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David Corrales
4,698 PointsNeed a little help! What am I missing here?
We're in a movie database. There's a reviews table with the columns of id, movie_id, username, review and rating.
The movie "Starman" has the id of 6. Movie ids are found in the movie_id column in the reviews table. Write a query that totals up all ratings for the movie "Starman" in the reviews table. Alias it as starman_total_ratings.
Type in your command below, then press Ctrl-Enter.
Bummer: Your query didn't perform the correct sum calculation.
SELECT SUM(rating) AS starman_total_ratings FROM reviews WHERE rating = "%Starman%";
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,272 PointsYou can't use wildcards (%) with an equality test, they only work with the "LIKE" test. But that's not really what you want to be looking for here.
The challenge gave you a hint for building your WHERE clause when it said, "The movie "Starman" has the id of 6."
David Corrales
4,698 PointsWHAT in the WORLDD?! How are you so fast, you're literally the BEST THING EVER! Ahh! Sorry I'm bothersome! T.T You're truly such a great help!
Steven Parker
231,272 PointsGlad to help, and it's just lucky timing. I'm not always online, I swear!
Happy coding!