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Android SQLite take the first element from database column

I am working on a project and created a database with SQLite. In my database I have just two columns, column names are r_id and m_id. I want to take the first element of the r_id and assign it in to a string. The elements of the r_id column is like 1, 2, 3.. in this situation my String has to be 1.
My code; creating a db query:
There is no problem I can add data correcly.
my_table = "CREATE TABLE "my_table"("r_id" Text, "m_id" Text);";
db.execSQL(my_table );
Code to take the first element of the column;
public String getSetting() {
String result = "";
String[] columns = {"r_id"};
String[] selectionArgs = {"1"};
String LIMIT = String.valueOf(1); // <-- number of results we want/expect
SQLiteDatabase db = databaseHelper.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor c = db.query(true, "r_id", columns, "row", selectionArgs, null, null, null, LIMIT);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
result = result + c.getString(0);
} else {
result = result + "result not found";
}
c.close();
databaseHelper.close();
return result;
}
The error I am getting:
android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: no such column: row (code 1 SQLITE_ERROR): , while compiling: SELECT DISTINCT r_id FROM my_table WHERE row LIMIT 1

The 4th argument of query() is the WHERE clause of the query (without the keyword WHERE) and for it you pass "row".
Also, the 2nd argument is the table's name for which you pass "r_id", but the error message does not contain ...FROM r_id... (although it should), so I guess that the code you posted is not your actual code.
So your query (translated in SQL) is:
SELECT DISTINCT r_id FROM my_table WHERE row LIMIT 1
which is invalid.
But you don't need a WHERE clause if you want just the min value of the column r_id.
You can do it with a query like:
SELECT MIN(r_id) AS r_id FROM my_table
without DISTINCT and a WHERE clause.
Or:
SELECT r_id FROM my_table ORDER BY r_id LIMIT 1;
So your java code should be:
public String getSetting() {
SQLiteDatabase db = databaseHelper.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor c = db.rawQuery("SELECT MIN(r_id) AS r_id FROM my_table", null);
String result = c.moveToFirst() ? c.getString(0) : "result not found";
c.close();
databaseHelper.close();
return result;
}
I used rawQuery() here instead of query().
Or:
public String getSetting() {
SQLiteDatabase db = databaseHelper.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor c = db.query(false, "my_table", new String[] {"r_id"}, null, null, null, null, "r_id", "1");
String result = c.moveToFirst() ? c.getString(0) : "result not found";
c.close();
databaseHelper.close();
return result;
}

Update multiple rows in Android sqlite

I have table contains columns id, name, profession, age, hobby, country, sex. Now I want to update the fields where sex is female and age is 30. All the fields are text (String). First, I am counting all the rows then running a loop to update the rows. Loop is running as per the total rows but rows are not updated... WHY? Where I have done the mistake? Here is my code:
METHODS FOR ANDROID SQLITE DATABASE QUERY:
public void updateUser(String newProfession, String newCountry, String sx, String ag) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
String query = "UPDATE "+TABLE_USER+" SET "+KEY_PROFESSION+"='"+newProfession+"', "+KEY_COUNTRY+"='"+newCountry+"' WHERE "+KEY_SEX+"='"+sx+"' AND "+KEY_AGE+"='"+ag+"'";
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(query, null);
cursor.close();
db.close();
}
public int countAll() {
String countQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_USER;
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(countQuery, null);
int cnt = cursor.getCount();
cursor.close();
db.close();
return cnt;
}
CALLING THE METHODS
public void updateUsersClicked(View view) {
int allData = db.countAll();
for (int i = 0; i < allData; i++) {
db.updateUser("SENIOR ENGINEER", "CANADA", "female", "30");
System.out.println("T H I S I S T H E R E S U L T: " + i);
}
}

Use execSQL() and not rawQuery() for updates.
rawQuery() just compiles the SQL and requires one of the moveTo...() methods on the returned Cursor to execute it. execSQL() both compiles and runs the SQL.
Also consider using ? parameters with bind args in your SQL to avoid escaping special characters and being vulnerable to SQL injection.

You don't need to do the for loop
a single QSL "Update" query is enough if you want to update All the female with age 30.
If you are new to SQL you can view a simple example here:
Simple SQL Update example
If you want to do something else - please edit your question

Gte the list of tables with similar first name

In my Android database, I have number of tables. Among these tables, some contain similar names starting from "List_". For an example, there are tables like "List_A", "List_B", "List_C" etc. How can I get the list of all tables which starts from the word "List_" using code?

