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Databases

Logan Fox
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Logan Fox
Courses Plus Student 3,379 Points
Posted by Logan Fox
Logan Fox
Courses Plus Student 3,379 Points

Add to the following SELECT statement to JOIN the Media table and the Genres table using the joining table Media_Genres.

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong? Can someone help?

SELECT * FROM Media WHERE JOIN media_id=3 Media_Genres ON Media.media_id = Genres.genre_id;

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points

Here a few hints:

  • a WHERE clause would come after any JOIN clauses
  • the requirements don't sound like a WHERE is needed anyway
  • the first thing after the JOIN keyword should be a table name
  • since the instructions indicate a junction table is needed, there will be 2 JOINs

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points

So did you get it with those hints?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points

The basic syntax is: "JOIN table_name ON key_matching_expression". You have all these parts in your code above, but they got mixed with a WHERE clause. As I mentioned before, this challenge will require 2 joins because there are 3 tables.