I also ran into issues with the cursor and the expandable lists, so I
get the cursor from the db, then load it into a 2-dimensional string
array, and use that for the expandable list adapter.  Clunky but it
works.

On Jul 12, 2:01 pm, Beth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Mark, content values work great.  I am hoping for a few more
> examples or some direction from the experts today.
>
> I want to get sqlite data into an expandable list view (activity).
> After combing through the user groups and looking at docs and sample
> code, I find nothing that shows a SimpleCursorTreeAdapter for ELV
> holding data from sqlite.  It looks like this adapter is intended for
> use with the OTHER cursor, the one holding data returned from a
> content provider query.  Should I be using a different adapter for
> sqlite data?  If so, which one?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> Best regards,
> Beth
>
> On Jul 10, 4:08 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Beth Mezias wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > Can I get an (Android) example for getting signed numbers into a SQL
> > > Lite database?  I've been trying many silly things that generate syntax
> > > errors so I thought I could put out the question.  Note that I searched
> > > and searched the groups and (surprisingly) found no history.
>
> > Outside of Android, here's a sqlite3 session:
>
> > SQLite version 3.6.10
> > Enter ".help" for instructions
> > Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
> > sqlite> create table foo (numberreal);
> > sqlite> .schema foo
> > CREATE TABLE foo (numberreal);
> > sqlite> insert into foo (number) values (-1);
> > sqlite> select * from foo;
> > -1.0
> > sqlite> .exit
>
> > Inside of Android, you should be able to just put anegativenumberinto
> > your ContentValues that you supply to your insert() call with
> > SQLiteDatabase.
>
> > Can you provide any source code and the syntax errors you are getting?
>
> > --
> > Mark Murphy (a Commons 
> > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy
>
> > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org

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