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  • Alexander Tomashevskiy
    Alexander Tomashevskiy
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    I don't understand where is the mistake? Bummer: Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'.

    Posted on Apr 26, 2023 by Alexander Tomashevskiy
    Alexander Tomashevskiy
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    1 Answer

  • Miroslav Pasajlic
    Miroslav Pasajlic
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    Question Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'

    Posted on Dec 23, 2022 by Miroslav Pasajlic
    Miroslav Pasajlic
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  • MARSHA OURSO
    MARSHA OURSO
    4,312 Points

    SUBSTR

    Posted on Oct 10, 2022 by MARSHA OURSO
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    1 Answer

  • Ola Ajayi
    Ola Ajayi
    3,034 Points

    Unsure of Where I Have Gone Wrong in My Code

    Posted on May 4, 2021 by Ola Ajayi
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    1 Answer

  • Brian Diaz
    Brian Diaz
    2,819 Points

    Where am I going wrong?

    Posted on Apr 1, 2021 by Brian Diaz
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    1 Answer

  • Jack Donaldson
    Jack Donaldson
    2,846 Points

    Unable to complete the objective. Received, "Bummer: Expecting results like L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'."

    Posted on Jan 23, 2021 by Jack Donaldson
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  • Timmy Welch
    Timmy Welch
    1,599 Points

    Getting same result as expected but not being allowed past the question.

    Posted on Jul 4, 2020 by Timmy Welch
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    1 Answer

  • Ariadna Rodriguez
    Ariadna Rodriguez
    6,281 Points

    I don't understand where I should SELECT a new column and where I should concatenate the new output

    Posted on Jul 4, 2020 by Ariadna Rodriguez
    Ariadna Rodriguez
    6,281 Points
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  • Ariadna Rodriguez
    Ariadna Rodriguez
    6,281 Points

    should both columns be a substrings?

    Posted on Jul 1, 2020 by Ariadna Rodriguez
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  • Aquoinette Blair
    Aquoinette Blair
    3,539 Points

    Bummer Error

    Posted on Apr 24, 2020 by Aquoinette Blair
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  • Ân Nguyễn Hoàng
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    Ân Nguyễn Hoàng
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    is this a bug ?

    Posted on Mar 7, 2020 by Ân Nguyễn Hoàng
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  • youssef b10ta
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    how im supposed t understand this ? Bummer: Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'.

    Posted on Jan 16, 2020 by youssef b10ta
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  • Erin DeSpain
    Erin DeSpain
    6,763 Points

    Question with Reporting with SQL Challenge 1/1 appears broken

    Posted on Aug 10, 2019 by Erin DeSpain
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  • Remi Vledder
    Remi Vledder
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    "Bummer: Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'." What's the difference here?

    Posted on Jul 25, 2019 by Remi Vledder
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  • Christopher Endswell
    Christopher Endswell
    1,781 Points

    Getting the following error message: Bummer: Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'. What is going on?

    Posted on Jun 22, 2019 by Christopher Endswell
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  • omid ayoobe
    omid ayoobe
    5,274 Points

    get same results but error in code. SUBSTR(first_name,1,1)

    Posted on Jun 20, 2019 by omid ayoobe
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  • Namazbek Bekarysuly
    Namazbek Bekarysuly
    882 Points

    What is wrong?

    Posted on Feb 23, 2019 by Namazbek Bekarysuly
    Namazbek Bekarysuly
    882 Points
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  • Abiel Ortega
    Abiel Ortega
    2,171 Points

    I dont get it

    Posted on Dec 27, 2018 by Abiel Ortega
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    1 Answer

  • Rhea Khanna
    Rhea Khanna
    2,838 Points

    Complex question please help

    Posted on Oct 19, 2018 by Rhea Khanna
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    1 Answer

  • Shain Jones
    Shain Jones
    1,315 Points

    Excerpts From Text

    Posted on Oct 18, 2018 by Shain Jones
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    1 Answer

  • Marinko Klac
    Marinko Klac
    1,165 Points

    Getting the right result, but program doesn't approve it.

    Posted on Oct 8, 2018 by Marinko Klac
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    2 Answers

  • Andy McMurry
    Andy McMurry
    4,276 Points

    I think my code is right but keep getting an error message

    Posted on Aug 11, 2018 by Andy McMurry
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    2 Answers

  • Bryan Makle
    Bryan Makle
    4,531 Points

    Expecting reuslts like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'. I need assistance please?

    Posted on Jul 23, 2018 by Bryan Makle
    Bryan Makle
    4,531 Points
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  • Edgardo Tupiño
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    I tried with this query "SELECT SUBSTR(first_name, 1, 1) || " " || last_name AS initial FROM customers;" and return me "

    Posted on May 22, 2018 by Edgardo Tupiño
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    2 Answers

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