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Start your free trialCasey Fulmore
1,853 PointsI'm not sure why I'm getting an error when trying to run this code. My notes show that this should be accurate.
"There's something wrong with your SQL code"
2 Answers
Casey Fulmore
1,853 PointsSELECT title, LENGTH(title) AS length FROM books ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 1;
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsYou have two issues:
1) The alias name is longest_length
2) length is a function and can't be used on its own in an order by clause. You can however order by the alias longest_ length
or by length(title)
.
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsKRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsCan you post your SQL?