Get updated rows count from SQLite in Android using a raw query?

Question

How can I get the number of rows updated using an update statement in SQLite in Android?

Note that I need to use some type of raw execute of a SQL state

Answer 1

You could do your insert whichever way you want, and then do a select and use the changes() function to return the number of affected rows.

Answer 2

To expand on Mat's answer, here's the example code for getting the updated row count:

Cursor cursor = null;
try
{
    cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT changes() AS affected_row_count", null);
    if(cursor != null && cursor.getCount() > 0 && cursor.moveToFirst())
    {
        final long affectedRowCount = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex("affected_row_count"));
        Log.d("LOG", "affectedRowCount = " + affectedRowCount);
    }
    else
    {
        // Some error occurred?
    }
}
catch(SQLException e)
{
    // Handle exception here.
}
finally
{
    if(cursor != null)
    {
        cursor.close();
    }
}

Answer 3

You can use SQLiteStatement.executeUpdateDelete method for this:

SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();
SQLiteStatement statement = db.compileStatement("[your sql here]");
int affectedRows = statement.executeUpdateDelete();

The same method used internally in SQLiteDatabase.update(...) methods.

Answer 4

Expanding on Mat and Pang's answers...

Could we skip the Cursor and use simpleQueryForLong()?

e.g.

public long getChangesCount() {
    SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();
    SQLiteStatement statement = db.compileStatement("SELECT changes()");
    return statement.simpleQueryForLong();
}