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Question

my SQLite database

How to identify if data already exists in my table or not? if yes then don't add new row data else add new row data.

Answer 1

The simplest way is to have a UNIQUE index on the column or columns that constitutes "already exists" and use INSERT OR IGNORE.

eg assuming that the AGENCY_LINK column being the same is an "already exists" condition you could have the table created as

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS the_table (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, AGENCY_NAME TEXT, AGENCY_CATEGORY TEXT, AGENCY_LINK TEXT UNIQUE);

When inserting you could use the convenience SQLiteDatabase insert method which uses INSERT OR IGNORE , If the AGENECY_LINK value already existed then the row would not be inserted and -1 would be returned.

An alternative, where no UNQIUE index would be required, could be to check for the existence of the row to potentially be inserted with a SELECT query that has a WHERE clause that would select the row if it already exists and to then only insert if the row does not exist.

Example

The following is a working example that demonstrates the above.

First the DatabaseHelper class which creates 2 tables:-

• the agency table that has the AGENCY_LINK column defined with the UNIQUE attribute, and
• the alternative_agency table that has a composite UNIQUE index with 3 columns.

The DatabaseHelper also has 3 methods defined for inserting individual rows:-

• the insertAgencyRow uses the SQliteDatabase insert method (implied ISNERT OR IGNORE) to insert into the agency table, thus a row will not be inserted if the AGENCY_LINK column has a value that already exists.

• the insertAlternativeAgencyRow inserts (similar to the insertAgencerRow method) into the alternative_agency table that has the composite index, thus rows will be inserted unless all three values are the same.

• the insertIfNotDuplicate queries the table with a where clause that would find only the row trying to be inserted. If any rows are found then the row will not be inserted.

  class DatabseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

   public static final String DATABASE_NAME = "the_database"; public static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1; public static final String TABLE_NAME_AGENCY = "agency"; public static final String COLUMN_ID = "ID"; public static final String COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME = "AGENCY_NAME"; public static final String COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY = "AGENCY_CATEGORY"; public static final String COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK = "AGENCY_LINK"; public static final String TABLE_NAME_ALTERNATIVE_AGENCY = "alternative_agency"; SQLiteDatabase db; private DatabseHelper(Context context) { super(context,DATABASE_NAME,null,DATABASE_VERSION); db = this.getWritableDatabase(); } private volatile static DatabseHelper instance = null; public static DatabseHelper getINSTANCE(Context context) { if (instance == null) { instance = new DatabseHelper(context); } return instance; } @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) { db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + TABLE_NAME_AGENCY +"(" + COLUMN_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY" + "," + COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME + " TEXT" + "," + COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY + " TEXT" + "," + COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK + " TEXT UNIQUE" + ")"); /* Alternative table using a composite unique index accross multiple columns */ db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + TABLE_NAME_ALTERNATIVE_AGENCY +"(" + COLUMN_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY" + "," + COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME + " TEXT" + "," + COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY + " TEXT" + "," + COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK + " TEXT " + ")"); /* The COMPOSITE UNIQUE INDEX (all three columns have to be the same for a UNIQUE conflict )*/ db.execSQL("CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_"+ TABLE_NAME_ALTERNATIVE_AGENCY + "_allcolumns ON " + TABLE_NAME_ALTERNATIVE_AGENCY + "(" + COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME + ","+COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY + ","+COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK + ")"); } @Override public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int i, int i1) { } public long insertAgencyRow(String agencyName, String agencyCategory, String agencyLink) { ContentValues cv = new ContentValues(); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME,agencyName); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY,agencyCategory); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK,agencyLink); return db.insert(TABLE_NAME_AGENCY,null,cv); } public long insertAlternativeAgencyRow(String agencyName, String agencyCategory, String agencyLink) { ContentValues cv = new ContentValues(); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME,agencyName); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY,agencyCategory); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK,agencyLink); return db.insert(TABLE_NAME_ALTERNATIVE_AGENCY,null,cv); } public long insertIfNotDuplicate(String agencyName, String agencyCategory, String agencyLink) { long rv = -1; String whereClause = COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME + "=?" + " AND " + COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY + "=?" + " AND " + COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK + "=?"; Cursor csr = db.query(TABLE_NAME_AGENCY,null,whereClause,new String[]{agencyName,agencyCategory,agencyLink},null,null,null); int rowcount = csr.getCount(); csr.close(); if (rowcount == 0) { ContentValues cv = new ContentValues(); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_NAME,agencyName); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_CATEGORY,agencyCategory); cv.put(COLUMN_AGENCY_LINK,agencyLink); return db.insert(TABLE_NAME_AGENCY,null,cv); } return rv; }

  }

To demonstrate there is MainActivity :-

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    DatabseHelper dbHelper;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        dbHelper = DatabseHelper.getINSTANCE(this);

        /* Inserting into the Agency table where the AGENCY_LINK column is UNIQUE */
        dbHelper.insertAgencyRow("Agency1","Category1","Agency1_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertAgencyRow("Agency2","Category2","Agency2_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertAgencyRow("Agency3","Category3","Agency3_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertAgencyRow("Agency3","Category3","Agency3_Link_001"); //<<<<< duplicate
        dbHelper.insertAgencyRow("Agency3A","Category3A","Agency3_Link_001"); //<<<<< duplicate as LINK the same

        /* Inserting into the Alternative Agency tale where all 3 columns constitute a duplicate */
        dbHelper.insertAlternativeAgencyRow("Agency1","Category1","Agency1_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertAlternativeAgencyRow("Agency2","Category2","Agency2_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertAlternativeAgencyRow("Agency3","Category3","Agency3_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertAlternativeAgencyRow("Agency3","Category3","Agency3_Link_001"); //<<<<< duplicate
        dbHelper.insertAlternativeAgencyRow("Agency3A","Category3A","Agency3_Link_001"); //<<<<< NOT duplicate

        /* Inserting into Agency table using the SELECT */
        dbHelper.insertIfNotDuplicate("Agency4","Category4","Agency4_Link_001");
        dbHelper.insertIfNotDuplicate("Agency4","Category4","Agency4_Link_002"); /* Link different so inserted */
        dbHelper.insertIfNotDuplicate("Agency4","Category4","Agency4_Link_002"); /*<<<<< all columns duplicated not inserted */
        dbHelper.insertIfNotDuplicate("Agency4A","Category4","Agency4_Link_001A"); /* name different so inserted */
        dbHelper.insertIfNotDuplicate("Agency4","Category4A","Agency4_Link_001B"); /* category different so inserted */
    }
}

When the App is run (for the first time) then the database has the two tables, without the duplicate rows. The following are the tables as per App Inspection :-

The agency table

The alternativeAgency table