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Databases

Posted by Bruce Wayne
Bruce Wayne
4,534 Points

i think this challenge is broken!!

In an ecommerce database there's a customers table with id, username, first_name, last_name, password, email and phone columns. Create a report from the customers table that shows their first initial of their first name and alias it as initial. Select their last name too. Type in your command below. Bummer! Expecting results like L & Chalkley not L & Chalkley.

really??

my code is:

select substr(first_name, 1, 1) || ' & ' || last_name as initial from customers;

4 Answers

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

Based on the challenge description, it should look like this:

select 
substr(first_name, 1, 1) as initial,
last_name
from customers;
Yishan Li
Yishan Li
3,257 Points
Yishan Li
Yishan Li
3,257 Points

Treehouse should consider change the bummer tips to Expecting results like L and Chalkley not "L & Chalkley".

lenabarty
lenabarty
9,788 Points
lenabarty
lenabarty
9,788 Points

I have the same issue Bummer! Expecting results like 'L Chalkley' not 'L Chalkley'.

Gishobert Gwenzi
Gishobert Gwenzi
5,087 Points
Gishobert Gwenzi
Gishobert Gwenzi
5,087 Points

it is broken because SELECT SUBSTR(firstname ,1, 1) AS initial, last_name FROM customers; worked foor me