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SQL CTE for Top 3 Products
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SQL CTE for Top 3 Products

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Freddie Mac wants to compare revenue generated by offerings such as Loan Product Advisor and Home Possible. Write a PostgreSQL query using CTEs to return the top three products by revenue from completed orders.

Requirements

  1. Join products, orders, and order_items.
  2. Include only orders where order_status = 'completed'.
  3. Calculate revenue as quantity * unit_price, aggregate it by product, and rank products with a window function.
  4. Return the top three products in descending revenue order, using product_id as a deterministic tie-breaker.

Schema

products
ColumnTypeDescription
product_idPKINTUnique product identifier
product_nameVARCHAR(100)Freddie Mac product name
orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique order identifier
order_statusVARCHAR(20)Current order status
order_items
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idINTIdentifier of the related order
product_idINTIdentifier of the purchased product
quantityINTNumber of units purchased
unit_priceNUMERIC(10,2)Price for one unit
Tablesproductsordersorder_items
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