Question

i’m trying to use this code:

    String message = "this is david's house";

    String sql = "INSERT into " + TABLE + "(message) VALUES ('" + message + "')";

    db.execSQL(sql);

    db.close();

in order to insert the string into the db, but get this exception:

 01-27 14:52:01.083: E/Database(727): Failure 1 (near "id": syntax error) on 0x12a038 when  preparing 'INSERT into calls_table (message) VALUES  ('this is david's house')'.

How can i make the SQLite get the comma?

Answer 1

You have to escape the ' properly:

String message = "this is david''s house";

Or, if sqlite supports it (I don’t know), parameterized queries are better.

And just to have mentioned it: the ' is not a comma, it’s an apostrophe (at least I think that’s the correct name, I often confuse the name for that one).