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Databases Reporting with SQL Aggregate and Numeric Functions Counting Results

Posted by Jerry Lombardo
Jerry Lombardo
945 Points

Count Challenge Task 1

Why is it saying there is something wrong with the SQL:
SELECT COUNT (*) FROM books WHERE genre = "Science Fiction" AS "scifi_book_count";

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

The alias should come just after what is being aliased. In this case COUNT(*).

Jerry Lombardo
Jerry Lombardo
945 Points
Jerry Lombardo
Jerry Lombardo
945 Points

Thanks that worked!