Apps OnItemSelected String Value Issue

[LukeG224]

I am having a problem with my OnItemSelected on my spinner. I am trying to pass my string value of my first spinner and use it in my second spinner. For some reason, the OnItemSelectedListener is preventing my string values from being used.

Here is the code for two of my spinners:

[HIGH]public class PowersportsEquivalent extends Activity {

DataBaseHelper myDbHelper;
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
String typePicked = null;
String makePicked = null;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_powersports_equivalent);
myDbHelper = new DataBaseHelper(this);
try {
myDbHelper.createDataBase();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
throw new Error("Unable to create database");
}

try {
myDbHelper.openDataBase();
}catch(SQLException sqle){
throw sqle;

}

final Cursor vType;
final Cursor vMake;
final Spinner vTypeSpinner;
final Spinner vMakeSpinner;=

//POWERSPORTS TYPE Cursor
vType = (Cursor) DataBaseHelper.getPowersportsType();
this.startManagingCursor(vType);

SimpleCursorAdapter scaType = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,
vType,
new String [] {DataBaseHelper.POWERSPORTS_TYPE},
new int[] {android.R.id.text1});

scaType.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
vTypeSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.typeSpinner);
vTypeSpinner.setAdapter(scaType);

//POWERSPORTS MAKE Cursor

vTypeSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener(){
@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parentView, View selectedItemView, int
position, long id) {
if(position!=0){

Cursor vTypeChose = (Cursor)(vTypeSpinner.getSelectedItem());
if (vTypeChose != null) {
typePicked = vTypeChose.getString(
vTypeChose.getColumnIndex(DataBaseHelper.POWERSPORTS_TYPE));
}
}
}

@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}
});
vMake = (Cursor) DataBaseHelper.getPowersportsMake(typePicked);
this.startManagingCursor(vMake);

SimpleCursorAdapter scaMake = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,
vMake,
new String [] {DataBaseHelper.POWERSPORTS_MAKE},
new int[]{android.R.id.text1});

scaMake.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
vMakeSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.makeSpinner);
vMakeSpinner.setAdapter(scaMake);[/HIGH]

I noticed that if I remove the OnItemSelected off my vTypeSpiner, it will pass the string value of the first item in my spinner, but only once because it now cannot listen for a change.

How can I fix this so every click on my first spinner is listened for and changes the second spinner values?

If it helps, I am using a database for the values in my spinners. And a quick question about queries. How would I pass multiple string values to a query and use them as arguments?