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SQL Employee Manager Query
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SQL Employee Manager Query

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to return each employee name along with their manager name from a table with columns emp_id, emp_name, and manager_id where manager_id can be NULL.

Use the employees table. Include every employee, represent missing managers with NULL, and sort the results by emp_id.

Output

  1. One row per employee
  2. Columns: employee_name, manager_name
  3. Include employees without a manager
  4. Order by employee ID ascending

Schema

employees
ColumnTypeDescription
emp_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
emp_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee full name
manager_idINTIdentifier of the employee's manager
Tablesemployees
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