SQLite iPhone - Insert Fails - iphone

Question

I am trying to insert a value to a SQLite db, but everytime I try my program simply crashes with no error message at all.
Here is my code:
- (void) insertToDatabase:(NSString *) refName {
// The Database is stoed in the application bundle
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"staticdata.sqlite"];
if(sqlite3_open([path UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK){
const char *sql = "Insert into usersDates(dateDescription) VALUES (?)";
sqlite3_stmt *init_statement;
sqlite3_bind_text(init_statement, 1, [refName UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
if(!sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &init_statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK){
NSAssert1(0, #"Failed to insert to database file with message '%s'.", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
}
if(sqlite3_step(init_statement) != SQLITE_DONE ) {
NSLog( #"Error: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(database) );
} else {
NSLog( #"Insert into row id = %d", sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(database));
}
sqlite3_finalize(init_statement);
} else {
sqlite3_close(database);
NSAssert1(0, #"Failed to open database file with message '%s'.", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
}
}
The error seems to occur on the bind statement. I have confirmed the database is actually being opened, and refname is correctly being passed to my method.
Can anyone help? I would normally use core data, however this is a bug fix to an existing project, and I simply do not have the time to allocate to making the move to core data.

Answer 1

The order of your statements is incorrect. bind_() is used after prepare()
SQLite bind() documentation
The first argument to the sqlite3_bind_*() routines is always a pointer to the sqlite3_stmt object returned from sqlite3_prepare_v2() or its variants.
const char *sql = "Insert into usersDates(dateDescription) VALUES (?)";
sqlite3_stmt *init_statement;
if(!sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &init_statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK){
NSAssert1(0, #"Failed to prepare statement with message '%s'.", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
}
sqlite3_bind_text(init_statement, 1, [refName UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
sqlite_step(init_statement);