Running a select from sqllite

I am trying to run a select using sqllite. Its my first time using sqllite and I am getting this error over and over.

function ="Adding Event

CODE:

public List<Example> getExampleByFunctionList(String function)

           {

                List<Example> examplelist = new ArrayList<Example>();

               String getQuery = "SELECT  * FROM " + MySQLiteHelper.TABLE_EXAMPLE+

                       " where "+ MySQLiteHelper.COLUMN_EXAMPLE_FUNCTION +" = "+""+function+"";

               Cursor cursor = database.rawQuery(getQuery, null);

               cursor.moveToFirst();

                while (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {

                    Example example = cursorToExample(cursor);

                    examplelist.add(example);

                    cursor.moveToNext();

                }

                cursor.close();

               return examplelist;

           }

ERROR:

02-12 12:37:29.218: E/AndroidRuntime(3165): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.tutorial/com.tutorial.ManageCalendar}: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: near "Events": syntax error: , while compiling: SELECT  * FROM example where examplefunction = Adding Events