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Databases

Posted by Jeffrey Heroman
Jeffrey Heroman
4,569 Points

What is wrong with my SQL query?

I'm on Database Foundations Challenge Task 3 of 3. Here is my code:

SELECT title, IFNULL(AVG(score),0) AS average FROM reviews LEFT OUTER JOIN movies ON movies.id = reviews.movie_id GROUP BY movie_id HAVING average < 2;

Works fine on my machine. I get a "Bummer!" in the browser though.

1 Answer

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Jeffrey,

With a LEFT OUTER JOIN you have to reverse the order of the reviews and movies table.

movies LEFT OUTER JOIN reviews

The table that you place on the left will have all of its rows included but the table on the right will not necessarily have all of its rows included. Only the ones matching the ON clause.

You have to consider the possibility that the reviews table does not necessarily contain reviews for all movies but we want to make sure that all movies are returned in the results.

Jeffrey Heroman
Jeffrey Heroman
4,569 Points

Thanks Jason! Yeah, I totally get it now. My mistake. Thanks for clearing that up!