Question

I want to save some data into sqlite database and the read it, there is no problem while saving the data but i am not able to retrieve data from database.

Here is the code that I’m using.

//>>>>>> to save in sqlite Database

-(void)saveData
{
    NSString *strTxtFldValue = txtFldName.text;

    sqlite3_stmt *statement;
    const char *dbpath = [appDel.databasePath UTF8String];

    if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &database) == SQLITE_OK)
    {
        NSString *insertSQL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"INSERT INTO TESTTABLE (NAME) VALUES (\"%@\")",strTxtFldValue];

        const char *insert_stmt = [insertSQL UTF8String];
        sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, insert_stmt, 
                           -1, &statement, NULL);
        if (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_DONE)
        {
            NSLog(@"Data is added succesfully ");

            UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Confirmation" message:@"Name is added successfully." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
            [alert show];
            [alert release];
        } else {

            NSLog(@"Failed to add data");
        }
        sqlite3_finalize(statement);
        sqlite3_close(database);
    }
}

//>>>>>> to read from database 

//here the control comes till second NSLog and the "sqlite3_prepare_v2" statement doesn't get execute.

-(void)readData{

    const char *dbpath = [appDel.databasePath UTF8String];
    sqlite3_stmt *statement;
    NSLog(@"^^^^^^^ 1");

    if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &database) == SQLITE_OK)
    {
        NSLog(@"^^^^^^^ 2");

       // NSString *querySQL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT * FROM TESTTABLE"];
        NSString *querySQL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT NAME FROM TESTTABLE"];

    const char *query_stmt = [querySQL UTF8String];

        **if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(database,query_stmt, -1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK)**
        {    
            NSLog(@"^^^^^^^ 3");            
            while(sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW)
            {
        NSLog(@"^^^^^^^ 4");

        NSString *cName = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:(const char *) sqlite3_column_text(statement, 0)];
                NSLog(@"~~~~### cName = %@",cName);

                Names *name = [[Names alloc] initWithName:cName];
                [names addObject:name];
                [name release];             
            }

            sqlite3_finalize(statement);
        }
        sqlite3_close(database);
    }
}

Please provide the solution.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Create the database at runtime, and use the below logic,

to write the data in sqlite.

    sqlite3 *pDb; 
char *databaseName; 

databaseName = @"TempDatabase.sql";

NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDir = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
//databasePath = [documentsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:databaseName];

databasePath =[[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"TempDatabase.sql"];

//[self copyDatabaseIfNeeded];


if(sqlite3_open([databasePath UTF8String], &pDb) == SQLITE_OK) 
{

    const char *sqlStatement = "INSERT INTO tablename (name) VALUES(?)";

    sqlite3_stmt *compiledStatement;
    if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(pDb, sqlStatement, -1, &compiledStatement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) 
    {


         sqlite3_bind_text( compiledStatement, 1, [strTxtFldValue UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
    }
    if(sqlite3_step(compiledStatement) != SQLITE_DONE ) 
    {
         NSLog( @"~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 Error: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(pDb) );
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"Name name is not added." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
        [alert release];

    } else {

        UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Confirmation" message:@"name is added successfully." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
        [alert release];

            }
    sqlite3_finalize(compiledStatement);
}

sqlite3_close(pDb);

To read data from sqlite

     sqlite3 *database;
const char *dbpath = [appDel.databasePath UTF8String];
sqlite3_stmt *statement;


NSMutableArray *names = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];

if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &database) == SQLITE_OK) 
{


    const char *sqlStatement = "select name from tablename";


    if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sqlStatement, -1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) {
        while (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW) 
        {
            NSString *cName = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)sqlite3_column_text(statement,0)];
            //NSLog(@"cName = %@",cName);

            Names *name = [[Names alloc] initWithName:cName];
            [names addObject:name];
            [name release];
        }

    }
    sqlite3_finalize(statement);

}
sqlite3_close(database);

Try out this and vote me if it works fine for you.