Question

I have a SQLite table in my android app which has a “MODIFIED” column. It basically stores when (date and time) the current row was first inserted or updated.

If i use update() function of SQLite DB in android, I can’t figure out how to put a datetime value in the ContentValues parameter.

If I use execSql() method, i can use the DATETIME() sql function to get the current time is set it to the “MODIFIED” column. But this function does not have a return value. I wouldn’t know if the update was successful or not.

Anyone who has any suggestions?

Answer 1

Another approach is to create a ‘TRIGGER’ that updates MODIFIED automatically on each ‘UPDATE’ with SQLite itself, read about it here.