[android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-27 Thread tbltop
All database fields are searchable by default. Android doesn't do the searching, you need to make your own search bar and use sqlite to do the actual search (called a query in sqlite speak). I've not used sqlite within Android, but if I needed to, here is what I would do: Look into Androids

[android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread Brad Stintson
Please reply On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.comwrote: How to make a database field searchable? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread Mark Murphy
What does searchable mean to you? What does a database field mean to you? On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.com wrote: Please reply On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.com wrote: How to make a database field searchable? -- Mark

Re: [android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread Brad Stintson
I mean that user can search the fields of a particular row of sqlite database using search bar. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: What does searchable mean to you? What does a database field mean to you? On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Brad

Re: [android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.com wrote: I mean that user can search the fields of a particular row of sqlite database using search bar. What search bar? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy

[android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread Brad Stintson
@ Murphy In a way that searchable dictionary works On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.comwrote: Please reply On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.comwrote: How to make a database field searchable? -- You received this message

[android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread DanH
http://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html#like On Apr 26, 7:56 am, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.com wrote: How to make a database field searchable? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Search from Database

2011-04-26 Thread DanH
There are also extensions to SQLite to do full text search: http://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html But these would presumably require you to C compile and load the extensions. On Apr 26, 7:56 am, Brad Stintson geek.bin...@gmail.com wrote: How to make a database field searchable? -- You received this