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1,013 PointsSelect genre, count(title) as “genre_count” from books group by genre; Where did i go wrong?
In the library database there's a books table. There are id, title, author, genre and first_publishedcolumns. Count all the books in each genre. Include the genre column first and the genre_count as the second column of information.
Select genre, count(title) as “genre_count” from books group by genre; Where did i go wrong?
1 Answer
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 PointsYou need to count everything rather than just the titles.
SELECT genre, COUNT(*) AS genre_count FROM books GROUP BY genre;
I hope this helps!