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Holly
Holly

Reputation: 1976

How can i check to see if my sqlite table has data in it?

EDIT, Changed the code slightly based on answers below, but still haven't got it working. I also added a log message to tell me if getCount was returning > 0, and it was, so i supect somthing might be wrong with my query? or my use of the cursor..

I've created a table, and i want to check if its empty or not, if it's empty i want to run some insert statements (that are stored in an array).

Below is my code, while i have no errors, when i pull the .db file out i can see that it doesn't work. How would you approach this problem? 

public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
        Log.i("DB onCreate", "Creating the database...");//log message
        db.execSQL(createCATBUDTAB);
        db.execSQL(createTWOWEETAB);
        try{
            Cursor cur = db.rawQuery("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CAT_BUD_TAB", null);
        if (cur.getCount() > 0){
            Log.i("DB getCount", " getcount greater than 0");//log message
            //do nothing everything's as it should be
        }
        else{//put in these insert statements contained in the array
            Log.i("DB getCount", " getcount less than 0, should read array");//log message
            for(int i=0; i<13; i++){
                db.execSQL(catInsertArray[i]);
            }
        }
        }catch(SQLiteException e){System.err.println("Exception @ rawQuery: " + e.getMessage());}
    }

Sorry if this is a pretty stupid question or approach, i'm new to all this. Any answers much appreciated!

Upvotes: 13

Views: 51562

Answers (13)

Mohd Zaid
Mohd Zaid

Reputation: 719

for java programs this worked for me:

    ResultSet rst = stm.executeQuery("SELECT * from Login");
           int i = 0;
           while(rst.next()){
               ++i;
               System.out.println(i);
           }
           System.out.println(i);
           if(i<1){
               //No data in the table
           }
           else{
               //data exists
           }

Upvotes: 1

Mahesh Uligade
Mahesh Uligade

Reputation: 627

public boolean isEmpty(String TableName){

SQLiteDatabase database = this.getReadableDatabase();
return (int) DatabaseUtils.queryNumEntries(database,TableName) == 0;
}

Upvotes: 0

Joacer
Joacer

Reputation: 568

Another alternative to the one already mentioned would be to use the function queryNumEntries from de class DatabaseUtils.

An example may be as follows:

public boolean checkEmpty(SQLiteDatabase db, String table){
        return DatabaseUtils.queryNumEntries(db, table) == 0;
}

Upvotes: 1

DeathRs
DeathRs

Reputation: 1120

Use this:

public Boolean doesRecordExist(String TableName, String ColumnName, String ColumnData) {
    String q = "Select * FROM "+TableName+" WHERE "+ColumnName+"='"+ColumnData+"';";
    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(q, null);
    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

Example

if (doesRecordExist("student", "name", "John") == true)
 {
 //Do Something
 } else { //Do something
 }

Modify This according to your usage:

String q = "Select * FROM "+TableName+" WHERE "+ColumnName+"='"+ColumnData+"';";

Upvotes: 0

Diego Fortes
Diego Fortes

Reputation: 9790

My app was crashing trying the above codes, so I did this and now it's working perfectly!

public boolean checkIfEmpty()
{
    Cursor cursor = getDatabase().query(DatabaseHelper.Products.TABLE,
            DatabaseHelper.Products.COLUMNS, null, null, null, null, null);

    if (cursor != null)
    {
        try
        {
            //if it is empty, returns true.
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            if (cursor.getInt(0) == 0)
                return true;
            else
                return false;
        }

        //this error usually occurs when it is empty. So i return true as well. :)
        catch(CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
        {
            return true;
        }

    }
    return false;
}

Upvotes: 0

MCR
MCR

Reputation: 1643

Here's what I did...

Cursor cur = db.rawQuery("SELECT count(*) FROM " + SQLHelper.TABLE_CART, null);
if (cur != null && cur.moveToFirst() && cur.getInt(0) > 0) {
    Log.i(getClass().getName(), "table not empty");
} 
else {
    Log.i(getClass().getName(), "table is empty");
}

Upvotes: 0

Manish Dubey
Manish Dubey

Reputation: 4306

You can check it manually :

  1. Go to DDMS in File Explorer. /data/data/(your application package)/databases Here you'll get your database file. And if you want to see inserted values in table.

  2. Copy adb, aapt, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll files from platform_tools to tools folder.

  3. Then Open Command Prompt and set your path to "Tools" directory where your android setup exist. It look like as :- (Local Drive):\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools

  4. After set path you'll write command "adb shell" without quotes. E:\Developers\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools> adb shell

  5. Press Enter and write path of DDMS told above:- # sqlite3 /data/data/(Your Application Package)/databases/name of database

  6. Press Enter sqlite>.tables

  7. Press Enter And you'll get all table's name existing in that database.

sqlite> Select * from table name

All data exists in that table will show.

For any further query feel free to comment.

Upvotes: 1

paxdiablo
paxdiablo

Reputation: 881093

The query SELECT COUNT(*) on an existing table should never return null. If there are no rows in the table, it should return one row containing the value zero.

Conversely, a row with a non-zero value indicates that it's not empty.

In both cases, one row should be returned, meaning that it will always go through the

//do nothing everything's as it should be

section.

To fix it, leave your query as-is (you don't want to do select column_name simply because that would be unnecessary and possibly a little inefficient). Leave it as select count(*), which will always return one row, and use the following code (tested only in my head so be careful):

Cursor cur = db.rawQuery("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CAT_BUD_TAB", null);
if (cur != null) {
    cur.moveToFirst();                       // Always one row returned.
    if (cur.getInt (0) == 0) {               // Zero count means empty table.
        for (int i = 0; i < 13; i++) {
            db.execSQL (catInsertArray[i]);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 30

bellum
bellum

Reputation: 3710

What about this query?

SELECT CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * FROM CAT_BUD_TAB) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END

It's slightly faster that SELECT COUNT(*).

P.S. Checked on tables with 9 million rows.

Upvotes: 2

Jimmy
Jimmy

Reputation: 11

My way of checking was something like this:

Cursor cursor = db.query(DbHelper.DB_NAME,DbHelper.DB_C_ID_ONLY,null,null,null,null,null);
if(cursor.isAfterLast())

I get the _id entries which in my case are auto-increment. If the DB is empty, isAfterLast for sure returns true.

Upvotes: 1

flowoverstack
flowoverstack

Reputation: 1218

you mean if it has record right ? i've tried this and for me it's work

    dbCur = db.rawQuery("select * from player", null);
    Log.e("a", ""+dbCur.getCount());

it will show the sum of the table, if the table doesn't have record, then it will show 0.

Upvotes: 2

Varun
Varun

Reputation: 33983

As paxdiablo said, the cursor will not be null. What you can do is try like this:

if (cur != null && cur.getCount() > 0){
     // do nothing, everything's as it should be
}

EDIT

Actually i had used the db.query() and it worked for me. I did this.

cursor = db.query(TABLE_NAME, new String[] { KEY_TYPE }, null, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor != null && cursor.getCount() > 0)
{
   retVal = true;
}

TABLE_NAME is my table and KEY_TYPE was my columnname

Upvotes: 5

ccheneson
ccheneson

Reputation: 49410

The rawQuery returns a Cursor object which is positioned before the first entry (See more info here) SELECT COUNT(*) will always return a result (considering the table exists)

So I would do:

if (cur != null){
    cur.moveToFirst();
    if (cur.getInt(0) == 0) {
      // Empty 
    }

}

Upvotes: 7

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