Question

I am trying to query all the columns in a table into one long text view and/or string. I know this might not be the right way to do things but I have to do this. Correct me if I am wrong, I was under the impression that move next would get the next column in the row:

Cursor c = db.get();
if(c.moveToFirst){
  do{
    string = c.getString(0);
  }while(c.moveToNext);
}

I thought that this would get the first column and display all of its contents instead I get the first column and first row. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better or real way to get this information without using a ListView?

Answer 1

For clarity a complete example would be as follows which I trust is of interest. As code comments indicated we essentially iterate over database rows and then columns to form a table of data as per database.

    Cursor cursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null,
            null);

    //if the cursor isnt null we will essentially iterate over rows and then columns
    //to form a table of data as per database.
    if (cursor != null) {

        //more to the first row
        cursor.moveToFirst();

        //iterate over rows
        for (int i = 0; i < cursor.getCount(); i++) {

            //iterate over the columns
            for(int j = 0; j < cursor.getColumnNames().length; j++){ 

                //append the column value to the string builder and delimit by a pipe symbol
                stringBuilder.append(cursor.getString(j) + "|"); 
            }
            //add a new line carriage return
            stringBuilder.append("\n");

            //move to the next row
            cursor.moveToNext();
        }
        //close the cursor
        cursor.close();
    }