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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Creating Excerpts

Alexander Tomashevskiy
Alexander Tomashevskiy
8,326 Points
Posted by Alexander Tomashevskiy
Alexander Tomashevskiy
8,326 Points

I don't understand where is the mistake? Bummer: Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'.

SELECT SUBSTR(first_name, 1, 1) || " " || last_name AS initial FROM customers;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,771 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,771 Points

The challenge instructions ask for two result columns ("initial" and "last_name") instead of just one. You won't need to do any concatenation.