Result of SELECT MAX(id) is null - sqlite

On the database open, I inserted 5 records into the Expense table. Then I removed all 5 records one by one.
And before I insert new entry I check max inserted id. For some reason it's null. What's wrong?
var result = await db.rawQuery("SELECT MAX(id) as last_inserted_id FROM Expense");
final maxID = result.first["last_inserted_id"];
print('maxID:$maxID'); //maxID:null

If there are no rows in the table, there is no maximum defined. What you rather should do is look for the ID sequence number of the table to find out what the next ID will be. That information is usually stored in some meta table of the DB.
SELECT seq FROM SQLITE_SEQUENCE WHERE name='Expense';

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Inserting rows from table2 to end of table1 with unique ids

I'm trying to add a test user to my website that employers can look at to see my work. I want to use some of the data I have entered into my profile so that it is faster.
I have a workouts table:
CREATE TABLE workouts(
id INTEGER NOT NULL,
userID INTEGER NOT NULL,
DateAndTime smalldatetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
FOREIGN KEY (UserID) REFERENCES users(id)
);
I have taken 25 of the first results and put it into a temporary workouts2 table:
CREATE TABLE workouts2 (
userid integer,
dateandtime smalldatetime);
Now I want to take those rows from workouts2 and put them into workouts. I have tried to add them by inserting workouts2 into workouts like this:
insert into workouts (id , userID, DateandTime) values (select * from workouts2);
This gives me an Error: in prepare, near "select": syntax error (1)
I can do it one at a time like this:
insert into workouts (userid, dateandtime) values (2, "2022-01-02T06:00");
Doing it one at a time is not ideal.
What am I missing here? I know I have a syntax error but I don't know how to fix it.
I have looked at this question which inserts one at a time:
How to insert a unique ID into each SQLite row?
The problem is it only inserts one at a time.
You should use SELECT instead of VALUES and not include the column id, which is auto-incremented, in the list of columns of workouts which will receive the values (such a column does not exist in workouts2):
INSERT INTO workouts (userID, DateandTime)
SELECT *
FROM workouts2;

Cheapest way to return if INSERTed new row

Let's say that I insert a record:
INSERT INTO table (pet1, pet2)
VALUES ('dog', 'cat')
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(SELECT 1 FROM table WHERE pet1='dog' AND pet2='cat);
What is the least expensive way to check if the statement actually affected a row?

sqlite shift rowid in multiple records

Hello i have an sqlite db with many records like 10540 record they are ordered by creation time , i want to shift like a record in the middle and like to do it automatically
for example :
select * from table1 where id >= 8521;
UPDATE Table1 SET id = id +1 ;
does not work i get Error: Result: UNIQUE constraint failed:
so i want to shift up all records from 8521 to the last record and get place in the 8520 place for example so i can insert my record in that place of table .
even the
id = select max(id)+1
does not work how can i increment the id from last record to the needed record so i can put a place in the records db
A simple update statement would fail, as it would try to create duplicate values in the primary key.
What you can do is this:
First update the column to the negatives of the values they should have:
update table1
set id = -(id + 1)
where id > 8520;
Now there are no duplicates and you just need to update again to the positive values:
update table1
set id = -id
where id < 0;
This will do the trick, but any kind of updating the primary key is not a recommended practice

Insert/update trigger updating column value of all rows

I am running into a logical problem.My Trigger is:
create trigger Points1
on Posts
after insert, update
As
declare #value int
declare #postedby int
select #value= Count(Message) from Posts
select #postedby = PostedBy from Posts
update AspNetUsers set User_points = #value * 3
where ( AspNetUsers.Id = #postedby)
I dont know whether i am doing it right or not.
Two tables: AspNetUsers table with User_points column and Id Column as primary key
Posts table with PostId as primary key and PostedBy as foreign key referencing the AspNetUsers table.
Now, i want to compare PostedBy with Id column and if they both are same then update the User_Points column with +3 on every single message he posted.
Now, problem is:
1> It is inserting same number of points in every Row.It should check only currently inserted row and the PostedBy column of that row and then compare with Id column of other table and should Update user's Point of only that Id.
But same result nothing happens
Please tell me how to do it.
thanks in advance
change
select #postedby = PostedBy from Posts
to
select #postedby = PostedBy from INSERTED
'INSERTED' is a magic table that keep insert/updated data in this scope.
Same as this 'DELETED' table keep previous data in update a row

SQLITE fill value with unique random table

I want to create a table with a field that is unique and limited to a certain value. Lets say that the limit is 100, the table is full, I remove a random row, and when I create a new row it has the value that was freed before.
It doesn't need to be the fastest thing in the world (the limit is quite small), I just want to implement it in a DB.
Any ideas?
Create one more column in main table, say deleted (integer, 0 or 1). When you need to delete with certain id, do not really delete it, but simply update deleted to 1:
UPDATE mytable SET deleted=1 WHERE id = <id_to_delete>
When you need to insert, find id to be reused:
SELECT id FROM mytable WHERE deleted LIMIT 1
If this query returns empty result, then use INSERT to create new id. Otherwise, simply update your row:
UPDATE mytable SET deleted=0, name='blah', ... WHERE id=<id_to_reuse>
All queries reading from your main table should have WHERE constraint with NOT deleted condition:
SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE NOT deleted
If you add index on deleted, this method should work fast even for large number of rows.
This solution does everything in a trigger, so you can just use a normal INSERT.
For the table itself, we use an autoincrementing ID column:
CREATE TABLE MyTable(ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, Name);
We need another table to store an ID temporarily:
CREATE TABLE moriturus(ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
And the trigger:
CREATE TRIGGER MyTable_DeleteAndReorder
AFTER INSERT ON MyTable
FOR EACH ROW
WHEN (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MyTable) > 100
BEGIN
-- first, select a random record to be deleted, and save its ID
DELETE FROM moriturus;
INSERT INTO moriturus
SELECT ID FROM MyTable
WHERE ID <> NEW.ID
ORDER BY random()
LIMIT 1;
-- then actually delete it
DELETE FROM MyTable
WHERE ID = (SELECT ID
FROM moriturus);
-- then change the just inserted record to have that ID
UPDATE MyTable
SET ID = (SELECT ID
FROM moriturus)
WHERE ID = NEW.ID;
END;

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