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Databases

Youssef Zaki
Youssef Zaki
7,768 Points
Posted by Youssef Zaki
Youssef Zaki
7,768 Points

Code is Right but gives an error?

SELECT title,LENGTH(title) FROM books ORDER BY LENGTH(title) DESC LIMIT 1 ;

My code gets the right result , but it's still give me an Error ?

Bummer! Your query didn't retireve the longest book title with it's length.

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/working-with-text/getting-the-length-of-a-string

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

You are missing part of the questions requirements, other than that you're all good :)

Alias the result of the length calculation to be longest_length.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

:point_right: You forgot the name for the length column.

The challenge asks: "Alias the result of the length calculation to be longest_length." You have the correct data selected, just add the alias to the column displaying the length.