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Inner vs Outer Join
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Inner vs Outer Join

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Inner join vs Outer join in databases.

Asked in the Round 1 stage. Using the provided departments and employees tables, write a query that lists every department and the number of employees assigned to it.

Output

  1. One row per department with department_name and employee_count
  2. Include departments with no assigned employees, showing a count of 0
  3. Exclude employees whose department does not exist
  4. Order by department_name alphabetically

Schema

departments
ColumnTypeDescription
department_idPKINTUnique department identifier
department_nameVARCHAR(100)Department name
employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee name
department_idINTAssigned department identifier, when available
job_titleVARCHAR(100)Employee job title
Tablesdepartmentsemployees
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