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SQL Top 10 Popular Meals
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SQL Top 10 Popular Meals

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top 10 most popular meals based on MealPal orders.

Use the meals and orders tables. Popularity is determined by the number of orders for each meal.

Output

  1. Return one row per meal with columns meal_id, meal_name, and order_count.
  2. Include only meals with at least one order, ordered by order_count descending and meal_id ascending to break ties.
  3. Return no more than 10 rows.

Schema

meals
ColumnTypeDescription
meal_idPKINTUnique identifier for a MealPal meal
meal_nameVARCHAR(120)Display name of the meal
orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique identifier for a MealPal order
meal_idINTMeal included in the order
ordered_atDATEDate the order was placed
Tablesmealsorders
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