Android Sqlite - Updating a table for a string

Question

I have a simple question : I'm new to sql so i have this question :

The below method works if names is a number. How to write this query if names is a string?

ourDatabase.update(DATABASE_TABLE, cv , KEY_NAME + "=" + names, null);

Answer 1

String literals in SQL are quoted in 'single quotes' .

Though it's preferable to use ? literal placeholders and bind arguments here, eg

ourDatabase.update(DATABASE_TABLE, cv, KEY_NAME + "=?", new String[]{names} );