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Laura Sweet
Laura Sweet
2,782 Points
Posted by Laura Sweet
Laura Sweet
2,782 Points

I cannot get the answer to this question. Please help. I have no idea what is wrong.

In an ecommerce database there's a customers table with id, username, first_name, last_name, password, email and phone columns.

Create a report from the customers table that shows their first initial of their first name and alias it as initial. Select their last name too.

My solution is

Select SUBSTR(first_name, 1,1) ||" "|| last_name AS initial From Customers;

It says Bummer we were looking for L Chalkley not L Chalkley!!! HELP!!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The result may look the same but it's different.

The challenge is asking for two columns, but you created a single column from two fields using concatenation.

In future, when posting questions it's best to use the same topic area as the course, and to provide a link to the course page you are working with.