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Top 5 Expensive Products
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Top 5 Expensive Products

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to retrieve the top 5 most expensive products from a specific category at Editorialist X.

Use the products table and treat Dresses as the requested category.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying product with product_id, product_name, and price.
  2. Include only products in the Dresses category, ordered by price descending, with product_id ascending as the tie-breaker.
  3. Return at most five rows.

Schema

products
ColumnTypeDescription
product_idPKINTUnique product identifier
product_nameVARCHAR(255)Product display name
categoryVARCHAR(100)Product category
priceDECIMAL(10,2)Product price
Tablesproducts
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