Question

I want to do searching some pattern in the database from my application.
But my DB query is not working.Gives Syntax error near “%”: while compiling: SELECT _id,note From Notes Where note=%?

public Cursor getAll(String id) {
        String[] args = { id };
        return (getReadableDatabase().rawQuery(
                "SELECT _id,city From City Where city=%?%", args));
    }

Answer 1

Try this

public Cursor getAll(String id) {
        return (getReadableDatabase().rawQuery(
                "SELECT _id,city From City Where city like '%" + id + "%'", null));
    }