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Ralph Findling
5,270 PointsExpected and returned output is identical, why does the challenge not pass?
SELECT street || ", " || city || ", " || state || " " || zip || ". " || country FROM addresses;
I was told: 2532 2nd ST, San Diego, California 90222. USA is not the same as: 2532 2nd ST, San Diego, California 90222. USA
Is there a problem with the checking?
1 Answer

Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,623 PointsHey Ralph.
Often with the challenges, they are very picky and very specific, so the problem could lie with spacing, capitalization, and/or punctuation.
If you could link to the actual quiz (In this case, just pasting the challenge's URL in a comment), we will be able to help you trouble shoot.
Ralph Findling
5,270 PointsRalph Findling
5,270 Pointshttps://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/working-with-text/concatenating-text
Thanks for the reply. I retraced my steps and realized that I didn't add the alias "address", it should be:
SELECT street || ", " || city || ", " || state || " " || zip || ". " || country AS address FROM addresses;
The error message was a bit confusing, since both strings were the same! Thanks for your help with this.