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Top Merchants Per Region

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the top three highest-spending merchants per region using window functions.

Calculate each merchant's total order amount across all associated orders. Return only merchants with orders, rank ties by merchant_id ascending, and treat NULL order amounts as zero.

Output

  1. One row per selected merchant with region, merchant_id, merchant_name, total_spent, and merchant_rank.
  2. Include at most three merchants per region, ordered by region, then merchant_rank.

Schema

merchants
ColumnTypeDescription
merchant_idPKINTUnique merchant identifier
merchant_nameVARCHAR(100)Merchant display name
regionVARCHAR(50)Merchant operating region
orders
ColumnTypeDescription
order_idPKINTUnique order identifier
merchant_idINTMerchant associated with the order
order_amountDECIMAL(10,2)Amount attributed to the merchant for the order
Tablesmerchantsorders
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