public static void populateFromDatabase(){
        /* if the database is empty just throw in the question */
        Cursor c = AppData.db.db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM question", null);
        
        if (c != null && c.getCount() == 0){
            c.moveToFirst() ;
            int count = 0 ;
            while(!c.isAfterLast()){
                count++ ;
                c.moveToNext() ;
            }
            if (count == 0) {
                    // insert some rows

            }
        }
        Log.e("Create done", "Create done") ;
        AppData.idList = new ArrayList<Integer>() ;
        AppData.Q = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        AppData.optA = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        AppData.optB = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        AppData.optC = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        AppData.optD = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        AppData.ans = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        AppData.type = new HashMap<Integer, String>() ;
        int qSelected = 0 ;
        int j = 0 ;
        while (qSelected != 6){
            Random rand = new Random() ;
            int index = (rand.nextInt() % 16) ;
            if (index < 0) index *= 1 ;
            index += 1 ;
            if (AppData.Q.containsKey(index))
                continue ;
            
            c = AppData.db.db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM question WHERE id=" + index, null) ;
            c.moveToFirst() ;
            
            while (!c.isAfterLast()){
                Integer id = c.getInt(0) ;
                String q = c.getString(1) ;
                String oa = c.getString(2) ;
                String ob = c.getString(3) ;
                String oc = c.getString(4) ;
                String od = c.getString(5) ;
                String ans = c.getString(6) ;
                String type = c.getString(7) ;
                
                AppData.idList.add(id) ;
                AppData.Q.put(id, q) ;
                AppData.optA.put(id, oa) ;
                AppData.optB.put(id, ob) ;
                AppData.optC.put(id, oc) ;
                AppData.optD.put(id, od) ;
                AppData.ans.put(id, ans) ;
                AppData.type.put(id, type) ;
                
                qSelected++ ;
                j++ ;
                //Toast.makeText(null, q + oa + ob + oc + od + ans, Toast.LENGTH_LONG) ;
                Log.e("qqq", id + " " + q + oa + ob + oc + od + ans) ;
                c.moveToNext() ;
                
            }
            
            
        }
        AppData.qCount = 6 ;
        c.close() ;

        
    }