Question

I’m probably making a stupid beginner mistake here but SQL isn’t one of my strong points.

I’m trying to modify a simple SQLite DB (in SQLite Manager) but can’t seem to do it until I figure out why I can’t get this select statement to return.

SELECT *
FROM facts
WHERE id = -9215979828305747000

threw no error and returned nothing regardless of the fact that its the first entry on the table. I also tried

SELECT *
FROM facts
WHERE CAST(facts.id AS INTEGER) = CAST('-9215979828305747000' AS INTEGER)

again nothing.

I see the value in the browse window but can’t get it in a specific search. Is this happening because of value length?

Answer 1

I did this test :

CREATE TABLE "test" (
    "id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
    "name" TEXT
)

insert into test values (1, "tttt")
insert into test values (-9215979828305747000, "OO")


select name from test where id = -9215979828305747000'

> "OO"

So it seems to work in a fresh new table. The problem is clearly not in the sql select or key or table definition.

Try to get the data in some temporary table :

insert into table_copy values (select * from facts)