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Michael Fahrun
Michael Fahrun
3,045 Points
Posted by Michael Fahrun
Michael Fahrun
3,045 Points

Task - statement doesn't work

select id, first_name || ' ' || last_name || ' <' || email || '> ' as 'to_field', address, library_id, zip_code from patrons;

task is to join multiple colums to one to get the following colum filled like this <firstname> <lastname> <<email>> (so email wrapped up with "<" and ">" usually with this statement the email adress should be displayed as followed: max.mustermann@bla.de.

Nethertheless the email address does not get displayed at all at the point where i add the "<" symbol to the statement-....be it as separate string to join or done like above

whats the mistake? i don't see it

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

You didn't give a link to the challenge so I'm guessing here, and it's not tested, but it looks like what they want is something along these lines:

SELECT first_name || ' '  || last_name || ' <' || email || '>' AS to_field FROM patrons;

where the email address is inside angle brackets.