Decoding blob data from a sqlite database into a human readable text

Question

I have a Sqlite database file that has blob data in it. I only know the the database has blob data and I know what the expected output should be. The blob data\'s expected outp

Answer 1

Right now you are printing a byte[] array toString(). Arrays in Java don't implement in meaningful way.

You can try converting the byte[] array into a String with:

new String(buffer, Charsets.UTF_8)

If this doesn't work use rs.getBinaryStream(1) to get the InputStream representing the value and read it as per this answer.