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Rohit Gopalan
81,945 PointsIssue with answering code challenge of length of title in SQL
Whenever I try to enter queries for this code challenge, there are always communication errors being reported. Is there any reason why this is happening and how to overcome this issue?
3 Answers
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherCan you give me some example queries?
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherApologies, the challenge should work now :)
james white
78,399 PointsSELECT title, MAX(LENGTH(title)) AS longest_length FROM books;
from this forum thread;
https://teamtreehouse.com/community/problems-with-sql-challenge
Martin Sole
82,199 PointsMartin Sole
82,199 PointsHi Andrew, I seem to be having the same issue with the loss of connection for this challenge, I'm using the below query. I have tried this within the workspace using the customer table and username column and it worked fine.
SELECT title, LENGTH(title) as longest_length FROM books ORDER BY longest_length DESC LIMIT 1;