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Write a Basic Join and Group By
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Write a Basic Join and Group By

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a basic JOIN query across multiple tables, then a GROUP BY query.

Asked in the Technical Round 1 stage. Use the customers, accounts, and transactions tables. Include customers without accounts or posted transactions, and consider only transactions whose status is posted.

Output

  1. One row per customer with customer_id, customer_name, account_count, posted_transaction_count, and total_posted_amount.
  2. Include every customer, with zeroes where no matching records exist.
  3. Order by customer_id ascending.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(100)Customer full name
accounts
ColumnTypeDescription
account_idPKINTUnique account identifier
customer_idINTCustomer who owns the account
account_typeVARCHAR(30)Type of account
transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique transaction identifier
account_idINTAccount associated with the transaction
statusVARCHAR(20)Transaction processing status
amountNUMERIC(12,2)Transaction amount
Tablescustomersaccountstransactions
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