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Databases SQL Reporting by Example Day 3: Getting Good at Grouping Finding the Troublemaker

Stephanie Marek
Stephanie Marek
2,831 Points

Syntax Error Help!

This is basically identical to the video, but is returning a syntax error at

), WITH SEVEN_ART AS (

What is the problem?

WITH FIVE_SCIENCE AS ( SELECT ST.ID FROM CLASSES AS C JOIN SUBJECTS AS S ON S.ID = C.SUBJECT_ID JOIN SCHEDULE AS SC ON SC.CLASS_ID = C.ID JOIN STUDENTS AS ST ON ST.ID = SC.STUDENT_ID WHERE C.PERIOD_ID = 5 AND S.NAME = "Science" ), WITH SEVEN_ART AS ( SELECT ST.ID FROM CLASSES AS C JOIN SUBJECTS AS S ON S.ID = C.SUBJECT_ID JOIN SCHEDULE AS SC ON SC.CLASS_ID = C.ID JOIN STUDENTS AS ST ON ST.ID = SC.STUDENT_ID WHERE C.PERIOD_ID = 7 AND S.NAME = "Art" )

SELECT ST.ID FROM FIVE_SCIENCE AS FIVE INNER JOIN SEVEN_ART AS SEVEN ON FIVE.STUDENT_ID = SEVEN.STUDENT_ID;

2 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

I think the problem is that you should only write the WITH keyword once, even when defining multiple common table expressions.

This is correct:

WITH table_1 as (
-- insert query here
),

table_2 as (
-- insert query here
)

SELECT...

This is incorrect:

WITH table_1 as (
-- insert query here
),

WITH table_2 as (
-- insert query here
)

SELECT...
Stephanie Marek
Stephanie Marek
2,831 Points

Hi Stuart,

That worked, thanks!

Now I have an issue with my join of of the two tables. It's telling me the FIVE.STUDENT_ID column I'm trying to join doesn't exist.

WITH FIVE_SCIENCE AS ( SELECT ST.ID FROM CLASSES AS C JOIN SUBJECTS AS S ON S.ID = C.SUBJECT_ID JOIN SCHEDULE AS SC ON SC.CLASS_ID = C.ID JOIN STUDENTS AS ST ON ST.ID = SC.STUDENT_ID WHERE C.PERIOD_ID = 5 AND S.NAME = "Science" ), SEVEN_ART AS ( SELECT ST.ID FROM CLASSES AS C JOIN SUBJECTS AS S ON S.ID = C.SUBJECT_ID JOIN SCHEDULE AS SC ON SC.CLASS_ID = C.ID JOIN STUDENTS AS ST ON ST.ID = SC.STUDENT_ID WHERE C.PERIOD_ID = 7 AND S.NAME = "Art" )

SELECT * FROM FIVE_SCIENCE AS FIVE INNER JOIN SEVEN_ART AS SEVEN ON FIVE.STUDENT_ID = SEVEN.STUDENT_ID;

Any thoughts?

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

Looks like your FIVE_SCIENCE table doesn't have a STUDENT_ID column, but rather simply an ID column?