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Databases

donald kaiser
donald kaiser
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Posted by donald kaiser
donald kaiser
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I keep getting a syntax error when trying to count the total number of columns from an ecommerce database.

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

SQL Error: near "AS": syntax error

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/date-and-time-functions/todays-report

2 Answers

Christopher Debove
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Christopher Debove
Christopher Debove
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You can't have a "AS" in a where clause. This is the count(*) you want to alias and the value you want is "shipped" not "shipped today" (The today word is for the date condition). So :

SELECT COUNT(*) AS shipped_today FROM orders WHERE status = "shipped" AND ordered_on = DATE("now");
donald kaiser
donald kaiser
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donald kaiser
donald kaiser
9,736 Points

Oh wow, ok my thinking was totally backwards here. That totally worked. Thanks!