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James Kraai
James Kraai
26,167 Points
Posted by James Kraai
James Kraai
26,167 Points

MySQL String Functions Challenge 2 of 3

I've been stuck on this for a while now, I must be missing something silly.

The task is

Select the "first_name" followed by the username in parentheses and alias it as "display_name". For example "Andrew (chalkers)". There's a space between the end of the first_name and the username in parentheses.

MySQL statement is...

SELECT CONCAT(first_name, " (", username, ") ") AS display_name FROM users;

and it returns

  • display_name
  • Ben (Bendog24)
  • Pasan (Pa$anTheBusinessman)

but I'm told something is wrong with my query

Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

You have a space after the final parenthesis, and it shouldn't be there.