QSqlQuery bindValue() Function fails to Bind

[Corpse0327]

Hi

I am having a trouble with QSqlQuery class' bindValue()
The code:

query.prepare("SELECT NAME FROM SQLITE_MASTER WHERE TYPE='table' AND NAME=:table");
query.bindValue(":table", table);

if(query.exec() == false)
{
    qDebug() << "DataIO::createTableIf:1: " << query.lastError().text();
}
qDebug() << query.executedQuery();

The qDebug() prints this

"SELECT NAME FROM SQLITE_MASTER WHERE TYPE='table' AND NAME=?"

I can't understand why bindValue() doesn't binds the value and just binds "?".

Is this something with runtime? I may as well use the old way:

query.exec("SELECT NAME FROM SQLITE_MASTER WHERE TYPE='table' AND NAME=" + table);

But i want to use the right way of doing things. Thanks in advance for any help.

[p3c0]

@Corpse0327 Did you check if you get the output ?
As per the doc it will return result same as lastQuery() but in case if the db does not support placeholders then a new query is formed with bound values and I guess in that case executedQuery() will show the values. More info here.

[Corpse0327]

@p3c0 said:

@Corpse0327 Did you check if you get the output ?
As per the doc it will return result same as lastQuery() but in case if the db does not support placeholders then a new query is formed with bound values and I guess in that case executedQuery() will show the values. More info here.

Well, the function returns the latest succesfully executed query. It returns the query i added only with placeholders replaced with quos. So it means it executed query with quos.

I checked it from sqldb using SqliteMan. By the way it is not just limited to this query. At any query i prepared placeholders are replaced by quos.

[p3c0]

@Corpse0327 Since sqlite db supports placeholders new query with those bound values will not be formed and it will show question mark as I understand from the doc.

[Corpse0327]

@p3c0 Forgive me if i misunderstood. You are saying that it would show question marks but would work properly right? Since Sqlite supports placeholders.

I tested it many times and, no. It just executes the query with question marks. I have changed my code to 'without bindValue()' version. Everything works fine.

[p3c0]

@Corpse0327

Forgive me if i misunderstood. You are saying that it would show question marks but would work properly right? Since Sqlite supports placeholders.

Yes.

I tested it many times and, no. It just executes the query with question marks. I have changed my code to 'without bindValue()' version. Everything works fine.

Are you sure ? I hope you are checking in the following manner after query execution

while(query.next())
        qDebug() << query.value(0).toString(); //get value at 0 column

Also does query.exec() returns false in this case ?

[Corpse0327]

@p3c0 Thank you for your help

I have realized that

1. If query execution is a failure, than lastQuery() returns a string with either placeHolders or placeHolders replaced with quos. Making the user thinking something with binding is wrong.
2. If query is succesful, lastQuery() returns either placeHolders replaced with quos or actual values.

I am going to further test things out and see if something may be improved with bindValue() and make a request based on that.