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Max-Selling Products Across Tables

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Find the max-selling products from three tables, each containing different products.

Asked in the SQL live coding stage. Write a SQL query that combines the three tables and identifies the product or products with the highest total units sold.

Output

  1. Return one row per product tied for the maximum.
  2. Include product_name and total_units_sold.
  3. Sort results by product_name in ascending order.

Schema

product_sales_a
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique identifier for the sales record
product_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the product sold
units_soldINTNumber of units sold in the record
product_sales_b
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique identifier for the sales record
product_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the product sold
units_soldINTNumber of units sold in the record
product_sales_c
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique identifier for the sales record
product_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the product sold
units_soldINTNumber of units sold in the record
Tablesproduct_sales_aproduct_sales_bproduct_sales_c
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