Android SQLite issue - table ... has no column named

Question

I'm getting this error - 07-03 12:29:18.643: E/SQLiteLog(5181): (1) table accounts has no column named otherNotes

This is my code:

private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "accountsManager";
private static final String TABLE_ACCOUNTS = "accounts";

private static final String KEY_ID = "id";
private static final String KEY_TITLE = "title";
private static final String KEY_USERID = "userId";
private static final String KEY_PASSWORD = "password";
private static final String KEY_LOGINURL = "loginUrl";
private static final String KEY_OTHERNOTES = "otherNotes";

public DatabaseHandler(Context context) {
    super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
}

public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
    String CREATE_ACCOUNTS_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_ACCOUNTS + "("
            + KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY," + KEY_TITLE + " TEXT,"
            + KEY_USERID + " TEXT," + KEY_PASSWORD + " TEXT," + KEY_LOGINURL + " TEXT,"
            + KEY_OTHERNOTES + " TEXT" + ");";
db.execSQL(CREATE_ACCOUNTS_TABLE);
}


public void addAccount(AccountDetails account) {
    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
    System.out.println("Hello!");   


    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
    values.put(KEY_TITLE, account.getTitle()); // Account Title
    values.put(KEY_USERID, account.getUserId()); // account userid
    values.put(KEY_PASSWORD, account.getPassword()); // account password
    values.put(KEY_LOGINURL, account.getLoginUrl()); // account loginurl
    values.put(KEY_OTHERNOTES, account.getOtherNotes()); // account othernotes
    Log.v("title", KEY_TITLE);


    // Inserting Row
    db.insert(TABLE_ACCOUNTS, null, values);
    db.close(); // Closing database connection
}

Also, when I remove the following statement:

values.put(KEY_OTHERNOTES, account.getOtherNotes()); // account othernotes

Then I get the same problem with password...etc. i.e, (1) table accounts has no column named password

Please help!!

Answer 1

It seems that you added some columns later in the database. I do agree with Ken Wolf and you should consider uninstalling and re-installing your app. One better approach is, drop and recreate all tables in onUpdate method, and increase the db version every time you change the schema.