sqlite

Compiling SQLite into programs that run on Symbian 9.1 and above?

How can I use SQLite C API’s on any device running Symbian OS 9.1 or above? While it appears that 9.4 comes with SQLite built in prior versions do not. Looking at http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlites60/ it appears that sQLite has been ported to older Symbian releases. The only problem is this code assumes you want to use SQLite with ....

Installing Python 3.1.2 from source, how do you resolve the sqlite3-dev dependency?

Running ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty". When I run make I get the following error: Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules were not found: _sqlite3 So the easy solution is to just install the missing dependency using apt-get, "sudo apt-get -f install libsqlite3-dev" but I get the following error: The following...

Does SQLite multi column primary key need an additional index?

If I create a table like so: CREATE TABLE something (column1, column2, PRIMARY KEY (column1, column2)); Neither column1 nor column2 are unique by themselves. However, I will do most of my queries on column1. Does the multi column primary key create an index for both columns separately? I would think that if you specify a multi colum...

SQL - Count grouped entries and then get the max values grouped by date

I've got a sqlite table holding every played track in a row with played date/time Now I will count the plays of all artists, grouped by day and then find the artist with the max playcount per day. I used this Query SELECT COUNT(ARTISTID) AS artistcount, ARTIST AS artistname, strftime('%Y-%m-%d', playtime) AS day_played FRO...

Foreign Keys with SchemaExport in Fluent NHibernate using SQLite

I am attempting to create a simple database application which keeps track of loans of various types of equipment using Fluent NHibernate and SQLite. However, when I try to generate the database structure with SchemaExport for use in unit testing, foreign keys for one-to-many relationships aren't created. Here is my Equipment entity: pu...

How does one check if a table exists in an Android SQLite database?

I have an android app that needs to check if there's already a record in the database, and if not, process some things and eventually insert it, and simply read the data from the database if the data does exist. I'm using a subclass of SQLiteOpenHelper to create and get a rewritable instance of SQLiteDatabase, which I thought automatical...

What is the android_metadata table?

I try to integrate an existing database file into my Android project. I follow the instructions on this blog. They write that I have to add a table android_metadata with a column called locale and put en_US into it. I try to figure out what this table is used for. Because my database content is german. Maybe i then should not put en_U...

sqlite ERROR no such column

Hi, Does anyone here have some experience with this error? Only If I use the WHERE clause, I get this error. I use php PDO to get the results. And this is my simple table $sql = "CREATE TABLE samenvatting ( stem_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, poll_id TEXT, stem_waarde_id TEXT, totaal INTEGER )"; $crud-...

How often to run getWritableDatabase() and getReadableDatabase()?

I'm writing a Service, a Content Provider, and multiple apps. The Service writes new data to the Content Provider's SQLite database every 5 minutes or so plus at user input, and is intended to run pretty much forever in the background. The app, when running, will display data pulled from the Content Provider, and will be refreshed whenev...

How SQLite on Android handles long strings?

I'm wondering how Android's implementation of SQLite handles long Strings. Reading from online documentation on sqlite, it said that strings in sqlite are limited to 1 million characters. My strings are definitely smaller. I'm creating a simple RSS application, and after parsing a html document, and extracting text, I'm having problem s...

sqlite3 timestamp column

Hi I feel stupid, but I can't get a TIMESTAMP column to be shown in human understandable way in a SELECT. I could do that in MySQL, not in sqlite3. Could someone show me an example please? Thanks ...

Why does sqlite3_bind_int not appear to be working in my code?

Hi I am new to iphone, i tried to select the values from database i gave the conditions through sqlite3_bind_int() everything worksfine (ie. Database is opened) but when i compile the line sqlite3_step(statement) it is not fetching the values but according to my query it should fetch values. I dont know weather the values are binded. A...

How to get image URI

Hi I am developing a simple application. I have an image stored in sdcard. In one activity I am displaying that image using imageview.setImageUri() .... Now on clicking on that Image I want to retrieve uri of that image and want to store it in sqlite database... can anybody tell me how that is possible. ...

What are the disadvantages of VistaDB

I am looking into using a lightweight serverless database engine like SQLite, Firebird, or VistaDB in an upcoming project. Someone asked about What are the advantages of VistaDB. I would like to know what are the disadvantages of using VistaDB versus other technology? UPDATE: VistaDB out of business (the real disadvantage) I have jus...

Is this SQL select code following good practice?

I am using SQLite and will port to MySQL (5) later. I wanted to know if I am doing something I shouldn't be doing. I tried purposely to design so I'll compare to 0 instead of 1 (I changed hasApproved to NotApproved to do this, not a big deal and I haven't written any code). I was told I never need to write a subquery but I do here. My ...

Sqlite in Android one table or many tables

I am creating a application that requires to store multiple attributes, and it will look up DB while running (this means multiple DB lookups). This App. should have low overhead hence, I need your suggestion whether to create multiple columns in single table or multiple tables with minimum columns. ...

Simulating variable column names in sqlite

I want to store entries (a set of key=>value pairs) in a database, but the keys vary from entry to entry. I thought of storing with two tables, (1) of the keys for each entry and (2) of the values of specific keys for each entry, where entries share a common id field in both tables, but I am not sure how to pull entries as a key=>value ...

choosing between requery or firing the query again in SQLite

hi Friends, i have been using a SQLite database, Theres a situation where i have a list which displays all the "name" field data of a table "table1". Now i have a button to insert data in "table1". The list is populated using a simple cursor adapter which is passed a cursor "cursor1" populated with the data. "cursor1" is prepared using ...

Left Join problem with where AND

Here is some hardcoded syntax. IPAddr is an int, this is sqlite and will be ported to mysql. The syntax doesnt work with AND V.IPAddr <> 0. Possibly because V is a left join and may not exist (null?). How do I get it to to succeed when V == null || V.IPAddr <> Val? select Post.id, name, body, (select count() from Votes where id=P...

What do I need to use SQLite in Java?

I'm using SQLite for a simple attendance tracking application to be implemented in Java. I am using the driver found in http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc and I want to know if i need the dll's still or if i only need the jar i retrieved from the site. ...