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How to reset previously updated rows and update the selected rows with only one query?

I have table that for the specified rows with specified ids need to change the value, while for previously selected rows should be reset.
Do I need to reset the whole table and then update for specified rows. is there any option to update table with only one query.
I'm using room persistence on android

Like any database standard, Room Update and Delete are separate operation types.
Then maybe you can try to execute Trigger if you need mixed operation (thread about trigger).
But for what reason do you have to execute this two operations in a same query ?

Insert, Update and Delete from a SQLite Database (Android)

I already have a SQLite Database setup which I am using as cache for the Android application. The application does a HTTP Request and gets back a List of objects which I can insert into the db. After the first request, if I do anymore requests, how do all of the following in a better way:
1) insert all new objects from the list
2) update all objects that were already in the db
3) delete all rows that were not there in the latest list of objects.
I know that options 1 and 2 can be done using the "INSERT OR UPDATE" query. How can I manage the 3rd option efficiently?
Right now my approach is to delete all from table and then insert all. But that isn't very efficient. Any ideas how to improve it?

For that you can use the ids of the rows. For doing that first retrieve all the rows which you want to delete using SELECT query and add it a temporary arraylist, then use for loop over the arraylist to delete all those rows by using DELETE query.

You should do your operations using the applyBatch() method of the ContentProvider (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentProvider.html#applyBatch(java.util.ArrayList)).
You can perform this method in a separate thread asynchronously so that you do not block anything else. You will have to create a list of ContentProviderOperations. In fact, you only need to specify the ones you need to insert or update within the ArrayList and implement the applyBatch() method such that it will automatically delete the rest of the entries in the database.
To answer your question about how to delete the entries not in the table, the logical assumption would be to search through your data sequentially and then delete the ones that do not need to exist.

I guess the intention is to refresh the Http request result set saved in the database. So I think the most efficient way is do a transaction or batch operation to delete all rows from the table first and then insert the new rows. A transaction might be better so that the result rows are either all new or all old, but not mixed.

Android SQLite: How to update one column of all records with different values

I found on Stack similar questions like this How to update an entire column in sqlite? But they don't explain me my how to solve my task.
Say, I have a db with 5 columns and 5 records in it. What i need is to update the last column "date" with the values of unix time that differs by 1 sec. So i need to put values 1406820974139, 1406820974140, 1406820974141, 1406820974142, 1406820974143, 1406820974144.
How to do it using ContentValues? As i got i have to loop five times to create new ContentValues object and update one record at a time (maybe using db.startTransaction() syntax).
My question is is there a way to put all values at a time into one ContentValues object and write in them into DB? Or maybe the better way is to use rawQuery using native SQL syntax as explained in How to update an entire column in sqlite?

In theory, it would be possible to put all the values into a single SQL statement:
UPDATE MyTable
SET date = CASE _id
WHEN 5 THEN 1406820974139
WHEN 17 THEN 1406820974140
WHEN 23 THEN 1406820974141
WHEN 69 THEN 1406820974142
WHEN 666 THEN 1406820974143
END;
However, just creating one ContentValues object for each row is easier than constructing this command.

so that we know which date should go to which row? what is the cririteria to differentiate the rows?
a relational db table is different from say an excel table. there is no implicit row order (if you always see the rows in the same order,you can consider it a kind of coincidence,you can not rely on this like you do in excel), in a db table you need to have a column(or a group of them) with unique values which you use in your queries to identify each of your records.
so you need to be more clear in your question. what date should go to which record (identified by what?). there is no implicit row number, if you want it, add an autoincrement PK column.
then you could for instance use something along the lines of
UPDATE table SET column5= 1406820974140+PKcolumn
where 1406820974140 is the start date you have to choose, depending on what you are up to

Use of Direct Queries in SQLite?

I am currently studying SQLite and I have found that it uses various classes like ContentValues for insertion and updation... I was wondering whether I have to follow the given way or can I write a normal SQL query and use db.execSQL() method to execute them?
Will it bring any inconsistency to my database because with these all "extra" steps doesnt it stop the flow of the query and I feel it would be faster if we use a query directly.

You can do any SQL command you want with db.execSQL except select command or any other SQL command that return data (you use db.rawQuery() for this). The classes used are helper classes that make it easy for you to manipulate DBs (try inserting 100 rows with 20 columns each using ContentValues and db.execSQL and you will get the point). For small tables it will not differ much (and you will not cause inconsistecies), however, for large tables with inputs that depend on user interface or use calculations, it might be useful to have a class like ContentValues with its helper methods.

Yes you can definitely use this way like using
myDB.execSQL("INSERT INTO MyTable VALUES ('fffff', 'numb', 20)");
to insert values but only when you are using database for small queries.
Also there are some flaws using direct methods which gets removed using ContentValues
For example,try to insert a blob into the database using this method ,you will get a null bitmap while converting the retrieved data to bitmap.But when you insert using ContentValues,you will get the correct data i.e you will be able to convert that into Bitmap.

"In place" update in Android SQLite database not working with rawQuery

I need to execute an "in place" update SQL Query on an SQLite database in my android application. The query is of the form:
update table T set column = column + 1 where someOtherColumn = aValue
I tried executing this query with SQLiteDatabase.rawQuery(updateQuery, "someOtherColumn = ?", new String{}[aValue]) but I find that the column is not incremented. When I run the same query with the usual SQLiteDatabase.update(...) it works fine, but this requires me to fetch the old column value, update it outside and then execute update() which is probably less efficient since it requires a select and then an update.
Is there some way I can update "in place" by using the first query?
Thanks.

Is there some way I can update "in place" by using the first query?
That's not a query. It's an UPDATE statement. It does not return a result set. Use it with execSQL(), not rawQuery().
but this requires me to fetch the old column value, update it outside and then execute update() which is probably less efficient since it requires a select and then an update
This is the way all SQL databases work. Now, those that offer stored procedures may be able to let you do an UPDATE and a SELECT in one request, but it is still an UPDATE and a SELECT. Furthermore, SQLite does not support stored procedures, at least when I last looked.