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1,315 PointsCalculating Dates
Below is the objective and response, The response gives me an error of "expecting a count of 14" I am unsure what is incorrect after looking over it for sometime. Any help would be great.
Thanks
Objective: In an ecommerce database there's an orders table with the columns id, product_id, user_id, address_id, ordered_on, status and cost.
Count the total number of orders that were ordered yesterday and have the status of 'shipped'. Alias it to ordered_yesterday_and_shipped.
Response:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS ordered_yesterday_and_shipped FROM orders WHERE ordered_on = DATE("now", "-1") AND status = "shipped";
2 Answers
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Pointsnow is fine. the interval -1 needs to be more explicit
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsYou'll want to specify a time period in your date calculation
Shain Jones
1,315 PointsIt does not specify what the actual date is, so I am under the impression that DATE("now", "-1") refers to "yesterday?
Shain Jones
1,315 PointsShain Jones
1,315 Points"-1 Days" Thanks for the guidance.