Build a Mario Database - Stuck on first task "echo hello PostgresSQL"

Backend Development
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Tell us what’s happening:

I started the course on CodeRoad but I am stuck on the very first task.
I type “echo hello PostgresSQL” and get the corresponding output but the course does not progress and I only get the info “tests should pass”.

I restarted the course several times, used “Reset” button, used new terminal windows but nothing seems to work.

Your code so far

echo hello PostgresSQL

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Challenge Information:

Learn Relational Databases by Building a Mario Database - Build a Mario Database

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Hi, @GhostRaccoon.

I’m not entirely sure what’s the problem here, but if you just want to echo a string, the correct syntaxt would be

echo "Hello, PostgreSQL";

When working with strings, you’ll always want to wrap them in ‘single’/“double” quotes.

Hope this gets you going!

Have a nice day :slight_smile:

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Hi @GhostRaccoon,

My experience is that the tests are very contrive and therefore very picky. It doesn’t account for the normal use of quotation at times. It has to match exactly what the author included in the test. However, if you press Get a hint a couple times, eventually, it will give you the exact match. Copy and paste if you want.

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Never mind. Even after reading the question 100 times, I always typed PostgresSQL instead of PostgreSQL.

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some kind of optical silliness going on here, I did the same thing and still see PostgresSQL at a glance. Glad I wasn’t alone.