Question

public String getContact(String searchName) {
    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();

    String[] args = { searchName };

    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_MOVIES
            + " WHERE name =? ", args);

    String iName = null, iDiretor = null, iGenre = null;

    cursor.moveToFirst();
    while (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {
        iName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_NAME));
        iDiretor = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_DIRECTOR));
        iGenre = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_GENRE));
        cursor.moveToNext();
    }

    cursor.close();

The iName variable is working fine but the other two are returning null. Any help?

Answer 1

Use the SQLiteDatabase query methods instead of rawQuery for the best results.

db.query(TABLE_MOVIES, null, "name = ?", args, null);

This is preferred because rawQuery is easy to mess up and doesn’t protect against SQL injections.