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SQL Joins and Group Filtering
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SQL Joins and Group Filtering

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Imagine a database schema with tables for Students, Courses, and Enrollments. Write a SQL query utilizing multiple JOIN operations and a GROUP BY clause to find courses with more than a specific number of students.

For this exercise, use more than 2 students as the threshold.

Output

  1. Return one row per qualifying course.
  2. Include course_id, course_name, and student_count.
  3. Order by student_count descending, then course_id ascending.

Schema

students
ColumnTypeDescription
student_idPKINTUnique student identifier
student_nameVARCHAR(100)Student's full name
courses
ColumnTypeDescription
course_idPKINTUnique course identifier
course_nameVARCHAR(150)Course title
enrollments
ColumnTypeDescription
enrollment_idPKINTUnique enrollment identifier
student_idINTReferenced student identifier
course_idINTReferenced course identifier
Tablesstudentscoursesenrollments
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