我想在sqlite数据库中删除或添加列

我正在使用以下查询删除列。

ALTER TABLE TABLENAME DROP COLUMN COLUMNNAME

但它会产生错误

System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: SQLite error
near "DROP": syntax error

修改表SQLite

SQLite支持ALTER TABLE的一个有限子集。SQLite中的ALTER TABLE命令允许用户重命名表或向现有表添加新列。不能重命名列、删除列或从表中添加或删除约束。

您可以:

创建新表作为您要更改的表, 复制所有数据, 丢掉旧桌子, 重新命名新文件。


http://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html

正如您在图中看到的,只支持ADD COLUMN。不过,有一个(有点沉重的)变通方法:http://www.sqlite.org/faq.html#q11


我根据Sqlite推荐的方法写了一个Java实现:

private void dropColumn(SQLiteDatabase db,
        ConnectionSource connectionSource,
        String createTableCmd,
        String tableName,
        String[] colsToRemove) throws java.sql.SQLException {

    List<String> updatedTableColumns = getTableColumns(tableName);
    // Remove the columns we don't want anymore from the table's list of columns
    updatedTableColumns.removeAll(Arrays.asList(colsToRemove));

    String columnsSeperated = TextUtils.join(",", updatedTableColumns);

    db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " RENAME TO " + tableName + "_old;");

    // Creating the table on its new format (no redundant columns)
    db.execSQL(createTableCmd);

    // Populating the table with the data
    db.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + tableName + "(" + columnsSeperated + ") SELECT "
            + columnsSeperated + " FROM " + tableName + "_old;");
    db.execSQL("DROP TABLE " + tableName + "_old;");
}

为了获得表的列,我使用了“PRAGMA table_info”:

public List<String> getTableColumns(String tableName) {
    ArrayList<String> columns = new ArrayList<String>();
    String cmd = "pragma table_info(" + tableName + ");";
    Cursor cur = getDB().rawQuery(cmd, null);

    while (cur.moveToNext()) {
        columns.add(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("name")));
    }
    cur.close();

    return columns;
}

实际上我在我的博客上写过,你可以在那里看到更多的解释:

http://udinic.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/sqlite-drop-column-support/


在SQLite 3中不能删除特定的列。参见FAQ。


您可以使用SQlite管理员更改列名。 右键单击表名并选择编辑表。在这里你可以找到表的结构,你可以很容易地重命名它。


由于SQLite对ALTER TABLE的支持有限,所以你只能在表的末尾添加列或在SQLite中更改TABLE_NAME。

这里是如何从SQLITE删除列的最佳答案?

从SQLite表中删除列


正如其他人指出的那样,sqlite的ALTER TABLE语句不支持DROP COLUMN,并且标准的做法是不保留约束和索引。

下面是一些python代码,在维护所有关键约束和索引的同时,可以通用地执行此操作。

请在使用之前备份您的数据库!这个函数依赖于修改原始的CREATE TABLE语句,可能有点不安全——例如,如果标识符包含嵌入的逗号或圆括号,它就会出错。

如果有人愿意提供一种更好的解析SQL的方法,那就太好了!

我发现了一个更好的方法来解析使用开源sqlparse包。如果有任何兴趣,我会张贴在这里,只要留下评论要求它…

import re
import random

def DROP_COLUMN(db, table, column):
    columns = [ c[1] for c in db.execute("PRAGMA table_info(%s)" % table) ]
    columns = [ c for c in columns if c != column ]
    sql = db.execute("SELECT sql from sqlite_master where name = '%s'" 
        % table).fetchone()[0]
    sql = format(sql)
    lines = sql.splitlines()
    findcol = r'\b%s\b' % column
    keeplines = [ line for line in lines if not re.search(findcol, line) ]
    create = '\n'.join(keeplines)
    create = re.sub(r',(\s*\))', r'\1', create)
    temp = 'tmp%d' % random.randint(1e8, 1e9)
    db.execute("ALTER TABLE %(old)s RENAME TO %(new)s" % { 
        'old': table, 'new': temp })
    db.execute(create)
    db.execute("""
        INSERT INTO %(new)s ( %(columns)s ) 
        SELECT %(columns)s FROM %(old)s
    """ % { 
        'old': temp,
        'new': table,
        'columns': ', '.join(columns)
    })  
    db.execute("DROP TABLE %s" % temp)

def format(sql):
    sql = sql.replace(",", ",\n")
    sql = sql.replace("(", "(\n")
    sql = sql.replace(")", "\n)")
    return sql

