Unread SMS count is wrong

Question

My unread message count is 1 all the time. I have gone through all my SMS conversations one by one and none of them should be unread, and none have a blue dot next to them.
I thought 2.1 would get rid of this but the problem is still there. Has anyone else had this problem?

Answer 1

The message in question is from a normal number with messages in the SMS app that I can read, and that I reply to many times a day so nothing unusual there. However.....
* It does not show up in the SMS thread for that number
* in the database the flag on it is 0 (instead of 2 or 3 for a normal message)
See below.... the message that doesn't appear in SMS.app and that has a strange 'unread' flag...
sqlite> select * from message where flags='0';
140|+44xxphonenumberxx|1219769358|Sender attempted to call you 2 time/s without leaving a message. Last attempt on 26.08.2008, 18:49. Swisscom|0|1||19|0|75|0|0
deleting the row doesn't work.....
sqlite> delete from message where ROWID =140;
SQL error: no such function: read
updating it to look like a normal row doesn't work either...
sqlite> update message set flags=2 where flags=0;
SQL error: no such function: read
because there are triggers on the message table....
sqlite> .schema message
CREATE TRIGGER delete_message AFTER DELETE ON message WHEN NOT read(old.flags) BEGIN UPDATE msg_group SET unread_count = (SELECT unread_count FROM msg_group WHERE ROWID = old.group_id) - 1 WHERE ROWID = old.group_id; END;
CREATE TRIGGER markmessageread AFTER UPDATE ON message WHEN NOT read(old.flags) AND read(new.flags) BEGIN UPDATE msg_group SET unread_count = (SELECT unread_count FROM msg_group WHERE ROWID = new.group_id) - 1 WHERE ROWID = new.group_id; END;
Any sqlite help appreciated.... perhaps dumping the triggers to a temporary table, deleting them, removing the row, then putting the triggers back...... I'll try that next time I have some spare time unless someone can find a way in the meantime and post it up.