Android access to remote SQL database

Question

Can I access a remote SQL database (on a webserver) directly from an android program? i.e. simply open up the connection with all the required parameters and then perform a

Answer 1

I think you have to use webservice to communicate with a SQL database. you can define general methods like runSomeScalarQuery or runOneTabularQuery and ... in that webservice and send database responses via self defined protocol like a self defined object.