I would like some help with my Visual Studio C# code with inserting unicode strings into a SQLite database.
Below is my test code to write a test string to the database:
string testStr = "á Á ñ ç é á";
SQLiteConnection mydataConnection = new SQLiteConnection(); // setup new sql connection obj
try
{
//// SQLite DB
mydataConnection.ConnectionString =
"Data Source=C:\\Users\\John\\Desktop\\location.db; Version=3; UseUTF16Encoding=True;Synchronous=Normal;New=False"; // set up the connection string
mydataConnection.Open(); // open the connection to the db
SQLiteCommand myCmd = new SQLiteCommand(); // create a new command object
myCmd.Connection = mydataConnection; // whats its connected to, see above connection string
SQLiteParameterCollection myParameters = myCmd.Parameters; // good pratice to use parameters to pass data to db
myParameters.AddWithValue("@name", testStr); //
myCmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO location (name) VALUES (@name)";
myCmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch (SQLiteException d)
{
string myerror = "Database Error" + d;
MessageBox.Show(myerror);
}
finally // good pratice to close db connection in a finally so exceptions dont leave open.
{
mydataConnection.Close();
}
When I view the database/table (using SQLite Administrator) the string looks like this: á à ñ ç é á
As a test, I can copy & paste the string direct into the database using SQLite Administrator and the string is saved and can subsequently be viewed OK.
I have tried toggling "UseUTF16Encoding=True;" True / False - no difference.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong.