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Summarizing Transactions with SQL
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Summarizing Transactions with SQL

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query utilizing aggregate functions and a GROUP BY clause to summarize daily transaction volumes.

Use the provided transactions table. Exclude records without a transaction timestamp.

Output

  1. One row per calendar day.
  2. Columns: transaction_date, transaction_count, and total_amount.
  3. Sort by transaction_date in ascending order.

Schema

transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTEGERUnique transaction identifier
transaction_timestampTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the transaction occurred
amountNUMERIC(12,2)Transaction amount
Tablestransactions
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