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Databases Reporting with SQL Aggregate and Numeric Functions Counting Groups

Posted by Derek Morse
Derek Morse
1,776 Points

stuck

SELECT genre, count(0) as total_genres FROM books;

1 Answer

Mark Sebeck
MOD
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,799 Points
Mark Sebeck
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,799 Points

Close Derek. You need to count distinct genre. And you don’t need to select genre. Just the count.