Android SQLite INSERT OR IGNORE doesn't work

Question

Why do the IGNORE statement doesn't work? Everytime I run this the same value were insert in the database and I don't know why?

        myDB = this.openOrCreateDatabase(MY_DB_NAME, MODE_PRIVATE, null);
        myDB.execSQL("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO " + MY_DB_TABLE + "(db_datum, db_zahlen, db_scheine)" 
                +"VALUES ('"+datum+"',"+
                "'"+zahlen+"',"+
                "'"+9+"');");

db schema is:

• db_datum (varchar(100))

• db_zahlen (varchar(100))

• db_scheine (integer)

I have the 2 String "datum" and "zahlen" and would like to insert them in the database. Now the problem is, if the same strings are already in the db and the code run again they sould be ignored and never insert again.

Answer 1

You can use insertWithOnConflict. Ex:

mDb.insertWithOnConflict(DATABASE_TABLE, null, initialValues, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_IGNORE);

Answer 2

You should not use execSQL to do an INSERT command (check the docs).

Use myDB.insertOrThrow(...) instead :

ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
cv.put("db_datum", datum);
cv.put("db_zahlen", zahlen);
cv.put("db_scheine", 9);
myDB.insertOrThrow(MY_DB_TABLE, null, cv);