正如其他人指出的那样

不能重命名列、删除列或添加或 从表中删除约束。

来源:http://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html

而您总是可以创建一个新表,然后删除旧表。 我将尝试用一个例子来解释这种解决方法。

sqlite> .schema
CREATE TABLE person(
 id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, 
 first_name TEXT,
 last_name TEXT, 
 age INTEGER, 
 height INTEGER
);
sqlite> select * from person ; 
id          first_name  last_name   age         height    
----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
0           john        doe         20          170       
1           foo         bar         25          171       

现在要从该表中删除列的高度。

创建另一个名为new_person的表

sqlite> CREATE TABLE new_person(
   ...>  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, 
   ...>  first_name TEXT, 
   ...>  last_name TEXT, 
   ...>  age INTEGER 
   ...> ) ; 
sqlite> 

现在从旧表复制数据

sqlite> INSERT INTO new_person
   ...> SELECT id, first_name, last_name, age FROM person ;
sqlite> select * from new_person ;
id          first_name  last_name   age       
----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
0           john        doe         20        
1           foo         bar         25        
sqlite>

现在删除person表并将new_person重命名为person

sqlite> DROP TABLE IF EXISTS person ; 
sqlite> ALTER TABLE new_person RENAME TO person ;
sqlite>

如果你使用。schema,你会看到

sqlite>.schema
CREATE TABLE "person"(
 id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, 
 first_name TEXT, 
 last_name TEXT, 
 age INTEGER 
);

作为替代:

如果有一个带模式的表

CREATE TABLE person(
  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
  first_name TEXT,
  last_name TEXT,
  age INTEGER,
  height INTEGER
);

你可以使用CREATE TABLE…AS语句,如CREATE TABLE person2 AS SELECT id, first_name, last_name, age FROM person;,即去掉你不想要的列。然后删除原来的person表并重命名新表。

注意,此方法生成的表没有PRIMARY KEY,也没有约束。为了保留这些表,可以使用其他人描述的方法来创建新表,或者使用临时表作为中间表。


这个不同问题的答案是针对修改列的,但我相信,如果你有很多列,并且不想在INSERT语句中手动重新输入大部分列,部分答案也可以产生有用的方法:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10385666

您可以按照上面链接中描述的方法转储数据库,然后从该转储中获取“create table”语句和“insert”模板,然后按照SQLite FAQ条目“如何从SQLite中现有的表中添加或删除列”中的说明进行操作。(常见问题在本页其他地方有链接。)


你可以使用Sqlitebrowser。在浏览器模式下,对于各自的数据库和表,在选项卡-database结构下,选择Modify table后,可以删除各自的列。


我重写了@Udinic答案,以便代码自动生成表创建查询。它也不需要ConnectionSource。它还必须在事务中完成此操作。

public static String getOneTableDbSchema(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName) {
    Cursor c = db.rawQuery(
            "SELECT * FROM `sqlite_master` WHERE `type` = 'table' AND `name` = '" + tableName + "'", null);
    String result = null;
    if (c.moveToFirst()) {
        result = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("sql"));
    }
    c.close();
    return result;
}

public List<String> getTableColumns(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName) {
    ArrayList<String> columns = new ArrayList<>();
    String cmd = "pragma table_info(" + tableName + ");";
    Cursor cur = db.rawQuery(cmd, null);

    while (cur.moveToNext()) {
        columns.add(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("name")));
    }
    cur.close();

    return columns;
}

private void dropColumn(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName, String[] columnsToRemove) {
    db.beginTransaction();
    try {
        List<String> columnNamesWithoutRemovedOnes = getTableColumns(db, tableName);
        // Remove the columns we don't want anymore from the table's list of columns
        columnNamesWithoutRemovedOnes.removeAll(Arrays.asList(columnsToRemove));

