// we first need a database open helper to even touch the DB...
        DatabaseOpenHelper doh = new DatabaseOpenHelper(this);
        // we then get a readable handler to the DB...
        SQLiteDatabase db = doh.getReadableDatabase();
        // then we run a raw SQL query which returns a cursor pointing to the results
        Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM entries", null);
        // number of rows in the result set
        int numOfRows = cursor.getCount();
        final String [] favCountries = new String[numOfRows]; // titles of the blog entries

        cursor.moveToFirst();
        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("item");
        for(int i = 0; i < numOfRows; i++) {
            favCountries[i] = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
            cursor.moveToNext();
            Log.d("Country ", favCountries[i]);
        }
        cursor.close();

        String favouriteCountries = "";
        for(int i = 0; i < numOfRows; i++) {

           String current = favCountries[i].toString();
            favouriteCountries = favouriteCountries + current;
            if(i < numOfRows - 1)
            {
                favouriteCountries = favouriteCountries + ", ";
            }
        }

        TextView lblFavCountries = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.lblFavCountries);
        lblFavCountries.setText(favouriteCountries);