Question

I have this query in my database helper requesting a Google map URLstring,

public String getBeachMap(String id) {
    String[] args = {id};
    String strMap = getReadableDatabase().rawQuery("SELECT _id, BeachMap FROM Beach WHERE _id=?", args).toString();
    return(strMap);
}

And this in my activity,

theUrl = dbBeachHelper.getBeachMap(passedVar);      
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), theUrl, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

The passedVar is being sent through and I have no problem returning a cursor, but I just want a string, I think! theUrl has some random value in it! Am I close to receiving a string?

Cheers,

Mike.

Answer 1

I think

String strMap = getReadableDatabase().rawQuery("SELECT _id, BeachMap FROM Beach WHERE _id=?", args).toString();

returns human-readable description of this object

Have you tried this?

Cursor c = getReadableDatabase().rawQuery("SELECT _id, BeachMap FROM Beach WHERE _id=?", args);
    if(c.moveToNext()){
        return(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("BeachMap")));
    }
    c.close();