sqflite IN operator with AND operator - flutter

Question

I have following query which select from employee table where name is "max" and ID not in 123 and 444.
Not in IDs can grow in future. But I am receiving error as
Error
( 8023): [ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(148)] Unhandled Exception: DatabaseException(near "?": syntax error (code 1 SQLITE_ERROR): , while compiling:
Query
List<String> a = [];
a.add("123");
a.add("444");
var table = await mydb.rawQuery(
"SELECT value from employee WHERE employeename = ? AND id NOT IN ? ORDER BY timestamp DESC",
["max", a]);

Answer 1

If the LIST is unpredictable, one way is that you can use JOIN to create your select statement with required value of NOT IN. Below is one sample.
void main() {
List<String> a = [];
a.add("123");
a.add("444");
var select =
'SELECT value from employee WHERE employeename = ? AND id NOT IN (\'' +
(a.join('\',\'')).toString() +
'\') ORDER BY timestamp DESC';
var table = await mydb.rawQuery(select, ["max"]);
}
If you print the variable select you will get
SELECT value from employee WHERE employeename = ? AND id NOT IN ('123','444')
ORDER BY timestamp DESC.
Then you can pass the above statement to rawquery and get your result.
P.S:Use your single quote and double quote accordingly.

Answer 2

I'd go for #arun-palanisamy 's solution, see his comment. Props go to him. I just tried the following -- with Groovy/Postgres, but the error seems to be the same, so you might want to give it a try:
String[] a = ['123', '444']
// your code, throws 'ERROR: syntax error at or near "$2"':
// def table = sql.execute("SELECT value from employee WHERE employeename = ? AND id NOT IN ? ORDER BY timestamp DESC", ["max", a])
// code of arun-palanisamy, compiles:
def table = sql.execute("SELECT value from employee WHERE employeename = ? AND id NOT IN (${a.join(', ')}) ORDER BY timestamp DESC", ["max", a])
Side notes:
You might want to try a different type for a, such as Array in my code, or even a HashMap.
There are examples (like here) where the number of ? are generated dynamically.
Update: Go for this answer, we posted simultaneously