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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: column 'foo' does not exist android

Numerous StackOverflow problems are similar, but it is not an issue of incorrect spacing in the query string. I have two tables, one for peers and one for messages, which has foreign keys associated with ids in the peer table.
Here are my creation strings:
private static final String DATABASE_CREATE = "CREATE TABLE " + PEER_TABLE + " ("
+ PeerContract._ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, "
+ PeerContract.NAME + " TEXT NOT NULL, "
+ PeerContract.ADDRESS + " TEXT NOT NULL, "
+ PeerContract.PORT + " TEXT NOT NULL);";
private static final String MESSAGE_TABLE_CREATE = "CREATE TABLE " + MESSAGE_TABLE + " ("
+ MessageContract._ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, "
+ MessageContract.MESSAGE_TEXT + " TEXT NOT NULL, "
+ MessageContract.SENDER + " TEXT NOT NULL, "
+ MessageContract.PEER_FOREIGN_KEY + " INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+ "FOREIGN KEY ("+ MessageContract.PEER_FOREIGN_KEY+") " +
"REFERENCES "+PEER_TABLE+"("+PeerContract._ID+") ON DELETE CASCADE);";
private static final String CREATE_INDEX = "CREATE INDEX " + INDEX + " ON " +
MESSAGE_TABLE + "(" + MessageContract.PEER_FOREIGN_KEY + ");";
I want to query a list of all received messages so I did this:
public Cursor fetchAllMessages(){
String query = "SELECT " + MESSAGE_TABLE + "." + MessageContract._ID + ", "
+ MessageContract.MESSAGE_TEXT + ", "
+ MessageContract.SENDER
+ " FROM " + MESSAGE_TABLE + " JOIN " + PEER_TABLE + " ON "
+ MESSAGE_TABLE + "." + MessageContract.PEER_FOREIGN_KEY
+ "=" + PEER_TABLE + "." + PeerContract._ID;
return db.rawQuery(query, null);
}
Which makes sense to me. And the spacing so far is alright there is no errors.
In my main activity I have a SimpleCursorAdapter:
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.msgList);
dbAdapter = new ServerDbAdapter(this);
dbAdapter.open();
String[] from = new String[] {PeerContract.NAME, MessageContract.MESSAGE_TEXT};
int[] to = new int[] {android.R.id.text1, android.R.id.text2};
cursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_2, cursor, from, to);
listView.setAdapter(cursorAdapter);
cursor = dbAdapter.fetchAllMessages();
cursorAdapter.swapCursor(cursor);
I get "column 'name' does not exist" and it is driving me crazy!
I properly defined it in DATABASE_CREATE as PeerContract.NAME. I'm guessing its happening because of fetchAllMessages but I am not sure how to fix it.

You are not selecting the PeerContract.NAME, MessageContract.MESSAGE_TEXT in your fetchAllMessages() method. Change it to this:
public Cursor fetchAllMessages(){
String query = "SELECT " + MESSAGE_TABLE + "." + MessageContract._ID + ", "
+ MessageContract.MESSAGE_TEXT + ", "
+ PeerContract.NAME + ", "
+ PeerContract.MESSAGE_TEXT + ", "
+ MessageContract.SENDER
+ " FROM " + MESSAGE_TABLE + " JOIN " + PEER_TABLE + " ON "
+ MESSAGE_TABLE + "." + MessageContract.PEER_FOREIGN_KEY
+ "=" + PEER_TABLE + "." + PeerContract._ID;
return db.rawQuery(query, null);
}

Syntax to create unique composite column - Android SQLiteOpenHelper

I have this onCreate method in my SQLiteOpenHelper
class, and I would like to add a unique constraint on these two columns (composite unique columns):
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_TITLE
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RELEASEDATE
But I am getting an error:
Cannot resolve method UNIQUE
Here is my code:
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
final String SQL_CREATE_SONG_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + SongContract.SongEntry.TABLE_SONG + " (" +
SongContract.SongEntry._ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_TITLE + " TEXT NOT NULL, " +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RELEASEDATE + " INTEGER, " +
UNIQUE(SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_TITLE, SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RELEASEDATE) +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RATING + " TEXT);";
db.execSQL(SQL_CREATE_SONG_TABLE);
}
What is the correct syntax to achieve my goal?

I found the corrrect syntax after playing around sqllite:
final String SQL_CREATE_SONG_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + SongContract.SongEntry.TABLE_SONG + " (" +
SongContract.SongEntry._ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_TITLE + " TEXT NOT NULL, " +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RELEASEDATE + " INTEGER NOT NULL, " +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RATING + " TEXT, " + "UNIQUE" + "(" +
SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_TITLE + "," + SongContract.SongEntry.COLUMN_RELEASEDATE + ") " + ");";

