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Databases

Marcia Haledjian
Marcia Haledjian
7,562 Points
Posted by Marcia Haledjian
Marcia Haledjian
7,562 Points

What is wrong with my statement

Reporting with SQL

Challenge Task 1 of 1

Bummer! Expecting results like L & Chalkley not L & Chalkley.

SELECT SUBSTR(first_name, 1, 1) || " & " || last_name AS initital FROM customers;

initital L & Chalkley D & McFarland P & Premaratne A & Chalkley R & Hinkley L & Love N & Pettit C & Tepper J & Hoskins M & Poley

I am getting the desire result and the challenge keep telling me I am wrong

2 Answers

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

Assuming, this is for https://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/working-with-text/creating-excerpts , in which case try 

SELECT SUBSTR(first_name,1,1) AS initial, last_name FROM customers;

(if this is what you want, you might care to upvote Alexander Nikiforov at https://teamtreehouse.com/community/getting-the-correct-result-but-says-bummer - which is where i found the answer. I googled the error message you posted.)

Aananya Vyas
Aananya Vyas
20,157 Points
Aananya Vyas
Aananya Vyas
20,157 Points

'''SELECT SUBSTR(first_name,1,1) AS initial , last_name FROM customers;'''