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Databases

I am putting in the correct answer but getting Bummer! message.

I do not see an error in my code. If there is one can it be shown to me.

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3 Answers

So it would be the second one, but try without quotes around the alias jk_book_count.

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

The secound query runs fine as it is. The issue could be something like a space before the SELECT keyword.

In the library database, how many books are with the author of "J.K. Rowling"? Alias the result as jk_book_count. The books table has the columns id, title, author, genre and first_published.

SELECT COUNT(author) AS "jk_book_count" FROM books WHERE author = "J.K. Rowling";

SELECT COUNT(*) AS "jk_book_count" FROM books WHERE author = "J.K. Rowling";

The errors could be better thought out. "Bummer you didn't write a SQL statement" is not helpful to debug the issue! Especially when you're following step by step with the video and it still doesn't work.