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Databases

Marko Vojvodic
Marko Vojvodic
32,207 Points
Posted by Marko Vojvodic
Marko Vojvodic
32,207 Points

WHERE I'M DONIG WRONG?

SELECT title, LENGTH(title) AS longest_length FROM books ORDER BY title DESC LIMIT 1

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

The structure looks OK. What were the requirements?

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

Without seeing the question i can only guess but sometimes I get caught out with the fields I'm asking for in my select statement.

Maybe try 

SELECT *, LENGTH(title) AS longest_length FROM books ORDER BY title DESC LIMIT 1