Question

Search Database with Keyword:

Is there a way to query the entire table of SQLite database for matching word. I am trying to place a word in keyword JTextField for it search the entire Job table and to return rows which contain that matching words. Each row representing a unique job.

I presume this below snipped structure would not achieve the result

SELECT * FROM Job WHERE Job MATCH 'Microsoft';

Any quick and simple recommendations?

Answer 1

It appears you can use the syntax you’re suggesting as long as it’s a full text search table:

http://www.phparch.com/2011/11/full-text-search-with-sqlite/

You should probably read the official SQLite documentation on FTS tables. Note that these are “virtual” tables and as such don’t use the database file in the same way – this might not be what you want, but it matches the syntax you’re looking for. The SQLite page linked has pretty good descriptions. Note that the FTS module is an optional extra which may not be installed.

You shouldn’t need to worry about SQL injection attacks as long as you use placeholders. Look at this SO question, specifically the second answer with the code snippet. Essentially you put a ? in the statement, and then supply the string to substitute as a parameter to the query function. That should do SQL escaping for you.