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Databases SQL Reporting by Example Day 2: Advanced Selecting Students A to M

Uhunoma Osula
Uhunoma Osula
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Posted by Uhunoma Osula
Uhunoma Osula
5,787 Points

THIS WORKED TOO

I did : SELECT * FROM STUDENTS WHERE LAST_NAME <= "M"; this worked aswell

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Testing for <= "M" will not include names beginning with "M". Just check your result set and you will see that the last name is "Lowery", and no "M" names are included.

But you can simplify the filter to a single test, since there are no possible letters that come before "A":

SELECT * FROM STUDENTS WHERE LAST_NAME < "N"