        String newColumnNamesSeparated = TextUtils.join(" , ", columnNamesWithoutRemovedOnes);
        String sql = getOneTableDbSchema(db, tableName);
        // Extract the SQL query that contains only columns
        String oldColumnsSql = sql.substring(sql.indexOf("(")+1, sql.lastIndexOf(")"));

        db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " RENAME TO " + tableName + "_old;");
        db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE `" + tableName + "` (" + getSqlWithoutRemovedColumns(oldColumnsSql, columnsToRemove)+ ");");
        db.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + tableName + "(" + newColumnNamesSeparated + ") SELECT " + newColumnNamesSeparated + " FROM " + tableName + "_old;");
        db.execSQL("DROP TABLE " + tableName + "_old;");
        db.setTransactionSuccessful();
    } catch {
        //Error in between database transaction 
    } finally {
        db.endTransaction();
    }


}

您现在还可以使用DB浏览器为SQLite操作列


public void DeleteColFromTable(String DbName, String TableName, String ColName){
    SQLiteDatabase db = openOrCreateDatabase(""+DbName+"", Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);
    db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "+TableName+"(1x00dff);");
    Cursor c = db.rawQuery("PRAGMA table_info("+TableName+")", null);
    if (c.getCount() == 0) {

    } else {
        String columns1 = "";
        String columns2 = "";
        while (c.moveToNext()) {
            if (c.getString(1).equals(ColName)) {
            } else {
                columns1 = columns1 + ", " + c.getString(1) + " " + c.getString(2);
                columns2 = columns2 + ", " + c.getString(1);
            }
            if (c.isLast()) {
                db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS DataBackup (" + columns1 + ");");
                db.execSQL("INSERT INTO DataBackup SELECT " + columns2 + " FROM "+TableName+";");
                db.execSQL("DROP TABLE "+TableName+"");
                db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE DataBackup RENAME TO "+TableName+";");
            }
        }
    }
}

只需要调用一个方法

DeleteColFromTable("Database name","Table name","Col name which want to delete");

基于http://www.sqlite.org/faq.html#q11上的信息在Python中实现。

import sqlite3 as db
import random
import string

QUERY_TEMPLATE_GET_COLUMNS = "PRAGMA table_info(@table_name)"
QUERY_TEMPLATE_DROP_COLUMN = """
  BEGIN TRANSACTION;
  CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE @tmp_table(@columns_to_keep);
  INSERT INTO @tmp_table SELECT @columns_to_keep FROM @table_name;
  DROP TABLE @table_name;
  CREATE TABLE @table_name(@columns_to_keep);
  INSERT INTO @table_name SELECT @columns_to_keep FROM @tmp_table;
  DROP TABLE @tmp_table;
  COMMIT;
"""

def drop_column(db_file, table_name, column_name):
    con = db.connect(db_file)
    QUERY_GET_COLUMNS = QUERY_TEMPLATE_GET_COLUMNS.replace("@table_name", table_name)
    query_res = con.execute(QUERY_GET_COLUMNS).fetchall()
    columns_list_to_keep = [i[1] for i in query_res if i[1] != column_name]
    columns_to_keep = ",".join(columns_list_to_keep)
    tmp_table = "tmp_%s" % "".join(random.sample(string.ascii_lowercase, 10))
    QUERY_DROP_COLUMN = QUERY_TEMPLATE_DROP_COLUMN.replace("@table_name", table_name)\
        .replace("@tmp_table", tmp_table).replace("@columns_to_keep", columns_to_keep)
    con.executescript(QUERY_DROP_COLUMN)
    con.close()

drop_column(DB_FILE, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME)

这个脚本首先创建随机的临时表,并只插入必要列的数据,除了将要删除的列。然后根据临时表恢复原表,删除临时表。


我的解,只需要调用这个方法。

public static void dropColumn(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName, String[] columnsToRemove) throws java.sql.SQLException {
    List<String> updatedTableColumns = getTableColumns(db, tableName);
    updatedTableColumns.removeAll(Arrays.asList(columnsToRemove));
    String columnsSeperated = TextUtils.join(",", updatedTableColumns);

    db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " RENAME TO " + tableName + "_old;");
    db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (" + columnsSeperated + ");");
    db.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + tableName + "(" + columnsSeperated + ") SELECT "
            + columnsSeperated + " FROM " + tableName + "_old;");
    db.execSQL("DROP TABLE " + tableName + "_old;");
}

