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Third Largest SQL Query

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Problem

Airtel Digital uses Airtel Thanks transaction data to analyze successful mobile data-pack purchases. Write a PostgreSQL query to find the third-largest distinct purchase amount and return every matching transaction with the associated customer name.

Requirements

  1. Consider only transactions where product_type = 'DATA' and status = 'SUCCESS'.
  2. Exclude NULL amounts and transactions whose customer does not exist in customers.
  3. Rank distinct amounts from highest to lowest using a window function, then return all transactions at rank 3.
  4. Order the output by amount descending and transaction ID ascending.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTEGERUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer's full name
cityVARCHAR(50)Customer's registered city
transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTEGERUnique transaction identifier
customer_idINTEGERReferences customers.customer_id
product_typeVARCHAR(20)Type of Airtel product purchased
statusVARCHAR(20)Transaction processing status
amountNUMERIC(10,2)Purchase amount in Indian rupees
Tablescustomerstransactions
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