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Databases SQL Basics Finding the Data You Want Searching Tables with 'WHERE'

yan wang
yan wang
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Posted by yan wang
yan wang
2,449 Points

Select Query

SELECT username FROM users WHERE last_name = "Chalkley";

I am not sure why my code is not working?

1 Answer

Ryan Gostic
Ryan Gostic
20,790 Points
Ryan Gostic
Ryan Gostic
20,790 Points

SQL requires strings to be wrapped in single quotes:

SELECT username FROM users WHERE last_name = 'Chalkley';