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SQL Joins for Transactions

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Problem

Supernova Technology needs a monthly customer transaction summary for its internal reporting pipeline. Write a PostgreSQL query that combines customer records with qualifying transactions and includes optional transaction notes.

Requirements

  1. Use an INNER JOIN between customers and transactions so only transactions belonging to known customers are included.
  2. Use a LEFT JOIN to retain qualifying transactions that do not have notes.
  3. Include only transactions in January 2025 with a completed status, then return one row per customer with transaction count and total spend.
  4. Assign High spend to totals at least 500, Medium to totals at least 200, and Low otherwise. Concatenate available notes in transaction order, returning No notes when none exist.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTEGERUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer display name
regionVARCHAR(40)Customer sales region
transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTEGERUnique transaction identifier
customer_idINTEGERCustomer associated with the transaction
transaction_dateDATEDate the transaction occurred
statusVARCHAR(20)Transaction processing status
amountNUMERIC(10,2)Transaction amount
transaction_notes
ColumnTypeDescription
note_idPKINTEGERUnique note identifier
transaction_idINTEGERTransaction associated with the note
note_textVARCHAR(255)Operational note text
Tablescustomerstransactionstransaction_notes
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