What happens if you declare in the create table sql statement NUMBER_DESC_KEY as TEXT and not string? I've always used TEXT.
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Federico Paolinelli <[email protected]>wrote: > As Dan stated, the problem is the leading + of an international number > that gets lost in the insert / get process. > > If I put a number like "+39123123", when I perform a getString I get > back something like 39123123, this is because sqllite thinks it is a > pure number. > > (Ciao anche a te) > > On 25 Lug, 11:30, YuviDroid <[email protected]> wrote: > > What do you mean by "remove the quotes"? > > I store phone numbers on db and it works fine without dealing with adding > > quotes, then removing them. > > When I add/update stuff I use: > > > > contentValues.put(TableKeys.PHONE_NUMBER, phoneNumber); > > > > and when retrieving: > > String phoneNumber = > > cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(TableKeys.PHONE_NUMBER)); > > > > Uhm...maybe I misunderstood the whole problem here..:S:S > > > > Tra l'altro ciaoo!! ;) > > Yuvi > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Federico Paolinelli < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just to add more information to anybody who is interested in this > > > topic, it is necessary to remove the quotes if you need the original > > > data. > > > > > On 25 Lug, 09:17, Federico Paolinelli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks a lot. You saved me from doing an ugly filth :-) . > > > > I didn't expect that the number with a + was suitable to be > > > > interpreted as a number. > > > > > > Thanks again, Federico > > > > > > On Jul 25, 12:50 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Did you put quotes around the string? If SQLite sees an un-quoted > > > > > string it's going to interpret it as numeric if possible. SQLite > > > > > ignores the data type of columns. > > > > > > > On Jul 24, 5:12 pm, Federico Paolinelli <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I spent a lot of time on this. > > > > > > > > I was trying to store an incoming call number in sqlite. I'm in > > > Italy, > > > > > > so the number was something like +39123123. > > > > > > > > What happened was that after putting and removing it from sqlite > as a > > > > > > string , the leading "+" was gone. > > > > > > > > In the table creation the record is a string. > > > > > > I call ContentValues.put(String, String) and then I get the value > > > from > > > > > > the cursor using getString(). > > > > > > > > Moreover; I tried to put something before the "+", like > > > "aa+39123123", > > > > > > the query returns the expected value. I suspect that for some > reason > > > > > > sqlite converts the String to a number, and when returns it back > the > > > + > > > > > > is not given back. > > > > > > > > What I think I am going to do (even if I am disgusted) is to add > > > > > > something to the string and remove it later. > > > > > > > > Anyway, does anybody has an explanation?? > > > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > Federico > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > YuviDroid > > Check out Launch-X <http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php> (a > widget to > > quickly access your favorite apps and contacts!) > http://android.yuvalsharon.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- YuviDroid Check out Launch-X <http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php> (a widget to quickly access your favorite apps and contacts!) http://android.yuvalsharon.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
