FAQ: Subqueries - Comparison Operators

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This community-built FAQ covers the "Comparison Operators " exercise from the lesson “Subqueries”.

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Analyze Data with SQL

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Did anyone else begin this section of the lesson only to find that the answer was already filled in?

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Why is this valid

SELECT *

FROM drama_students

WHERE grade = (SELECT grade from band_students WHERE id = 20);

But this doesn’t return any result

SELECT *

FROM drama_students

WHERE grade = (SELECT grade from drama_students WHERE id = 20);
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This initially confused me, too.

For the purpose of this exercise, Emlynne is not yet enrolled in drama, so her id ( id = 20) is not listed in the drama_students table.

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How come we can’t simply use this SELECT * FROM drama_students WHERE grade = 10; ??

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I been asking myself the same question. its more straightforward in this manner.

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You can, but it’s a simplified question. The point of the subquery here is that you’re filtering from something located in another table. Think of it like, instead of WHERE grade = 10 it’s WHERE grade = Emlynne Torritti grade from band_students

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This actually explained for me why they were providing what I thought was superfluous information; I didn’t understand what her dropping band and joining drama had to do with the query since the code didn’t actually do this.