Interview Questions/SQL/Invalid Tweets

Invalid Tweets

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Description

You have a Tweets table. A tweet is considered invalid if its content length is strictly greater than 15 characters. Write a SQL query to find the IDs of all invalid tweets. Return the result in any order.

Database Schema

Tweets

Column NameTypeDescription
tweet_idINTPrimary key
contentVARCHARText content of the tweet

Example

Tweets

tweet_idcontent
1Vote for Biden
2Let us make America great again!

Output

tweet_id
2

Explanation:

Tweet 1 has length 14 (valid). Tweet 2 has length 32 (invalid, > 15).

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Tweets

tweet_idcontent
1Vote for Biden
2Let us make America great again!

Output

tweet_id
2