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Databases

Posted by Comms Team
Comms Team
1,304 Points

Bummer! first_published should be descending. Isn't that what I have?

Reporting with SQL Challenge Task 2 of 3

SELECT * FROM books ORDER BY first_published DESC, title ASC;

I received a Bummer message as stated in the question title.

What am I doing wrong?

Sorry that would have been a smart thing to do.

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/ordering-limiting-and-paging-results/ordering-results.

Chitra Tovinkere
Chitra Tovinkere
3,864 Points

Could you share a link to the task?

2 Answers

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

The message may be a bit confusing, but the issue is that the challenge did not ask for the title to be used in the ordering.

For best results with the challenges, be careful to follow the instructions and to not do anything "extra".

Comms Team
Comms Team
1,304 Points

Thank you Steven. Tried it without ordering title but this is what I got. First_published was in descending order in database. - Maybe I'm still not reading the challenge correctly.

Bummer! Your query didn't order the books from the books table in the correct order!

SELECT title, first_published FROM books ORDER BY first_published DESC;

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

You had the SELECT clause right the first time.

Chitra Tovinkere
Chitra Tovinkere
3,864 Points
Chitra Tovinkere
Chitra Tovinkere
3,864 Points

I tried this and it worked - select * from books order by first_published desc;

Nice! You're doing great!

Comms Team
Comms Team
1,304 Points

Thanks to all!

Chitra, thank you! I guess I had a blind spot when it said "Select all columns". I tried it and it works. Thanks again. Marsha