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Rank Restaurants by Reservation Volume
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Rank Restaurants by Reservation Volume

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query using window functions to rank restaurants by reservation count within each city over the last 30 days on OpenTable.

Use the provided restaurants and reservations tables. Include only restaurants with at least one reservation in the date range, and assign the same rank to tied counts.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying restaurant with city, restaurant_id, restaurant_name, reservation_count, and city_rank
  2. Order by city, city_rank, and restaurant_id

Schema

restaurants
ColumnTypeDescription
restaurant_idPKINTUnique restaurant identifier
restaurant_nameVARCHAR(120)Restaurant name shown on OpenTable
cityVARCHAR(80)Restaurant city
reservations
ColumnTypeDescription
reservation_idPKINTUnique reservation identifier
restaurant_idINTRestaurant associated with the reservation
reservation_timeTIMESTAMPScheduled reservation timestamp
Tablesrestaurantsreservations
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