Check whether database is empty

Question

I am trying to check if a sqlite database is empty using

public boolean chkDB(){
        boolean chk = false;
        Cursor mCursor = db.rawQuery(\"SELECT          


        

Answer 1

You can query database with total row count. If it is > 0 then you can run your next code. Below function will return row value from database.

 public BigDecimal getTotalRecordCount() {
    SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase();

    String sql = "select count(*) from " + DatabaseHelperTable.TABLE_NAME ;

    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(sql, null);

    try {
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        String sum = cursor.getString(0);

        if (sum == null)
            return new BigDecimal("0");
        return new BigDecimal(sum);
    } finally {
        cursor.close();
    }
}