Question

SqlCommand.ExecuteScalar Method
Executes the query, and returns
the first column of the first row in the result set returned by the
query. Additional columns or rows are ignored.

I guess this will involve heavy use of generics.

Assume I have an SQLiteDatabase/Cursor object.

Answer 1

This logic worked for me:

public int ExecuteScalar(/* code...*/) {
    Cursor cursor = database.rawQuery(sql, selectionArgs);
    try {
        cursor.moveToNext();
        int val = cursor.getInt(0);
        cursor.close();
        return val;
    }   
    catch (Exception e) {
        /* code...*/
    }
    return -1;
}