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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Changing Cases of Strings

bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points
Posted by bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points

changing cases of a string

here is my code but seem not working:

SELECT first_name||UPPER(last_name)|| AS full_name, library_

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

This query code seems to be truncated, I assume "library_" was meant to be "library_id" but it is also missing a FROM clause.

But there's also two issues with the SELECT:

  • there's an extra concatenation operator between the field and the AS
  • the names need a space added to separate them
Kawaljeet Singh
Kawaljeet Singh
3,820 Points
Kawaljeet Singh
Kawaljeet Singh
3,820 Points

U need not to add || after last_name and use library_id instead of library_ Hope that help