Comments on: Titanium Tutorial: Using the SQLite database synchronously

By: Brian L

Brian L — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:45:43 +0000

Thanks a lot for this concise introduction to Titanium.Database.
One thing I am not quite certain about is whether it is possible to create a database anywhere on the user’s filesystem, or only inside the Titanium app’s session.

By: Arif Muslax

Arif Muslax — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:07:06 +0000

Thank you.

By: Serge Meunier

Serge Meunier — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:34:39 +0000

Hi Arif,

Using the code in the tutorial above, it should be easy to set up a script to do what you want.

What I would recommend is putting each operation into a function, such as the code to open the database, calling a sql query etc.

To create a table, all you need do is call db.execute(“CREATE TABLE [xxx] ([col1] varchar(50), [col2] int) “);

Inserting a record is just as easy: db.execute(“INSERT INTO [xxx] ([col1], [col2]) VALUES (‘test’, 123);”)

Retrieving a record I handled in the tutorial.

That is all you need to implement to do what you want the script to do. Displaying the data is fully reliant on how you are displaying your page, so I cannot help you there. The data can be manipulated like any other Javascript variable, and can be assigned to a textbox, or any other web control.

By: Arif Muslax

Arif Muslax — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:28:42 +0000

Hi, I really need one page application sample that includes steps on creating a new database, creating table, inserting records, retrieving that record and displaying it on the page. Could you write it? I’ve searched for days but found none. Thanks.

By: Serge Meunier

Serge Meunier — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:27:51 +0000

As of yet, I have not seen any trace of transaction support. I am not sure if this is something the Appcelerator team are looking at or not, but will update the tutorials if it does become available.

By: D

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:45:32 +0000

what about transaction support?

By: Serge Meunier

Serge Meunier — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:04:25 +0000

The db name can be anything you want. Or at least anything that would make a valid filename (excluding the extension). What the SQLite db engine does is creates a db with that name if none exists previously.

By: Rob Griffiths

Rob Griffiths — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:17:34 +0000

Great post.

Question though, can the db name be anything or are there set names?

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