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2,838 PointsLimiting data with SQL
Hi, here is the question:
There's a books table. There's a title, author, genre and first_published column. Write a query to obtain the first 5 books in the Fantasy genre ordered by the year released. Oldest first. Select all columns.
My answer: SELECT * FROM books ORDER BY genre = "Fantasy" WHERE first_published ASC LIMIT 5;
I am getting this incorrect can someone explain what I am doing wrong please
2 Answers
Erasto Oraro
5,610 PointsFirst "Fantasy" should be in single quotes 'Fantasy' for the syntax error. The Oldest first should be ordered DESC
SELECT * FROM books WHERE genre = 'Fantasy' ORDER BY first_published DESC LIMIT 5;
David Perkins
9,607 PointsAlmost... You just need to switch the WHERE with the ORDER BY and that should sort it.
SELECT
*
FROM
books
WHERE
genre IN ("Fantasy")
ORDER BY
first_published ASC
LIMIT
5;