Question

I query certain tables of an sqlite database:

public Cursor showAllTables(){
        String mySql = " SELECT name FROM sqlite_master " + " WHERE type='table'             "
                + "   AND name LIKE 'PR_%' ORDER BY name";
        return ourDatabase.rawQuery(mySql, null);
    }

I get this result:

• Chevrolet
• Ferrari
• Maserati
• bugatti
• hyundai

How can I have the list ordered independently of the first letter being capital or not?

Answer 1

You’ll need to add COLLATE NOCASE to the end of your query:

public Cursor showAllTables(){
        String mySql = " SELECT name FROM sqlite_master " + " WHERE type='table'             "
                + "   AND name LIKE 'PR_%' ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE";
        return ourDatabase.rawQuery(mySql, null);
    }

Or you could recreate the table and add COLLATE NOCASE to the column definition.