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Databases

Posted by pujaagarwal2
pujaagarwal2
1,213 Points

Bummer! Your query needs didn't retireve the emails in the correct format. Get Help Try Again

whats wrong with this 

select id, first_name || " " || last_name || "< " || email || ">" as "To", address,library_id,zip_code from patrons;

id  To  address library_id  zip_code
1   Andrew Chalkley< andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com> 1234 NE 20st St MCL1001 90210
2   Dave McFarland< dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com>   5252 NW 2nd St  MCL1010 90210
3   Alena Holligan< alena.holligan@teamtreehouse.com>   1404 SW 101st St    MCL1100 91210
4   Michael Poley< michael.poley@teamtreehouse.com> 7070 NE 10th Ave    MCL1011 91310

3 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi there,

I'd need to see the question to be sure but I suspect it's a simple string combination issue with how the results are actually displayed.

My suggestion is to have a space before the last_name field so 

select id, first_name || " " || last_name || " <" || email || ">" as "To", address,library_id,zip_code from patrons;

makes this

 Andrew Chalkley <andrew.chalkley@teamtreehouse.com> 1234 NE 20st St MCL1001 90210

By the way you can also checkout the markdown cheatsheet for some help on formatting your code in the forums. Jope this helps :)

pujaagarwal2
pujaagarwal2
1,213 Points
pujaagarwal2
pujaagarwal2
1,213 Points

thank you let me try

pujaagarwal2
pujaagarwal2
1,213 Points
pujaagarwal2
pujaagarwal2
1,213 Points

In the library database there's a patrons table listing all the users of the library. The columns are id, first_name, last_name, address, email, library_id and zip_code. Generate a list of strings that are in the following format: Andrew Chalkley andrew@teamtreehouse.com. Concatenate the first name, last name and email address for all users. Alias it to to_field. This will be used in the "To" field in email marketing.