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Iphone Programming With SQLite

This guide explains iPhone programming to use database as SQLite.

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HOW TO PROGRAM SQLITE

FOR IPHONE
iphone programming series

Muthu Arumugam
iPhone App Consulting

iPhone Programming Guide 1


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Requirements 3

Steps 4

References 11

iPhone Programming Guide 2


Introduction

iPhone SDK allows programmers to add database to their application easily using SQLite.
This document explains the steps involved in creating a new application to use SQLite fea-
ture from scratch.

Requirements

• iPhone SDK 2.2 or above

• FMDB package from http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2008/03/fmdb_for_iphone.html

• SQLite Manager - To create and manage database

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Steps

Step 1: Create a new project

The windows will look like the following when you name your project as DBSample

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Step 2: Add SQLite library to the project to the Frameworks from <SDK Folder>/usr/lib

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Step 3: Extract and add the FMDB library to the project. Download it from
http://www.iphoneappconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/fmdb.zip. Drag and drop
the folder to the project.

Step 4: Add a new database to the project under Resources as “base.sqlite”. Use SQLite
Manager to create a database and attach it to the project.

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Add a new table called Settings and add 2 columns to that as shown below:

Step 5: Create a new class to have your DB methods. Call it as DB (DB.h and DB.m).

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Step 6: Add some code to insert and select rows from this newly created “Settings” table

DB.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "FMDB/FMDatabase.h"

@interface DB : NSObject {
FMDatabase* db;
}

- (void)addSettings:(NSString *)code with:(NSString *)value;


- (void)setSettings:(NSString *)code with:(NSString *)value;
- (NSString *)getSettings:(NSString *)code;

@end

DB.m

#import "DB.h"

@implementation DB

- init
{
if(![super init]) return nil;

// The database is stored in the application bundle.
NSArray *paths =
NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomain-
Mask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [documentsDirectory
stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"base.sqlite"];

db = [FMDatabase databaseWithPath:path];
[db setLogsErrors:TRUE];
[db setTraceExecution:TRUE];

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if (![db open]) {
NSLog(@"Could not open db.");
return 0;
} else {
NSLog(@"oooooooohooo. DB Open....");
}

return self;
}

- (void)dealloc
{
[db close];
[super dealloc];
}

- (void)addSettings:(NSString *)code with:(NSString *)value


{
[db executeUpdate:@"insert into settings values (?, ?)", code,
value];
}

- (void)setSettings:(NSString *)code with:(NSString *)value


{
[db executeUpdate:@"update settings set value = ? where code = ?",
value, code];
}

- (NSString *)getSettings:(NSString *)code


{
NSString *toReturn = [[NSString alloc] init];

FMResultSet *rs = [db executeQuery:@"select value from settings
where code = ?", code];
while ([rs next]) {
toReturn = [rs stringForColumn:@"value"];
}

return toReturn;
}

@end

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Step 7: Add additional code to the app to call these functions directly.

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References

• FMDB for iPhone - http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2008/03/fmdb_for_iphone.html

• Google code - http://code.google.com/p/flycode/source/browse/trunk/fmdb

• SQLite Manager - http://code.google.com/p/sqlite-manager/

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