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Databases

Juan Sebastian Ortiz
Juan Sebastian Ortiz
761 Points
Posted by Juan Sebastian Ortiz
Juan Sebastian Ortiz
761 Points

Challenge Task 2 of 2 SQL

I keep getting the same error, I dont know what im doing wrong..

The questions goes like this : Now we're using a database from a smartphone. It has a phone_book table. It has the columns id, first_name, last_name and phone. Update all contacts to have the first name of "Mystery" and last name of "Person".

my code is :

UPDATE phone_book SET first_name = "Mystery" AND last_name = "Person";

error: Was expecting 6 entries in the phone_book with the updated name. There's only 0.

vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points
vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points 
UPDATE phone_book SET first_name = "Mystery" , last_name = "Person";

no and use a ,

3 Answers

joelearner
joelearner
54,915 Points

Hi Juan,

Try using a comma instead of AND, like this:

UPDATE phone_book SET first_name = "Mystery", last_name = "Person";

AND is more commonly used in the WHERE clause from what I've seen.

vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points
vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points

I just Completed the challenge with this code

'''

Update phone_book set first_name= "Mystery", last_name = "Person";

'''

Try delete everything and retyping may be a Visible character

Anterrio Howard
Anterrio Howard
2,625 Points
Anterrio Howard
Anterrio Howard
2,625 Points

TRY THIS ONE

INSERT INTO phone_book (id, first_name, last_name, phone) VALUES ( '10', 'Ray', 'Riley', '345-3345');