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Python SQLAlchemy Basics Introduction to SQLAlchemy Creating a Movie Model

patrick bragg
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idk whats wrong

I don't know whats wrong with my code tbh, it says "you should have a column named id" but i have one so im confused

models.py 
from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer, String
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base

engine = create_engine('sqlite:///movies.db', echo=False)
Base = declarative_base()
id = column(Integer, primary_key=True)
movie_title = column(String)
genre = column(String)

class Movie(Base):
    __tablename__ = "movies"

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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Hey patrick bragg 👋

You have all the right pieces to pass this challenge, The only thing you'll want to have a look at is the placement of your lines of code. The properties of the table should be defined inside the Movie class instead of the global scope.

if you nest the lines for id, movie_title and genre in your Movie class your code should pass the challenge as expected 😄

class Movie(Base): 
    __tablename__ = "movies"
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    movie_title = Column(String)
    genre = Column(String)

Hope this helps! 🙂

patrick bragg
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thank you for the help, i tried that at one point and it didnt work but then i copied the lines of code you gave and it worked for some reason, i think it might have to do with the fact that i forgot to capitalize the column but it may have been a different spelling mistake. either way i figured it out thanks