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Posted by Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points

problem with modifying data with sql - question about the challenge 3 of 3 where you have to insert a new contact

hallenge Task 3 of 3

Now we're using a database from a smartphone. It has a phone_book table. It has the columns id, first_name, last_name and phone. Add a new contact to the phone_book table. Use any valid values you want. All columns are required. The id column is auto incrementing.

I am not able to get my answer to work. Any suggestions?

Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/modifying-data-with-sql/adding-data-to-a-database/adding-data-with-sql

4 Answers

Kallil Belmonte
Kallil Belmonte
35,561 Points
Kallil Belmonte
Kallil Belmonte
35,561 Points

Hi Amy, you are forgetting the quotation marks around the values, try this:

INSERT INTO phone_book (id, first_name, last_name, phone) VALUES ( '10', 'Ray', 'Riley', '345-3345');
Prince Mandaza
Prince Mandaza
2,943 Points
Prince Mandaza
Prince Mandaza
2,943 Points

This code worked for me,i don't see a need to include id since its auto incremented .

INSERT INTO phone_book (first_name, last_name, phone) VALUES ( 'Prince', 'Mandaza', '423-4567');

Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points
Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points

Thank you Kallil Belmonte

Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points
Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points

Here is my code I tried

INSERT INTO phone_book (id, first_name, last_name, phone) VALUES ( NULL, Ray, Riley, "345-3345");