Android Question Solved: How to insert or update NULL in Sqlite with ExecNonQuery2

ernschd

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Hello,

I have a query that is to be used for 4 different options. The parameters differ depending on the option. The problem is that sometimes NULL is to be entered in different fields.
So far there have therefore been 4 different queries.

Here is a simplified example:
B4X:
Select condition
    Case 0
        SQL.ExecNonQuery2("INSERT INTO Test(CustomerID, State, Invoice, Date) VALUES (?, NULL, ?, ?)", Array As String(NewID, Invoice, DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now))) 'State = NULL, Invoice = 1
    Case 1
        SQL.ExecNonQuery2("INSERT INTO Test(CustomerID, State, Invoice, Date) VALUES (?, ?, NULL, ?)", Array As String(NewID, State, DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now))) ' State = 0, Invoice = NULL
    Case 2
        SQL.ExecNonQuery2("INSERT INTO Test(CustomerID, State, Invoice, Date) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", Array As String(NewID, State, Invoice, DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now))) ' State = 1, Invoice = 0
End Select
Since NULL can occur in different variants of State and Invoice, the whole thing becomes quite confusing.

It would be nice if there was only one query instead:
B4X:
Dim State As Object = NULL
Dim Invoice As Object = NULL
If Condition = 0 Then Invoice = 1
SQL.ExecNonQuery2("INSERT INTO Test(CustomerID, State, Invoice, Date) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", Array As String(NewID, State, Invoice, DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now)))
Unfortunately, I cannot change the table and set the default value to NULL.

Is there a better solution?
Thanks in advance.
 

walt61

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Haven't tested this, but shouldn't this do what you need, e.g. for Case 0?
B4X:
SQL.ExecNonQuery2("INSERT INTO Test(CustomerID, Invoice, Date) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", Array As String(NewID, Invoice, DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now))) 'State = NULL, Invoice = 1

I.e.: just leave the 'State' column out of the equation, including its placeholder question mark?
 
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ernschd

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But I only want one query for all cases. With this solution, I need several again, depending on the case.
 
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Mahares

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But I only want one query for all cases

Here is another possibility to think about. Using IIF in the parameters array:
B4X:
Dim strQuery As String = "INSERT INTO Test(CustomerID, State, Invoice, Date) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)"
SQL1.ExecNonQuery2(strQuery, Array As Object(newID, IIf(Invoice =Null, 0, state), IIf(state= Null, 1, Invoice), DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now)))
Again, without your DB and code , it is not fully tested. You can polish it.
 
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ernschd

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Thank you, but I want to insert NULL in Sqlite. With your solution this is not possible, either.
 
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walt61

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Just tested this with B4J - YMMV with B4A as I've seen subtle differences between the two when using SQLite, but this worked and produced a row with NULL values:
B4X:
sql1.ExecNonQuery2("INSERT INTO [Tbl] (Field1, Field2, Field3) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", Array(Null, Null, Null))

In other words, use 'Array' for the parameters, not 'Array As String'. You'll have to test if it acts the same in B4A!
 
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ernschd

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What type of field do you have? For me it is NUMERIC.
With "Array" instead of "Array As String" there appears "0" instead of "NULL" in the corresponding field.
 
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ernschd

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@walt61: Thank you very much, your project has put me on the right track! My mistake was that I declared the variables as "String" in my test project. After changing to type "Object", NULL is inserted as desired.
Many thanks to all of you!
 
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Mahares

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My mistake was that I declared the variables as "String" in my test project. After changing to type "Object", NULL is inserted as desired.
Glad you solved your problem. But, I already used Object instead of string in post #9. Apparently, you did not test it. That is what happens when an OP gets bombarded with posts. Some get overlooked and the OP gets overwhelmed.
 
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