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Aggregate Monthly Transaction Data
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Aggregate Monthly Transaction Data

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to aggregate monthly transaction data.

Use the provided transaction and account data. Include only posted transactions with a non-null transaction date, and report results by calendar month and account type.

Output

  1. One row per month and account type, with columns month, account_type, transaction_count, total_amount, and average_amount.
  2. Format month as YYYY-MM and order by month chronologically, then account type alphabetically.

Schema

transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique transaction identifier
account_idINTAccount associated with the transaction
transaction_dateDATEDate the transaction occurred
amountDECIMAL(12,2)Transaction amount
statusVARCHAR(20)Transaction processing status
accounts
ColumnTypeDescription
account_idPKINTUnique account identifier
account_typeVARCHAR(30)Account classification
opened_dateDATEDate the account was opened
Tablestransactionsaccounts
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