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Databases

Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
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Posted by Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points

Beginning SQL (values) question and my answer wrong ?

Question: We're back in the sports team database. There's a results table with the columns id, home_team, home_score, away_team, away_score and played_on .

Find all the matches in the results table where "Hessle" was playing away as the away team and if they played on or after October 1st 2015. Date format is "YYYY-MM-DD".

This is my Answer: SELECT id, home_team, home_score, away_team, away_score, played_on FROM results WHERE away_team = "Hessle" AND away_team >= "2015-10-01";

Reply Bummer! You didn't select all columns.

Me: It seems that I did select all the columns. What am I missing ? thanks Donnie

2 Answers

Sinead O'Rourke
Sinead O'Rourke
6,268 Points

I haven't watched this video yet, but perhaps it is suggesting that you should use * for all columns, rather than physically listing them all out. Could you try SELECT * FROM results WHERE away_team = "Hessle" AND played_on >= "2015-10-01";

Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points
Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points

SELECT * FROM results WHERE away_team = "Hessle" AND played_on >= "2015-10-01"; Yes, this is correct, I used this syntax and it worked.

I also noted like Steven Parker that noticed I should have used played_on

Thanks go to both of you !

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

By "all columns" they probably mean to select using the "*" symbol to represent all columns.

Also, on your second WHERE comparison (away_team >= "2015-10-01"), you probably meant to test the "played_on" column instead.

Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points
Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points

You are correct about the "played_on" and the other answer is correct, as I should have used SELECT * instead of listing all columsn. Thank you much !