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SQL Missing Marks Rule
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SQL Missing Marks Rule

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

PayPal's analyst training dataset contains one row per student and subject. Before calculating performance metrics, exclude students whose marks are missing in two or more subjects.

Write a PostgreSQL query that returns the students who should remain after this exclusion.

Requirements

  1. Count missing marks separately for each student, where a missing mark is represented by NULL.
  2. Exclude students with missing marks in two or more subjects.
  3. Return each retained student's ID and name, ordered by student_id.

Each student has at most one row per subject, so each NULL mark represents one missing subject mark.

Schema

student_marks
ColumnTypeDescription
student_idINTStudent identifier
student_nameVARCHAR(100)Student's full name
subject_nameVARCHAR(100)Subject being assessed
marksNUMERIC(5,2)Marks earned, or NULL when the mark is missing
Tablesstudent_marks
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