Question

I have a sqlite query:

rawQuery("select * from ? where ?=?", new String[] {
                DBTABLE_PROFILE, KEY_PROFILE_ID, Integer.toString(profileID) });

But Android gives me

E/AndroidRuntime(7323): Caused by: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException:   
near "?": syntax error (code 1): , while compiling: select * from ? where ?=?

I tested which ? was causing problems and it turned out to be the first one. If I change it to

"select * from profile where ?=?"

it doesn’t FC.

SO, can table names be substitued with ‘?’?

[EDIT]:

There is a work-around to achieve rawQuery-like functionality without the limitations. See my answer below.

Answer 1

No. The only parameters that you should be substituted with ? are the query variables, not table names and not column names.

The correct query is:

rawQuery("select * from " + DBTABLE_PROFILE + " where " + KEY_PROFILE_ID + "=?",
            new String[] { Integer.toString(profileID) });