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Total Spend Per Customer

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Given two small tables, one for customers and one for transactions, write a query using aggregate functions to find the total spend per customer.

Return every customer, including customers without transactions. Treat missing transaction amounts as zero.

Output

  1. One row per customer.
  2. Columns: customer_id, customer_name, and total_spend.
  3. Sort by customer_id in ascending order.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer's full name
transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique transaction identifier
customer_idINTCustomer associated with the transaction
amountDECIMAL(10,2)Transaction amount
transaction_dateDATEDate the transaction occurred
Tablescustomerstransactions
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