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Query Records with Strings Using C++
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Query Records with Strings Using C++

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Given a list of records (each an array of strings) and a query array of strings, return the records that contain all of the query strings. Example: records [John, Bob, Alice, Tony], [Mark, Will, Lee, Edgar], [Edgar, Pam, Alice, John]; query [John, Alice] -> first and third records. Solve using C++.

Asked in the online assessment stage.

Output

  1. Return one row per record whose associated strings contain every term in query_terms.
  2. Columns: record_id, record_name.
  3. Order by record_id ascending.

Schema

records
ColumnTypeDescription
record_idPKINTUnique identifier for a record
record_nameVARCHAR(100)Display name of the record
record_strings
ColumnTypeDescription
record_string_idPKINTUnique identifier for a record string
record_idINTRecord containing the string
valueTEXTString contained in the record
query_terms
ColumnTypeDescription
term_idPKINTUnique identifier for a query term
termTEXTString that every returned record must contain
Tablesrecordsrecord_stringsquery_terms
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