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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Creating Excerpts

Posted by Timmy Welch
Timmy Welch
1,599 Points

Getting same result as expected but not being allowed past the question.

I've entered this: SELECT SUBSTR(first_name,1,1)||" "||last_name AS "initial" FROM customers; Getting exact result as expected yet still says its wrong not allowing me past.

1 Answer

Ave Nurme
Ave Nurme
20,907 Points
Ave Nurme
Ave Nurme
20,907 Points

Hi Timmy

I don't think you need to concatenate anything here. I tried this and it passed:

SELECT SUBSTR(first_name, 1, 1) AS initial, last_name FROM customers;

Good luck!