Question

I am passing string to the below code and it gives error :

Error: 08-24 12:57:55.583: E/AndroidRuntime(11640): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException:    near "RAMDEV": syntax error: , while compiling: SELECT chnno FROM EPG WHERE title = BABA RAMDEV KA YOGA

My code is here:

public String SearchChnNo(String title){

    String selectQuery = "SELECT " + chn_no + " FROM " + EPG + " WHERE " + pgm_title + " = " + title ; //error

    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
    String chnno = cursor.getString(1);
    return chnno;

}

Answer 1

Expecting pgm_title is String you have to put title in Single Quotes,

pgm_title + " = '" + title+"'"

So, your final query would be,

String selectQuery = "SELECT " + chn_no + " FROM " + EPG + " WHERE " + 
                                             pgm_title + " = '" + title+"'" ;