This should do the trick :)
SELECT *
FROM dbname.sqlite_master
WHERE type='table'
AND name LIKE 'List_%'

try this way
public void grabTables() {
Cursor cur = this.db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM sqlite_master where name like 'List_%'", new String[0]);
cur.moveToFirst();
String tableName;
while (cur.getPosition() < cur.getCount()) {
tableName = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("name"));
System.out.println("Table Name = " + tableName);
cur.moveToNext();
}
cur.close();
}

How to create filter

I have a database table with multiple columns
I use custom List<> and populate it from database
What i want to do is filter what will go into the list from database depending on user input
for example if i had a table like this:
name|phone|date|address
User can specify any filter(by name, by phone, by date... or all of it) and only items that matches all criteria will go into the list
Is there a way to do this?
Method that returns all items from database
public List<MoviesDatabaseEntry> getAllMovies(String table)
{
List<MoviesDatabaseEntry> lists = new ArrayList<MoviesDatabaseEntry>();
// Select All Query
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + table;
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst())
{
do {
MoviesDatabaseEntry list = new MoviesDatabaseEntry();
list.set_id(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)));
list.set_title(cursor.getString(1));
list.set_runtime(cursor.getString(2));
list.set_rating(cursor.getDouble(3));
list.set_genres(cursor.getString(4));
list.set_type(cursor.getString(5));
list.set_lang(cursor.getString(6));
list.set_poster(cursor.getString(7));
list.set_url(cursor.getString(8));
list.set_director(cursor.getString(9));
list.set_actors(cursor.getString(10));
list.set_plot(cursor.getString(11));
list.set_year(cursor.getInt(12));
list.set_country(cursor.getString(13));
list.set_date(cursor.getInt(14));
// Adding to list
lists.add(list);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
// return list
db.close();
cursor.close();
return lists;
}

You can filter the entries you get in the SQL query you are building in this line:
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + table;
To filter the dataset your retrieve, you would add a WHERE clause to it. When you would, for example, only want those entries where the rating is over 3, you would change this to:
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + table + " WHERE rating > 3";
SQL is a very powerful language which offers a lot of possibilities. It's an essential skill when you work with relational databases. When you want to learn it, I can recommend you the interactive tutorial website http://sqlzoo.net/

You have to change your database query for getting specific data from the query.
You have one function that returns all rows from database like so: getAllMovies(String table)
Here you are using:
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + table;
Make a new function like this:
public List<MoviesDatabaseEntry> getSelectedMovies(String table)
{
List<MoviesDatabaseEntry> lists = new ArrayList<MoviesDatabaseEntry>();
Cursor cursor = db.query(true, TABLE_NAME, new String[] { <your row names> },
**check condition(as string)**, null,
null, null, null, null);
...
}
Now just call this function when required with your specific query string
Make as many functions as you want!

how to fetch a row using id sqlite?

This is a simple one! yet, I am missing something. Please help me out.
Here, I am trying to fetch values by id, but not able to do so. It is returning same values even after changing id's value.
db = openOrCreateDatabase("DBSOURCE", 0, null);
Cursor cursorc = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM LIST WHERE ID="+id+"", null);
cursorc.moveToFirst();
int NameID = cursorc.getColumnIndex("Name");
int mobilenumberID = cursorc.getColumnIndex("MoblieNumber");
edName.setText(cursorc.getString(NameID));
edMobNum.setText(cursorc.getString(mobilenumberID));
cursorc.close();
db.close();

1-
or better to use parametrized statement
String query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " + tableName + " WHERE columnName = ?";
cursor = db.rawQuery(query, new String[] {comment});
2 - use if with conditon c.moveToFirst() or c.getCount() >0 or (!c.isAfterLast())
if (c.moveToFirst()){
do{
//if you not need the loop you can remove that
id = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndex("_id"));
}
while(cursor.moveToNext());
}c.close();

Is the id column title actually "ID"? Or is that a variable that is set to "_id" (the usual column name for the primary key in an Android database)?
If the latter, your query is not right, because you are using "ID" as the literal column name. Try changing it to this:
Cursor cursorc = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM LIST WHERE " + ID + " = " + id, null);
or even this:
Cursor cursorc = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM LIST WHERE _id = " + id, null);

try using
Cursor cursorc = db.rawQuery("select * from list where ID = ?", new String[] {id+""});

try with this way
Suppose long id=5;
String[] col=new String[]{KEY_ROWID,KEY_NAME,KEY_ADDRESS}; // your column which data u want to retrive if id is same
Cursor c=db.query(DATABASE_TABLE, col, KEY_ROWID+"="+id,null, null, null, null);
if(c!=null){
c.moveToFirst();
// get data here which u want accroding to ur requirement
}

try this
Cursor cursorc = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM LIST WHERE ID='"+id+"'", null);