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Databases

WRONG Question or WRONG Answer

SELECT * FROM phone_book WHERE last_name IS NOT NULL;

Which challenge are you on?

3 Answers

Hi Sorie,

Are you answering Filtering Out or Finding Missing Information, Challenge Task 2 of 2

"We're still using the phone_book, with the columns id, first_name, last_name and phone.

Imagine we're implementing the autocomplete feature for a search facility on the phone where a user can start typing a last name and suggestions will appear. Write a query to retrieve all values from the last name column where the last name value is present. Only retrieve the last_name column."

In which case it is asking you to only select the last_name column, not all of them.

Sobin Sebastian
Sobin Sebastian
5,348 Points

SELECT last_name FROM phone_book WHERE last_name IS NOT NULL;

It specifically says "Only retrieve the last_name column"

Thanks guys! Not my question, but was about to ask the same one. Details, they're important! :)