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Top Product Categories by Sales

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top three highest-performing product categories by sales volume from an e-commerce database.

For this exercise, sales volume means the total quantity of units sold across order items.

Output

  1. Return one row per category with category_name and total_units_sold.
  2. Include only the three highest-volume categories.
  3. Sort by total_units_sold descending, then category_name ascending to break ties.

Schema

categories
ColumnTypeDescription
category_idPKINTUnique product category identifier
category_nameVARCHAR(100)Product category name
products
ColumnTypeDescription
product_idPKINTUnique product identifier
product_nameVARCHAR(150)Product name
category_idINTCategory associated with the product
order_items
ColumnTypeDescription
order_item_idPKINTUnique order item identifier
product_idINTProduct included in the order item
quantityINTNumber of units sold
Tablescategoriesproductsorder_items
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