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Posted by Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones
1,170 Points

Looking for help with reporting with SQL 2nd question don't understand where you get the OFFSET from.

Hello,

I am currently completing the Reporting with SQL exercise and I'm stuck on this question. Write the SQL query to retrieve the 3rd page of results from the phone_book table. Contacts are ordered by last name and then first name question.

I finding it a bit difficult understanding where you get the OFFSET from.

Here is what I have put so far.

SELECT * FROM phone_book WHERE last_name, first_name ORDER BY last_name AND first_name ASC LIMIT 20 OFFSET 3; SQL Error: near ",": syntax error

Thank you

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

If you click on the box with the 3 dots and select "edit question", you can change the topic to "Databases".

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You have some syntax issues.

You didn't provide a link to the course page, so I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish, but I see some syntax issues:

  • the WHERE clause needs complete expressions (such as "last_name = 'Smith'")
  • expressions in a WHERE clause are joined with logic (AND / OR) instead of commas
  • terms in an ORDER BY clause are separated by commas (and not logic)