How to get random string from database?

Question

I'm working on application, in which first activity gets random value from database and sends it to the next activity as a string.

I know exactly how this can be done in sql:

SELECT column FROM table
ORDER BY RANDOM()
LIMIT 1

After some attempts to use it in app I've come to this:

Cursor send = database.query(TABLE_NAME, new String[] { COLUMN_NAME }, null, null, null, null, "RANDOM() LIMIT 1");

Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putString("description", send.getString(send.getColumnIndex(COLUMN_NAME)));

But I got error on the last line after pressing button to open the second activity.

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Added Log:

05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259): android.database.CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 1 requested, with a size of 1
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.database.AbstractCursor.checkPosition(AbstractCursor.java:400)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.database.AbstractWindowedCursor.checkPosition(AbstractWindowedCursor.java:136)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.database.AbstractWindowedCursor.getString(AbstractWindowedCursor.java:50)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259): at com.example.ListAction$1.onItemClick(ListAction.java:90)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:292)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1177)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:2705)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.widget.AbsListView$1.run(AbsListView.java:3458)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4507)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:790)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:557)
05-22 22:14:24.202: E/AndroidRuntime(14259):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

I think the problem is that you should point your cursor to the first row. I have not found this in your code:

if (!send.moveToFirst()) {
    Log.d(TAG, "Cannot move to first row of the Cursor!");
    return;
}