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Databases Reporting with SQL Aggregate and Numeric Functions Counting Groups

Posted by Derek Morse
Derek Morse
1,776 Points

Data line does not match, what distinct am i missing?

SELECT genre, COUNT(*) AS "total genres" FROM books GROUP BY DISTINCT genre;

Derek Morse
Derek Morse
1,776 Points

I am still not seeing what i a missing thanks for you help

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,272 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,272 Points

So what do you have now after applying the hints?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,272 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,272 Points

You didn't say, but it looks like you're working on task 2. Here's a few hints:

  • the instructions ask for an alias of "total_genres" (with an underscore) instead of "total genres"
  • you won't need GROUP BY for this task
  • you only need to select the count, not the "genre" column
  • only count the distinct genres
Derek Morse
Derek Morse
1,776 Points
Derek Morse
Derek Morse
1,776 Points

Thanks again