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Alexander Ramadan
3,283 PointsDatabase Code Challenge for QUERYING Tables Challenge Task 4
For challenge task 4, it is asking me query for all actors named Tom but then is telling me there is no column for actors. Am I miss understanding the task?
Here is the task question
Select all actors whose name starts with "Tom".
3 Answers
Mohammed Hossen
5,591 Pointsyou have to use the key word 'like' and a wild card % at the end of Tom like so 'Tom%'
David Fife
8,808 PointsI'm actually having the same trouble
this is what I have SELECT actor FROM movies WHERE actor LIKE 'Tom%' ;
I have also tried actors
David Fife
8,808 PointsI figured it out, instead of having a movies table name, it has an actors table name
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 PointsChallenge Task 1 of 4 Select all movies from the year 2003. Type in your command below, then press Enter.
SELECT * FROM movies WHERE year= 2003;
Challenge Task 2 of 4 Select all movies released in the year 2009 and later. Type in your command below, then press Enter.
SELECT * FROM movies WHERE year >= 2009;
Challenge Task 3 of 4 Select all movies from the years 1999 to 2004. Type in your command below, then press Enter.
SELECT * FROM movies WHERE year BETWEEN 1999 AND 2004;
Challenge Task 4 of 4 Select all actors whose name starts with "Tom". Type in your command below, then press Enter.
SELECT * FROM actors WHERE name LIKE %Tom%;