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Databases

Posted by Bill Ertle
Bill Ertle
9,286 Points

MySQL

i'm having a problem with the following challenge question:

Select the first letter of the "first_name", followed by a period, followed by a space and then add the "last_name". Also, convert "last_name" to upper case. Alias it as "name". Here's an example: "A. CHALKLEY". The name of the table is "users".

here's my answer:

select concat(substring(upper(first_name),1)"."," "), upper(last_name) as full_name from users;

thank you for your input!

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Sorry I can't check this, but it looks like your 'concat' doesn't include the last_name. Also, it should be aliased as 'name'.

Maybe try

select concat((substring(upper(first_name),1)"."," "), upper(last_name)) as name from users;