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Databases

Posted by Johan Treschow
Johan Treschow
1,598 Points

Can't solve the Challenge 3 of 3.

DELETE FROM phone_book WHERE first_name = "Jonathan" OR last_name = "Luna";

Why doesn't that work??

I have tried in SQL Playgrounds where it does work..

Please help!! :)

Very Best, Johan

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

You forgot to provide a link to the course page so we can look at the challenge instructions and try it out.

Johan Treschow
Johan Treschow
1,598 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/modifying-data-with-sql/deleting-data-from-a-database/deleting-data-with-sql

Johan Treschow
Johan Treschow
1,598 Points

Now I have uploaded the link! Hope you can help. It would be much appreciated!!

Thanks in advance

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

:warning: Be careful about testing a challenge in the playground.

If you have misunderstood the challenge, it's also very likely that you will misinterpret the results.

In this case, the challenge said, "Delete all contacts with the first name of Jonathan and last name of Luna." You selected both terms in your WHERE clause, but you combined them using OR instead of AND.

Johan Treschow
Johan Treschow
1,598 Points

So what's the correct answer?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

You nearly had it to begin with. Just change the word "OR" to "AND" to make your answer correct.