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Audit Queries Max User

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Read queries from a text file (audit.txt with userid, timestamp, tablename, query text) and give the maximum queried user, in Python and Spark

Asked in the Technical Round 2 stage. For this SQL exercise, use the audit log table as the source.

Output

  1. Return one row per non-null user tied for the highest query count.
  2. Include userid and query_count.
  3. Order by userid ascending.

Schema

audit_queries
ColumnTypeDescription
audit_idPKINTEGERUnique audit record identifier
useridINTEGERIdentifier of the user who issued the query
query_timestampTIMESTAMPTZTimestamp when the query was issued
tablenameVARCHAR(100)Table referenced by the query
query_textTEXTSQL text recorded in the audit log
Tablesaudit_queries
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