SQLite syntax error near "CREATE TABLE"

Question

Here's my code:

    String CREATE_DATABASE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "("  + 
            KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " + 
            "title TEXT, "+
            "author TEXT, "+
            "state TEXT);";

    db.execSQL(CREATE_DATABASE);

The LogCat says : 12-11 23:43:50.553: E/AndroidRuntime(3706): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: near "CREATE TABLE": syntax error (code 1): , while compiling: CREATE TABLE PapersTable(_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, title TEXT, author TEXT, state TEXT);

Solution

The CREATE TABLE syntax is all right as you've posted it.

I suspect there's a non-breaking space (ASCII 0xA0) between CREATE and TABLE. Replace it with the regular space (ASCII 0x20). That would explain the syntax error you posted: parser is treating CREATE TABLE as a single unknown token and not as two separate known tokens CREATE and TABLE.

What is definitely wrong is that you call db.close() on the SQLiteDatabase db passed in as a parameter to your function. You should only close databases you opened yourself and closing it this way will lead to an exception, albeit a different one.