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Java Hibernate Basics Data Persistence & ORMs SQL Review

Why this is wrong???

I got bummer with this sql line:

INSERT INTO companies (name, city) VALUES  (Treehouse, Portland) 

why????

Chris Ramacciotti

Ok. Missing '' on strings...

1 Answer

Florian Tönjes
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Florian Tönjes
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When you enter Strings as values you have to put them into single quotes like this:

INSERT INTO companies (name, city) VALUES  ('Treehouse', 'Portland'); 

Kind Regards, Florian