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Databases

Eugene Paraponiaris
Eugene Paraponiaris
3,556 Points
Posted by Eugene Paraponiaris
Eugene Paraponiaris
3,556 Points

first_name || " " || last_name ||" <" ||email ||">" AS "to_list" FROM patrons;

concatenating challenge. My email format is somehow wrong, although in the IDE it works. e.g. Andrew Chalkley Andrew@teamtreehouse.com alias as "to_list".

first_name || " " || last_name ||" <" ||email ||">" AS "to_list" FROM patrons;

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey there,

I just checked your statement and there are two problems: The SELECT keyword in the beginning is missing and the concatenated text should be aliased as to_field, not to_list. So if you add the select keyword and change the alias, the statement should look like this and work:

SELECT first_name || " " || last_name || " <" || email || ">" AS "to_field" FROM patrons;

I hope that helps! :)

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Try adding a space after the concatenation operators, and adding a SELECT if you don't already have one. You didn't link to the challenge so I can't check the requirements easily, but the Treehouse editor is pretty picky about spaces, and of course you do have to have a SELECT.

SELECT first_name || " " || last_name || " <" || email || ">" AS "to_list" FROM patrons;