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Databases Reporting with SQL Date and Time Functions Today's Report

Posted by Anastasia Lynn-Smith
Anastasia Lynn-Smith
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Date challenge - what am I doing wrong?

I entered my answer as:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM orders AS "shipped_today" WHERE status = "shipped" AND ordered_on = DATE("now");

...but I'm getting the message 'Your count calculation is wrong, was expecting 13'.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong in my code?

2 Answers

Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Hi Anastasia,

The logic for your statement is sound, you’re just not aliasing the COUNT column correctly. Which I think is causing the test to not be able to find the proper column in which to search for the count.

Change it to SELECT COUNT(*) AS shipped_today FROM... and you’ll be all set.

Anastasia Lynn-Smith
Anastasia Lynn-Smith
1,773 Points
Anastasia Lynn-Smith
Anastasia Lynn-Smith
1,773 Points

Ahh, ok! Thankyou!