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You didn't add the date field to your query and couldn't work out why it didn't return the missing field for over 2 hours?
Perhaps SQL isn't for you as things get waaaaay more finicky than that.
it's indeed a new language for me and I haven't developed that ability to know where the bug is happening but I am going to get there.
Assuming you're coming from a linear programming and OOP background, then data (incl. SQL) kinda sucks because it's not always clear how to apply existing concepts. But, doing so is absolutely critical to success, perhaps more so than in most OOP environments. Your post isn't funny to me because I'd be laughing at you, not with you.
If a variable is fucked, the first questions you should answer are, "Where'd it come from?" and "What's its value along the way?". That looks a lot different in Python than SQL. But, the troubleshooting concept is the same.
If object definitions were replaced by table/query definitions in planning then you'd probably not have made the initial error. Again, it looks different. But, the concept is the same.
That's correct, I have done a lot of OOP in Java and C#, and the internship I'm doing is with C# and ASP.Net.
You see, I wasn't thinking clearly at the time, wasn't looking at the right place, and like the post says, I've finally looked at the right place and made me feel frustrated. The frustration was at myself not at programming.
Yeah don’t beat yourself up - when you are new to SQL it fucking let’s you know.
It’s easy to get distracted thinking about all the ways shit fits together., where you could have just gone wrong. And now, next time, you’ll know.