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SQL for Station Failure Logs
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SQL for Station Failure Logs

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a basic SQL query to retrieve failure logs from a specific manufacturing station over a given time range.

Use the supplied data's Jabil Circuit SMT-04 station and the interval from 2025-03-01 08:00:00 inclusive through 2025-03-01 12:00:00 exclusive.

Output

  1. Return log_id, station_name, logged_at, failure_code, and failure_message.
  2. Include only failure logs matching the station and time interval.
  3. Order by logged_at ascending, then log_id ascending.

Schema

manufacturing_failure_logs
ColumnTypeDescription
log_idPKINTUnique failure log identifier
station_nameVARCHAR(80)Manufacturing station that generated the event
logged_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the event was recorded
log_typeVARCHAR(20)Event classification, such as FAILURE or WARNING
failure_codeVARCHAR(30)Code identifying the failure condition
failure_messageVARCHAR(200)Human-readable failure description
Tablesmanufacturing_failure_logs
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