Question

I get an error when trying to insert into TABLE_EVENTS but no problem inserting/querying TABLE_CONTACTS. Here is my create string:

 private static final String DATABASE_CREATE = 

            "create table "+ TABLE_CONTACTS + "( " + COLUMN_CONTACTS_LOOKUP
            + " text primary key, " + COLUMN_CONTACTS_ADDED
            + " real not null);" +

            " create table "+ TABLE_EVENTS +"( "+ COLUMN_ID +" integer primary key autoincrement, "+
            COLUMN_EVENTS_TITLE + " text not null, "+COLUMN_EVENTS_START_TIME+" real not null, "+
            COLUMN_EVENTS_END_TIME+ " real, "+COLUMN_EVENTS_TYPE+" integer not null, "+COLUMN_EVENTS_START_LONG+" integer, "+
            COLUMN_EVENTS_START_LAT+" integer);";

Called with

public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db){
            db.execSQL(DATABASE_CREATE);
        }

And my insert is

public long createEvent(String title, long start, long end, int type, int long_, int lat){
        ContentValues initialValues = new ContentValues();
        initialValues.put(COLUMN_EVENTS_TITLE, title);
        initialValues.put(COLUMN_EVENTS_START_TIME, start);
        initialValues.put(COLUMN_EVENTS_END_TIME, end);
        initialValues.put(COLUMN_EVENTS_TYPE, type);
        initialValues.put(COLUMN_EVENTS_START_LAT, lat);
        initialValues.put(COLUMN_EVENTS_START_LONG, long_);

        return  mDb.insert(TABLE_EVENTS, null, initialValues);
    }

Answer 1

This is because the SQLiteDatabase class only allows one CREATE statement in your DATABASE_CREATE string. If you want to create more than one table, the trick is to prepare multiple creation strings, then call them one by one in your onCreate method:

public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db)
{
  db.execSQL(DATABASE_CREATE_CONTACTS_TABLE);
  db.execSQL(DATABASE_CREATE_EVENTS_TABLE);
}

You’re getting an error because your events table was never created.