Question

Here’s the statement:

NSString *sqlCmd = @"SELECT COUNT (*) FROM SiteData WHERE SITE_ID = '%@'", txtSiteID.text;

The error is: expected semicolon at end of declaration’. I don’t see the problem.

Would appreciate any help I can get on this one.

Answer 1

This should be:

NSString *sqlCmd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT COUNT (*) FROM SiteData WHERE SITE_ID = '%@'", txtSiteID.text];

Or

NSString *sqlCmd = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"SELECT COUNT (*) FROM SiteData WHERE SITE_ID = '%@'", txtSiteID.text]];

If you use ARC, you can use either method, otherwise, the first method gives you an autoreleased string, and the second method gives you a string with a retain count of 1 and that you have to release at some point.