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Databases SQL Basics Getting Data from a Database Retrieving Specific Columns of Information

Posted by Ra Bha
Ra Bha
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Why wouldn't the query here have the last_name before the first_name?

Can somebody tell me why the query wouldn't have the last name column before the first name, as below, since the user is typing in the last name first? 

SELECT last_name, first_name FROM <tablename>;

I feel like if the user is typing in the last name, but the query has the information from the first_name column listed first in the query, the user will not get the autocomplete results the question asks for. Can somebody explain why the correct solution provides the autocompleted last names this question asks for if the query has the first_name column information first?

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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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SELECT last_name, first_name FROM <tablename>; does display the last_name column first; I've tested it myself.

Ra Bha
Ra Bha
2,201 Points

When I did that for the Code Challenge Question 5/5 answer, I got a Bummer! stating that the first_name comes first. So I guess this Code Challenge in reality has two answers?

Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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Oh I didn't realize you were talking about the last part of the challenge; I just looked at the 1st part, saw that it worked, and stopped. My bad.

My best guess would be that that part of the challenge is just written that way for whatever reason.