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Databases Reporting with SQL Aggregate and Numeric Functions Counting Groups

Posted by Kevin Matter
Kevin Matter
2,507 Points

Question Bug

I am not able to get past this question. I even looked online and can't seem to get anything to work to get past it.

SELECT COUNT (DISTINCT genre) AS total_genre FROM books;

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

It looks like you just have a typo. Your wrote the alias as "total_genre" (singular) instead of "total_genres" (plural).

Kevin Matter
Kevin Matter
2,507 Points
Kevin Matter
Kevin Matter
2,507 Points

Thank you for your help. Stupid mistake.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Kevin Matter — glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".

Happy coding!