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Struggling database code challange Altering Table with KEYS

Challenge Task 2 of 3

Alter the "t_movies" table to add an auto incrementing primary key called "pk_id" first.

my answer

ALTER TABLE t_movies ADD COLUMN pk_id INTEGER AUTO INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY FIRST;

3 Answers

Mark Prather
Mark Prather
16,454 Points

There is a underscore between auto and increment. This one got me hung up for a while too.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Sobin Sebastian
Sobin Sebastian
5,348 Points

ALTER TABLE t_movies ADD COLUMN pk_id INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY FIRST;