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First and Last Purchase Dates
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First and Last Purchase Dates

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to get the first and last purchase date for each customer.

Use the purchases table. Include customers whose records contain only a NULL purchase date.

Output

  1. One row per customer.
  2. Columns: customer_id, first_purchase_date, and last_purchase_date.
  3. Sort by customer_id in ascending order.

Schema

purchases
ColumnTypeDescription
purchase_idPKINTUnique identifier for the purchase
customer_idINTIdentifier of the customer who made the purchase
purchase_dateDATEDate on which the purchase occurred
Tablespurchases
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