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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;

Exception on getting cal log from android device

I was trying to get call logs from android device by using the code from here.
Cursor c = managedQuery(allCalls, null, null, null, null);
String num= c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.NUMBER));// for number
String name= c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.CACHED_NAME));// for name
String duration = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION));// for duration
int type = Integer.parseInt(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.TYPE)));//
and getting an exception as:
android.database.CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index -1 requested, with a size of 500
Can anyone help me on this?
Thanks

Can you try this?
Pass new String[]{"*"} as a projection instead of null.
Cursor c = managedQuery(allCalls, new String[]{"*"}, null, null, null);

I got the answer after trying this code
Cursor c = managedQuery(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, null,null, null, null);
int durationIndex = c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION);
String duration="";
while (c.moveToNext()) {
duration = c.getString(durationIndex);
}
number and name is not required for me, but we can get that too using the same way.

Android database query with multiple selection

I know how to query for a single selection with the following:
Cursor cursor = database.query(true, TABLE, COLUMNS, "name = ?", new String[]{"Bob"},null,null,null,null);
But suppose I want to make a function as follows:
public Cursor queryNames(String[] names)
where the function returns a cursor where the name = names[0] OR name = names[1] ... etc. So for example, if I called the function queryNames(new String[] {"Alice","Bob","Charlie"}), the function should return a cursor where the name is any of the three (Alice, Bob, or Charlie). How would I write this? Thanks!

Your method might want to look like this:
public Cursor queryNames(String[] names) {
SQLiteDatabase mDb = this.getReadableDatabase();
String whereStatement = "";
for(int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
if (i != (names.length - 1))
whereStatement = whereStatement + "name = ? OR "
else
whereStatement = whereStatement + "name = ?"
Cursor cursor = mDb.query(true, TABLE, COLUMNS, whereStatement, names, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor != null)
cursor.moveToFirst();
mDb.close();
return cursor;
}
Hope this helps!

try:
Cursor cursor = db.query(true, TABLE, COLUMNS, "name IN (?)", new String[]{" 'moe', 'larry', 'curly'"}, null, null, null, null);
It would probably be best to build the String[] separately than to guess at the number of names.
Enclose the whole thing in double quotes, the individual names in single quotes, comma-separated.

Why WHERE work incorrect

I write
Cursor c = db.query("contacts", null, "label <> ?", new String[]{cons.LABEL_SKIP}, null, null, "name");
cons.LABEL_SKIP equals Skipped;
I want to select data base lines whose label not equals Skipped, but answer comes empty.

Try it this way
Cursor c = db.query("contacts", null, "label != ?",
new String[] { cons.LABEL_SKIP });

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.