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SQL Duplicate Active Sessions
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SQL Duplicate Active Sessions

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to identify duplicate active user sessions from a connection log table. Treat sessions with the same non-null user_id and device_id as duplicates, and consider only rows marked active. Exclude records with missing user or device identifiers.

Output

  1. One row per user and device with more than one active session
  2. Columns: user_id, device_id, active_session_count, session_ids, and earliest_connected_at
  3. List session IDs in ascending order within each row, and sort results by user_id, then device_id

Schema

connection_logs
ColumnTypeDescription
log_idPKINTEGERUnique connection log identifier
session_idVARCHAR(30)Identifier of the user session
user_idINTEGERIdentifier of the connected user
device_idVARCHAR(40)Identifier or label for the connecting device
connected_atTIMESTAMPTZTime at which the session connected
is_activeBOOLEANWhether the session is currently active
Tablesconnection_logs
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