Android: SQLite says a column doesn't exist

I am trying to get all the values in a table that have column _parentbook set to a certain value. When I try to retrieve the entries I get the error shown below.
E/SQLiteLog: (1) table recipes has no column named _parentbook
E/SQLiteDatabase: Error inserting _parentbook=Test _recipemethod=Stir in pot for 20 mins _recipeingredients=No bugs, freedom _recipedescription=Test recipe _recipename=Recipe 1 in Test _recipenotes=Do on Android Studio
The error refers to the method below that I use to add a recipe to the database
public void addRecipe(Recipe recipe) {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(COLUMN_RECIPE_NAME, recipe.getRecipeTitle());
values.put(COLUMN_RECIPE_DESCRIPTION, recipe.getRecipeDescription());
values.put(COLUMN_RECIPE_INGREDIENTS, recipe.getIngredients());
values.put(COLUMN_RECIPE_METHOD, recipe.getMethod());
values.put(COLUMN_RECIPE_NOTES, recipe.getNotes());
//values.put(COLUMN_IMAGE_ID, recipe.getImageId());
values.put(COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK, recipe.getParentBook());
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
db.insert(TABLE_RECIPES, null, values);
db.close();
}
Code used to initialise TABLE_RECIPES:
String CREATE_TABLE_RECIPES = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + TABLE_RECIPES + " (" +
COLUMN_ID_2 + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_NAME + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_DESCRIPTION + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_INGREDIENTS + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_METHOD + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_NOTES + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_IMAGE_ID + " INTEGER " +
COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK + " TEXT" +
");";
#Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
Log.e(TAG, "OnCreate() called");
db.execSQL(CREATE_TABLE_RECIPES);
}
Method for getting the recipes from the table:
List<Recipe> recipes;
public List<Recipe> getRecipes(String bookName) {
recipes = new ArrayList<>();
SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();
//String query = "SELECT "+ COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK +" FROM " + TABLE_RECIPES + " WHERE " + COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK + "=" + bookName;
String query = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_RECIPES;// + " WHERE 1";
// Cursor going to point to a location in the results
Cursor c = db.rawQuery(query, null);
// Move it to the first row of your results
c.moveToFirst();
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
do {
if (c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_RECIPE_NAME)) != null) {
recipes.add(new Recipe(
c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_RECIPE_NAME)),
c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_RECIPE_DESCRIPTION)),
c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_RECIPE_INGREDIENTS)),
c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_RECIPE_METHOD)),
c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_RECIPE_NOTES)),
// Add image here if required
c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK))
));
}
} while (c.moveToNext());
}
db.close();
//c.close();
return recipes;
}
I have tried upgrading the database version and looking at other similar questions on StackOverflow, neither helped.
Thanks.

You forgot to put comma(,) in create table statement.
Instead of
String CREATE_TABLE_RECIPES = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + TABLE_RECIPES + " (" +
COLUMN_ID_2 + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_NAME + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_DESCRIPTION + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_INGREDIENTS + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_METHOD + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_NOTES + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_IMAGE_ID + " INTEGER " +
COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK + " TEXT" +
");";
It should be
String CREATE_TABLE_RECIPES = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + TABLE_RECIPES + " (" +
COLUMN_ID_2 + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_NAME + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_DESCRIPTION + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_INGREDIENTS + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_METHOD + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_RECIPE_NOTES + " TEXT, " +
COLUMN_IMAGE_ID + " INTEGER, " + // Here you forgot to put comma(,) in this line
COLUMN_PARENT_BOOK + " TEXT" +
");";

Sql lite max dont find column name

Using:
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
int max_request_code = 0;
final String MY_QUERY = "SELECT MAX(" + REQUEST_CODE + ") FROM " + TABLE_TASKS;
Cursor mCursor = db.rawQuery(MY_QUERY, null);
if (mCursor.getCount() > 0)
{
mCursor.moveToFirst();
max_request_code = mCursor.getInt(mCursor.getColumnIndex(REQUEST_CODE));
}
else
return 0;
return max_request_code;
gives me an exception:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Couldn't read row 0, col -1 from CursorWindow.
on the line containing mCursor.getInt.
This is how i create the table:
String CREATE_TASKS_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + TABLE_TASKS + "("
+UUID + " TEXT,"+ REQUEST_CODE + " INT,"+ ACTION + " TEXT,"
+ TIME + " TEXT," + DAY + " TEXT," + RECEPIENTS+ " TEXT," +BODY + " TEXT," +SUBJECT +
" TEXT," +STATUS + " TEXT," +REPEAT + " TEXT," +TASK_NAME + " TEXT" +")";
db.execSQL(CREATE_TASKS_TABLE);

Use the word AS to assign a column name to the returned MAX value:
final String MY_QUERY = "SELECT MAX(" + REQUEST_CODE + ") AS maxRequest_Code FROM " + TABLE_TASKS;
Then get value from cursor:
max_request_code = mCursor.getInt(mCursor.getColumnIndex("maxRequest_Code"));
or use:
max_request_code = mCursor.getInt(0);

Inserting into database

I have written a query to insert values into a database in Android:
db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "( " + KEY_SITUATION_NAME
+ " TEXT NOT NULL, " + KEY_CATEGORY_NAME + " TEXT NOT NULL,"
+ KEY_LATTIUDE +" NOT NULL," + KEY_LONGITUDE + " NOT NULL," + " );");
However, when I execute it, an error is thrown. Can anyone point out the error in it?

db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "( " + KEY_SITUATION_NAME
+ " TEXT NOT NULL, " + KEY_CATEGORY_NAME + " TEXT NOT NULL,"
+ KEY_LATTIUDE +" INTEGER NOT NULL," + KEY_LONGITUDE + " INTEGER NOT NULL" + " );");
Provide a Datatype to KEY_LATITUDE and to KEY_LONGITUDE.
And also you have kept a (,) at last which was not needed...

the correct code is:
db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "( " + KEY_SITUATION_NAME
+ " TEXT NOT NULL, " + KEY_CATEGORY_NAME + " TEXT NOT NULL," + KEY_LATTIUDE +" NOT NULL," + KEY_LONGITUDE + " NOT NULL," + " )");

db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "( " + KEY_SITUATION_NAME
+ " TEXT NOT NULL, " + KEY_CATEGORY_NAME + " TEXT NOT NULL,"
+ KEY_LATTIUDE +" NOT NULL," + KEY_LONGITUDE + " NOT NULL);");