辅助方法获取列:

public static List<String> getTableColumns(SQLiteDatabase db, String tableName) {
    ArrayList<String> columns = new ArrayList<>();
    String cmd = "pragma table_info(" + tableName + ");";
    Cursor cur = db.rawQuery(cmd, null);

    while (cur.moveToNext()) {
        columns.add(cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("name")));
    }
    cur.close();

    return columns;
}

我已经改进了user2638929回答,现在它可以保留列类型,主键,默认值等。

public static void dropColumns(SQLiteDatabase database, String tableName, Collection<String> columnsToRemove){
    List<String> columnNames = new ArrayList<>();
    List<String> columnNamesWithType = new ArrayList<>();
    List<String> primaryKeys = new ArrayList<>();
    String query = "pragma table_info(" + tableName + ");";
    Cursor cursor = database.rawQuery(query,null);
    while (cursor.moveToNext()){
        String columnName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("name"));

        if (columnsToRemove.contains(columnName)){
            continue;
        }

        String columnType = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("type"));
        boolean isNotNull = cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex("notnull")) == 1;
        boolean isPk = cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex("pk")) == 1;

        columnNames.add(columnName);
        String tmp = "`" + columnName + "` " + columnType + " ";
        if (isNotNull){
            tmp += " NOT NULL ";
        }

        int defaultValueType = cursor.getType(cursor.getColumnIndex("dflt_value"));
        if (defaultValueType == Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_STRING){
            tmp += " DEFAULT " + "\"" + cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("dflt_value")) + "\" ";
        }else if(defaultValueType == Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER){
            tmp += " DEFAULT " + cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex("dflt_value")) + " ";
        }else if (defaultValueType == Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT){
            tmp += " DEFAULT " + cursor.getFloat(cursor.getColumnIndex("dflt_value")) + " ";
        }
        columnNamesWithType.add(tmp);
        if (isPk){
            primaryKeys.add("`" + columnName + "`");
        }
    }
    cursor.close();

    String columnNamesSeparated = TextUtils.join(", ", columnNames);
    if (primaryKeys.size() > 0){
        columnNamesWithType.add("PRIMARY KEY("+ TextUtils.join(", ", primaryKeys) +")");
    }
    String columnNamesWithTypeSeparated = TextUtils.join(", ", columnNamesWithType);

    database.beginTransaction();
    try {
        database.execSQL("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " RENAME TO " + tableName + "_old;");
        database.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (" + columnNamesWithTypeSeparated + ");");
        database.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + tableName + " (" + columnNamesSeparated + ") SELECT "
                + columnNamesSeparated + " FROM " + tableName + "_old;");
        database.execSQL("DROP TABLE " + tableName + "_old;");
        database.setTransactionSuccessful();
    }finally {
        database.endTransaction();
    }
}

PS:这里我使用的是android.arch.persistence.db。支持sqlitedatabase,但你可以很容易地修改它使用android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase


我猜您想做的是数据库迁移。在SQLite中不存在“删除”列。但是,您可以使用ALTER表查询添加一个额外的列。


DB Browser for SQLite允许您添加或删除列。

在主视图中,选择Database Structure,单击表名。一个按钮Modify Table被启用,它会打开一个新窗口,您可以在其中选择列/字段并删除它。


Kotlin解决方案,基于这里,还要:

