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SQL Query for Author Counts

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Problem

Impact wants to identify authors with a substantial publishing history in its book catalog. Write a PostgreSQL query to find every author who has published at least five books.

Requirements

  1. Join authors to books using the author relationship.
  2. Count only books whose publication_status is published.
  3. Return the author ID, author name, and published book count for authors with at least five published books.
  4. Sort by published book count descending, then author name ascending.

Schema

authors
ColumnTypeDescription
author_idPKINTUnique identifier for the author
author_nameVARCHAR(150)Author's display name
countryVARCHAR(80)Author's country of residence
books
ColumnTypeDescription
book_idPKINTUnique identifier for the book
author_idINTAuthor reference, nullable for incomplete catalog records
titleVARCHAR(200)Book title
publication_statusVARCHAR(20)Current publication state
Tablesauthorsbooks
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