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Find Top 3 Regions by Sales
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Find Top 3 Regions by Sales

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the top 3 performing regions by sales volume.

Use the provided regions and sales tables. Treat sales volume as the number of rows with a sale_status of completed; exclude sales that do not map to a named region.

Output

  1. One row per selected region with region_name and sales_volume
  2. Return exactly three regions, ordered by sales volume descending, then region name ascending for ties

Schema

regions
ColumnTypeDescription
region_idPKINTEGERUnique identifier for a region
region_nameVARCHAR(50)Display name of the region
sales
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTEGERUnique identifier for a sale
region_idINTEGERRegion associated with the sale
sale_statusVARCHAR(20)Current status of the sale
sale_dateDATEDate on which the sale was recorded
Tablesregionssales
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