确保临时表不存在 修复了检查默认值的类型,因为当它是Integer时返回String类型(此处报告了此问题)。 避免在希望删除的列不存在时执行任何操作。

object DbUtil {
    /** https://stackoverflow.com/a/51587449/878126 */
    @JvmStatic
    fun dropColumns(database: SQLiteDatabase, tableName: String,
        columnsToRemove: Collection<String>) {
        val columnNames: MutableList<String> = ArrayList()
        val columnNamesWithType: MutableList<String> = ArrayList()
        val primaryKeys: MutableList<String> = ArrayList()
        val query = "pragma table_info($tableName);"
        val cursor = database.rawQuery(query, null)
        val columnDefaultIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("dflt_value")
        val columnNameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("name")
        val columnTypeIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("type")
        val columnNotNullIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("notnull")
        val columnPrimaryKeyIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("pk")
        val sb = StringBuilder()
        var foundColumnsToRemove = false
        while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
            val columnName = cursor.getString(columnNameIndex)
            if (columnsToRemove.contains(columnName)) {
                foundColumnsToRemove = true
                continue
            }
            val columnType = cursor.getString(columnTypeIndex)
            val isNotNull = cursor.getInt(columnNotNullIndex) == 1
            val isPrimaryKey = cursor.getInt(columnPrimaryKeyIndex) == 1
            columnNames.add(columnName)
            sb.clear()
            sb.append("`$columnName` $columnType ")
            if (isNotNull)
                sb.append(" NOT NULL ")
            if (cursor.getType(columnDefaultIndex) != Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_NULL) {
                //has default value
                when (columnType.uppercase()) {
                    "INTEGER" -> sb.append(" DEFAULT ${cursor.getInt(columnDefaultIndex)} ")
                    "TEXT" -> sb.append(" DEFAULT \"${cursor.getString(columnDefaultIndex)}\" ")
                    "REAL" -> sb.append(" DEFAULT ${cursor.getFloat(columnDefaultIndex)} ")
                }
            }
            columnNamesWithType.add(sb.toString())
            if (isPrimaryKey)
                primaryKeys.add("`$columnName`")
        }
        cursor.close()
        if (!foundColumnsToRemove)
            return
        val columnNamesSeparated = TextUtils.join(", ", columnNames)
        if (primaryKeys.size > 0)
            columnNamesWithType.add("PRIMARY KEY(${TextUtils.join(", ", primaryKeys)})")
        val columnNamesWithTypeSeparated = TextUtils.join(", ", columnNamesWithType)
        database.beginTransaction()
        try {
            var newTempTableName: String
            var counter = 0
            while (true) {
                newTempTableName = "${tableName}_old_$counter"
                if (!isTableExists(database, newTempTableName))
                    break
                ++counter
            }
            database.execSQL("ALTER TABLE $tableName RENAME TO $newTempTableName;")
            database.execSQL("CREATE TABLE $tableName ($columnNamesWithTypeSeparated);")
            database.execSQL(
                "INSERT INTO $tableName ($columnNamesSeparated) SELECT $columnNamesSeparated FROM $newTempTableName;")
            database.execSQL("DROP TABLE ${newTempTableName};")
            database.setTransactionSuccessful()
        } finally {
            database.endTransaction()
        }
    }

    @JvmStatic
    fun isTableExists(database: SQLiteDatabase, tableName: String): Boolean {
        database.rawQuery(
            "select DISTINCT tbl_name from sqlite_master where tbl_name = '$tableName'", null)
            ?.use {
                return it.count > 0
            } ?: return false
    }
}


SQLite 3.35.0引入了对ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN的支持。

ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN语法用于从表中删除现有列。DROP COLUMN命令从表中删除指定的列,并重写整个表以清除与该列相关的数据。DROP COLUMN命令仅在列未被模式的任何其他部分引用、不是PRIMARY KEY且没有UNIQUE约束时才有效。

下面的语法是有效的:

ALTER TABLE <TABLENAME> DROP COLUMN <COLUMNNAME>;
ALTER TABLE <TABLENAME> DROP <COLUMNNAME>;

有一段时间不直接支持这一点,您需要遵循以下四个步骤:(1)创建一个temporary_table,(2)复制数据,(3)删除旧表,然后(4)重命名temporary_table。

但是现在支持这些特性,您所需要做的就是升级SQLite。

3.35.0 from 2021-03-12添加ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN 3.25.0 from 2018-09-15新增ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN 3.2.0在2005-03-21添加了ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN

请注意,仍然有一些边缘情况下,这些可能不起作用,例如,您不能删除主键列。有关详细信息,请参阅文档。当这些ALTER TABLE…COLUMN语句不起作用时,您可以退回到四步过程。

顺便说一下,文档中的四步流程实际上是十二步流程。但其中四个步骤非常重要,很容易出错,在这些文档中特别指出。


至少在3.37.0版本,sqlite3支持DROP COLUMN