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Databases Reporting with SQL Aggregate and Numeric Functions Counting Results

Posted by Jenn Giulietti
Jenn Giulietti
4,888 Points

SQL COUNT

NOT SURE WHERE I AM GOING WRONG

Challenge Task 1 of 2 In the library database, how many books are in the genre of "Science Fiction"?

Alias the result as scifi_book_count.

The books table has the columns id, title, author, genre and first_published.

Type in your command below, then press Ctrl-Enter.

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*My code

SELECT COUNT (title) FROM books WHERE genre="Science Fiction" AS "scifi_book_count"; ā€‹

2 Answers

Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
PHP Development Techdegree Graduate 48,637 Points

Move AS "scifi_book_count" to before the FROM.

Violeta Last
Violeta Last
14,547 Points
Violeta Last
Violeta Last
14,547 Points

SELECT COUNT(*) AS "scifi_book_count" FROM books WHERE genre = 'Science Fiction';