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SQL Second-Highest by Region

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the second-highest energy consumption value from a log table grouped by region.

Use the energy_consumption_log table. Consider only non-null consumption values and return regions with at least two distinct values.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying region
  2. Columns: region, second_highest_consumption
  3. Sort by region in ascending order

Schema

energy_consumption_log
ColumnTypeDescription
log_idPKINTUnique log record identifier
regionVARCHAR(100)Geographic region associated with the reading
energy_consumptionNUMERIC(12,2)Recorded energy consumption value
Tablesenergy_consumption_log
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