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SQL Top 5 by Sales Volume
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SQL Top 5 by Sales Volume

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Octane wants to identify which products generate the highest sales volume. Write a PostgreSQL query that ranks products by the total number of units sold in completed orders.

Requirements

  1. Include only line items belonging to orders with status = 'completed'.
  2. Aggregate quantity by product, preserving products with no qualifying sales.
  3. Return the top 5 products, ordered by units sold descending, with product_id ascending as the tie-breaker.

Schema

products
ColumnTypeDescription
product_idPKINTUnique product identifier
product_nameVARCHAR(100)Product display name
orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique order identifier
statusVARCHAR(20)Current order status
order_items
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idINTOrder containing the item
product_idINTProduct included in the order line
quantityINTNumber of units on the order line
Tablesproductsordersorder_items
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