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Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsCounting Books in reporting with SQL
Hello, Im being asked to count all the books in each genre from the books table.
select genre, count(*) as genre_count GROUP BY genre from books;
SQL Error: near "from": syntax error
Is my query and the error Im getting. Below is the link to the challenge.
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/aggregate-and-numeric-functions/counting-groups
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,248 PointsYou have all the right bits, just in the wrong order.
The FROM clause must come before the GROUP BY clause.