I am trying to do this database tutorial on SQLite Eclipse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-IV87qQ00M But I get a few errors at the end.. at db.ppen(); i get error: The method open() is undefined for the type MainActivity.DBAdapter and similar for insert record and close. MainActivity: package com.example.studentdatabase; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.OutputStream; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.widget.BaseAdapter; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ //DBAdapter db = new DBAdapter(this); @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Button addBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.add); addBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, addassignment.class); startActivity(i); } }); try { String destPath = "/data/data/" + getPackageName() + "/databases/AssignmentDB"; File f = new File(destPath); if (!f.exists()) { CopyDB( getBaseContext().getAssets().open("mydb"), new FileOutputStream(destPath)); } } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } DBAdapter db = new DBAdapter(); //---add an assignment--- db.open(); long id = db.insertRecord("Hello World", "2/18/2012", "DPR 224", "First Android Project"); id = db.insertRecord("Workbook Exercises", "3/1/2012", "MAT 100", "Do odd numbers"); db.close(); //---get all Records--- /* db.open(); Cursor c = db.getAllRecords(); if (c.moveToFirst()) { do { DisplayRecord(c); } while (c.moveToNext()); } db.close(); */ /* //---get a Record--- db.open(); Cursor c = db.getRecord(2); if (c.moveToFirst()) DisplayRecord(c); else Toast.makeText(this, "No Assignments found", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); db.close(); */ //---update Record--- /* db.open(); if (db.updateRecord(1, "Hello Android", "2/19/2012", "DPR 224", "First Android Project")) Toast.makeText(this, "Update successful.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); else Toast.makeText(this, "Update failed.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); db.close(); */ /* //---delete a Record--- db.open(); if (db.deleteRecord(1)) Toast.makeText(this, "Delete successful.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); else Toast.makeText(this, "Delete failed.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); db.close(); */ } private class DBAdapter extends BaseAdapter { private LayoutInflater mInflater; //private ArrayList<> @Override public int getCount() { return 0; } @Override public Object getItem(int arg0) { return null; } @Override public long getItemId(int arg0) { return 0; } @Override public View getView(int arg0, View arg1, ViewGroup arg2) { return null; } } public void CopyDB(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException { //---copy 1K bytes at a time--- byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; int length; while ((length = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0) { outputStream.write(buffer, 0, length); } inputStream.close(); outputStream.close(); } public void DisplayRecord(Cursor c) { Toast.makeText(this, "id: " + c.getString(0) + "\n" + "Title: " + c.getString(1) + "\n" + "Due Date: " + c.getString(2), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } public void addAssignment(View view) { Intent i = new Intent("com.pinchtapzoom.addassignment"); startActivity(i); Log.d("TAG", "Clicked"); } } DBAdapter code: package com.example.studentdatabase; public class DBAdapter { public static final String KEY_ROWID = "id"; public static final String KEY_TITLE = "title"; public static final String KEY_DUEDATE = "duedate"; public static final String KEY_COURSE = "course"; public static final String KEY_NOTES = "notes"; private static final String TAG = "DBAdapter"; private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "AssignmentsDB"; private static final String DATABASE_TABLE = "assignments"; private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 2; private static final String DATABASE_CREATE = "create table if not exists assignments (id integer primary key autoincrement, " + "title VARCHAR not null, duedate date, course VARCHAR, notes VARCHAR );"; private final Context context; private DatabaseHelper DBHelper; private SQLiteDatabase db; public DBAdapter(Context ctx) { this.context = ctx; DBHelper = new DatabaseHelper(context); } private static class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper { DatabaseHelper(Context context) { super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION); } @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) { try { db.execSQL(DATABASE_CREATE); } catch (SQLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } @Override public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) { Log.w(TAG, "Upgrading database from version " + oldVersion + " to " + newVersion + ", which will destroy all old data"); db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS contacts"); onCreate(db); } } //---opens the database--- public DBAdapter open() throws SQLException { db = DBHelper.getWritableDatabase(); return this; } //---closes the database--- public void close() { DBHelper.close(); } //---insert a record into the database--- public long insertRecord(String title, String duedate, String course, String notes) { ContentValues initialValues = new ContentValues(); initialValues.put(KEY_TITLE, title); initialValues.put(KEY_DUEDATE, duedate); initialValues.put(KEY_COURSE, course); initialValues.put(KEY_NOTES, notes); return db.insert(DATABASE_TABLE, null, initialValues); } //---deletes a particular record--- public boolean deleteContact(long rowId) { return db.delete(DATABASE_TABLE, KEY_ROWID + "=" + rowId, null) > 0; } //---retrieves all the records--- public Cursor getAllRecords() { return db.query(DATABASE_TABLE, new String[] {KEY_ROWID, KEY_TITLE, KEY_DUEDATE, KEY_COURSE, KEY_NOTES}, null, null, null, null, null); } //---retrieves a particular record--- public Cursor getRecord(long rowId) throws SQLException { Cursor mCursor = db.query(true, DATABASE_TABLE, new String[] {KEY_ROWID, KEY_TITLE, KEY_DUEDATE, KEY_COURSE, KEY_NOTES}, KEY_ROWID + "=" + rowId, null, null, null, null, null); if (mCursor != null) { mCursor.moveToFirst(); } return mCursor; } //---updates a record--- public boolean updateRecord(long rowId, String title, String duedate, String course, String notes) { ContentValues args = new ContentValues(); args.put(KEY_TITLE, title); args.put(KEY_DUEDATE, duedate); args.put(KEY_COURSE, course); args.put(KEY_NOTES, notes); return db.update(DATABASE_TABLE, args, KEY_ROWID + "=" + rowId, null) > 0; } } addassignment code: package com.example.studentdatabase; public class addassignment extends Activity { DBAdapter db = new DBAdapter(this); @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.add); } public void addAssignment(View v) { Log.d("test", "adding"); //get data from form EditText nameTxt = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editTitle); EditText dateTxt = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editDuedate); EditText courseTxt = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editCourse); EditText notesTxt = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editNotes); db.open(); long id = db.insertRecord(nameTxt.getText().toString(), dateTxt.getText().toString(), courseTxt.getText().toString(), notesTxt.getText().toString()); db.close(); nameTxt.setText(""); dateTxt.setText(""); courseTxt.setText(""); notesTxt.setText(""); Toast.makeText(addassignment.this,"Assignment Added", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } public void viewAssignments(View v) { Intent i = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class); startActivity(i); } } What is wrong here? Thanks in advance.