Question

I get data from my DB using

cursor = db.query("WebLeadMaster", select, "condition1="+conditionVal1+
" and condition2="+ConditionVal2,null, null, null, "RegistrationTime DESC");

I am getting the data in my cursor alright. To display the data, i use the following code:

    SimpleCursorAdapter mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, 
            R.layout.resultleadlookup, cursor, columns, to); 
    mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    lstResult.setAdapter(mAdapter);

So, I cannot modify the contents of the cursor. The sort query has condition “RegistrationTime” which is a String data type. As you can see in the image below, it is not in a proper sorted format. (not according to date-time).

What changes should i make in my code so that it would sort properly according to date-time?

If i alter my DB query, to look like

cursor = db.query("WebLeadMaster", select, "condition1="+conditionVal1+
" and condition2="+ConditionVal2,null, null, null, null);

it gives an ascending order. All i want it the descending order.

Answer 1

Well, i changed my table structure. I added another field “_id” to it. Set the property as AUTO INCREMENT to it, and sorted the list with respect to _id field.