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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Getting the Length of a String

Siraj Khan
Siraj Khan
3,451 Points
Posted by Siraj Khan
Siraj Khan
3,451 Points

Can anyone please help me with this challenge.?

Can anyone please help me with this challenge.? SELECT title, LENGTH(title) AS longest_length FROM books ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 1;

1 Answer

Tareq Alothman
Tareq Alothman
17,921 Points
Tareq Alothman
Tareq Alothman
17,921 Points

I think your problem is missing the column name in the order by clause

ORDER BY LENGTH(TITLE) DESC LIMIT 1