SQLite and Android. How do I use String Having in my query?

Question

I have a query that pulls everything from a database into a list view.

return mDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, new String[] {KEY_ROWID, KEY_HEIGHT, KE

Answer 1

Use a WHERE clause; HAVING is only used with GROUP BY.

Answer 2

Firstly, posting error messages rather than "no dice" would be helpful.

Secondly, please read the documentation for SQLiteDatabase.query(). SQL keywords like "FROM" and "HAVING" shouldn't form part of the method call.

You've already passed the table name as the first parameter to query(), so writing "FROM DATABASE_NAME WHERE ..." is both redundant and will lead to an invalid query being formed.

Thirdly, you can't pass in Java variable names as part of the selection parameter String — you need to have a String like: KEY_HOMEID +"="+ journalId.

Fourthly, it's generally a good idea to use selectionArgs rather than embedding the query parameters into the selection. Especially when you have Strings or parameters coming from user input.
e.g. selection = KEY_HOMEID +"=?" and selectionArgs = new String[] { journalId }

Overall, your method call should look like:

mDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, 
          new String[] { KEY_ROWID, KEY_HEIGHT, 
                         KEY_BODY, KEY_HOMEID },
          KEY_HOMEID +"=?", new String[] { journalId },
          null, null, null);