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SQL Joins and Aggregations
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SQL Joins and Aggregations

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Tell me about a time you wrote an SQL query to find customers who placed more than one order and sort them by total spend.

Use the provided customer and order data. Return only customers with more than one order, including orders with a zero or NULL amount in the order count.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying customer with customer_id, customer_name, order_count, and total_spend.
  2. Sort by total_spend descending, then customer_id ascending to break ties.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer display name
orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique order identifier
customer_idINTCustomer who placed the order
order_totalDECIMAL(10,2)Order amount
Tablescustomersorders
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