Question

How to compare text fields? My column name is Semester and there is an entry "V" in it.

Cursor result =
    db.rawQuery("Select * from bookTable where Semester like 'V';",null);
if(result.moveToFirst()) {
    do {
        if(name==null) {
           name= result.getString(3);
        } else {
            name+= result.getString(3);
    } while(result.moveToNext());
} else {
    name="no value";
}   
return name;

it returns "no value" in name string.

Answer 1

change your sql query:

Cursor result =
db.rawQuery("Select * from bookTable where Semester = 'V'",null);