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Databases

Lax Shah
Lax Shah
546 Points
Posted by Lax Shah
Lax Shah
546 Points

PLEASE help!

In the library database, how many books are with the genre of "Science Fiction"? Alias the result as scifi_book_count. The books table has the columns id, title, author, genre and first_published. Type in your command below. Get Help Check Work

SELECT COUNT (genre = "Science Fiction") AS scifi_book_count FROM books;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The argument to COUNT should just be 1 or * to count the rows. Testing the genre should be done in a WHERE clause that comes after the FROM clause.

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