sqlite3 create table problems - objective-c

Question

I have an app I'm developing that will store soccer match statistics but I'm having trouble with my sqlite database. My save method is this :
-(void) saveData{
NSString *databasePath;
sqlite3_stmt *statement;
const char *dbpath =[databasePath UTF8String];
char *errMsg;
NSString *games;
games= #"games";
NSString *entree =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"create table if not exists %#(id integer, home text, away text)", games];
if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &_gameFile)==SQLITE_OK){
if(sqlite3_exec(_gameFile, [entree UTF8String], NULL, NULL, &errMsg) !=SQLITE_OK){
NSLog(#"executing %s", sqlite3_errmsg(_gameFile));
} else {
NSLog(#"table created (%#)", entree);
}
}
sqlite3_close(_gameFile);
if (sqlite3_open(dbpath, &_gameFile)==SQLITE_OK){
NSString *insertSQL = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"INSERT INTO games (id, home, away) VALUES (\"%#\",\"%#\",\"%#\")", dataPoints[0], dataPoints[1], dataPoints[2]];
const char *insert_stmt = [insertSQL UTF8String];
sqlite3_prepare_v2(_gameFile, insert_stmt, -1, &statement, NULL);
int rc =sqlite3_step(statement);
if(sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_DONE){
NSLog(#"success");
NSLog(#"tried to enter %#" , insertSQL);
} else if(sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_MISUSE){
NSLog(#"%#", insertSQL);
NSLog(#"Error %s while preparing statement", sqlite3_errmsg(_gameFile));
}
sqlite3_finalize(statement);
sqlite3_close(_gameFile);
}
}
This produces the following entries in the log:
2014-12-10 15:25:32.752 Footy Predictor[1718:513765] table created (create table if not exists games(id integer, home text, away text))
2014-12-10 15:25:32.759 Footy Predictor[1718:513765] INSERT INTO games (id, home, away) VALUES ("1446","Den Haag","Excelsior")
2014-12-10 15:25:32.760 Footy Predictor[1718:513765] Error no such table: games while preparing statement
I'm not really sure where I'm going wrong as the log says table created, and then says no such table.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I don't have an explicit answer for you because there are quite a few things that can go wrong with sqlite.
The main thing I can see is that you are not initialising databasePath. This needs to be a path to the .db file e.g. ~/Desktop/myDatabase.db.
1) I assume that you only want to process the statement once and you are actually inserting it 3 times. you need to check the value of rc i.e. only call sqlite3_step once and then put rc into the if statements :
int rc =sqlite3_step(statement);
if(rc == SQLITE_DONE){
NSLog(#"success");
NSLog(#"tried to enter %#" , insertSQL);
} else {
NSLog(#"%#", insertSQL);
NSLog(#"Error %s while preparing statement", sqlite3_errmsg(_gameFile));
}
2) Check the return value of sqlite3_prepare_v2 for success.
3) You neeeeed to normalise your statements (documentation for sqlite3_bind), otherwise you will run into problems when your users enter wildcard characters e.g. "?" or statements like "DROP"
4) Have you considered using Core Data. It is sooo much easier (although not ideal for everyone's needs I know).