of data, even if there are zero rows of input data.

It might be some kind of a buggy behavior when using MAX. Check this link too Android database (SQLite) returns a non-empty cursor from an empty table

this is my solution
public Boolean isNotEmpty(){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_STATISTICS, null);
while (cursor.moveToNext() ) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

You are getting a result with one row in your Cursor because that is what you requested.
The result is a single column called MAX with a value that will be the max id of all the rows in your table. In your case of an empty table, this value is null.

I am using group by to resolve this. Please check my example :
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE isSynced=0 group by isSynced

I resolve this probme this way:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS numero, MAX(tagua_lagps) as tmp_max_lagps, MAX(tagua_logps) as tmp_max_logps, MIN(tagua_lagps) as tmp_min_lagps, MIN(tagua_logps) as tmp_min_logps FROM TAB_AGUA
On empty table, c.getCount(); gives 1 but values are NULL. But numero (c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("numero")) has a value of 0.
So rather than checking c.getCount() you must check the result of count(*).

How to get execute query string in sqlite for android?

I am using sqlite
i want to print the query executed in db to insert
here is my code
// for SAving Ocean/Air sales
public int saveOrder(Order odr) throws SQLException {
SQLiteDatabase db = con.getWritableDatabase();
int ordrId = 0;
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put("cr_usr", odr.getCrUsr());
values.put("cr_ts", odr.getCrTs().toString());
values.put("eat_mst_cust_id", odr.getEatMstCustId());
values.put("ordr_dt", odr.getOrdrDt().toString());
String selectQuery = "SELECT last_insert_rowid()";
try {
// Inserting Row
db.insertOrThrow("eat_ordr", null, values);---getting error here for constraint failed
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
ordrId = cursor.getInt(0);
db.close();
} finally {
db.close();
}
return ordrId;
}
I am not getting any error but row is failed to insert bcz it returns 0 for idvalue
so i want to see executed query how to get that query?
here is my table structure
CREATE TABLE "eat_ordr" ("eat_ordr_id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL ,
"eat_mst_cust_id" VARCHAR NOT NULL REFERENCES "eat_mst_cust"("eat_mst_cust_id"),
"ordr_no" VARCHAR NOT NULL UNIQUE ,
"ordr_dt" DATETIME NOT NULL ,
"ordr_stat" VARCHAR NOT NULL ,
"last_sync_ts" DATETIME,
"cr_ts" DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, "md_ts" DATETIME, "cr_usr" VARCHAR, "md_usr" VARCHAR)

The insertOrThrow documentation says:
Returns
the row ID of the newly inserted row
So this can be done much easier:
ordrId = db.insertOrThrow("eat_ordr", null, values);

Can't stop table from autoincrement id when insert unique field

I have a table with 2 columns, a numeric id and unique text. Created like this:
String CREATE_MY_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_TEST + "("
+ KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,"
+ KEY_FOO + " TEXT UNIQUE"
+ ")";
db.execSQL(CREATE_MY_TABLE);
I want that when I insert KEY_FOO value and it's already in the db, nothing happens. But what I get is that the id is always incremented. No new row is inserted, that's good, but the id is autoincremented.
What I'm doing to insert is as follows:
db.insertWithOnConflict(TABLE_TEST , null, values, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_NONE);
I tried CONFLICT_IGNORE, CONFLICT_ABORT, CONFLICT_ROLLBACK, all the same.
The reason I need this is because other table has a foreign key on this id, thus if the id is changed, the other table points nowhere.
How I just say to let the existing entry untouched?

Try this way. In your dbhelper class write the method like following to insert.
public int insertData(String desc) {
db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
try {
db.beginTransaction();
cv.put(KEY_FOO, desc);
db.insertOrThrow(TABLE_TEST, null, cv);
db.setTransactionSuccessful();
} catch (Exception ex) {
return 1;
} finally {
db.endTransaction();
db.close();
}
return 0;
}
Then from your actvity you call this method with the parameter value of KEY_FOO. This method will return 1 if the exception is occurs (If you try insert a unique value) and it will return 0 if the transaction is successfull.
I hope this way will help you. Let me know if any problem.

Android: SQLite, small issue with inserting and query

I am developing my first application which contains an SQLite database, containing table ANIMAL which has the columns _id, animal_name, animal_bio.
The user is presented with animal names in a ListView; selecting an animal will bring him/her to a page where he/she can view the animals bio.
The problem I'm having is:
When I add the bio of each animal to the DB - no errors.
However, running the app causes the ListView (previously working) to display a blank screen.
My Insertion code:
public long populateDB(){
ContentValues initialValues = new ContentValues();
long[] rowIds = new long[animalName.length];
// Populate the animal table
for(int i = 0; i < animalName.length; i++){
initialValues.put(KEY_ANIMALNAME, animalName[i]);
initialValues.put(KEY_BIOGRAPHY, bio[i]);
rowIds[i] = qmDB.insert(ANIMAL_TABLE, null, initialValues);
}
return rowIds[0];
}
And the create database statement
private static final String DATABASE_CREATE =
"create table " + ANIMAL_TABLE +
" (_id integer primary key autoincrement, " +
"animal_name text not null, " +
"biography text not null);";
I cannot see anything wrong with this code, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful.
EDIT: Retrieving animals code
public Cursor retrieveAnnimals(){
return qmDB.query(ANIMAL_TABLE, new String[] {
KEY_ROWID,
KEY_ANIMALNAME,
},
null,
null,
null,
null,
ORDER_BY_NAME);
}
Calling the create and insert from application, this takes place in the ListActivity, called ListAnimals:
dbm = new MyDBManager();
dbm.open();
dbm.deleteTable();
dbm.populateTable();
myCursor = dbm.retrieveAnimals();