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My first SQL query finally worked after 4 days of trying
Last Tuesday I was stuck on a simple SELECT statement for my beginner class. I kept getting syntax errors because I forgot the semicolon at the end (rookie mistake, I know). My instructor just said "you're close, check line 4" without giving me the answer. When I finally ran it and saw the table pop up, I nearly fell out of my chair. Has anyone else had that moment where one tiny fix made everything click for the first time?
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charles_green6d ago
Does your school have any kind of peer tutoring lab or study group for SQL? I was stuck on a similar issue last week and @sullivan.elliot mentioned that sometimes just watching someone else type it out teaches you the little missing pieces like semicolons or commas. For me it was getting the JOIN syntax wrong because I was putting the ON clause after WHERE instead of right after the JOIN. Once I saw it in action once I never made that mistake again.
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