Group Sold Products By The Date
Problem Statement - link #
SQL Schema
Create table If Not Exists Activities (sell_date date, product varchar(20))
Truncate table Activities
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-05-30', 'Headphone')
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-06-01', 'Pencil')
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-06-02', 'Mask')
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-05-30', 'Basketball')
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-06-01', 'Bible')
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-06-02', 'Mask')
insert into Activities (sell_date, product) values ('2020-05-30', 'T-Shirt')
Table: Activities
+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+---------+
| sell_date | date |
| product | varchar |
+-------------+---------+
There is no primary key for this table, it may contain duplicates.
Each row of this table contains the product name and the date it was sold in a market.
Your Task:
Write an SQL query to find for each date the number of different products sold and their names.
The sold products names for each date should be sorted lexicographically.
Return the result table ordered by sell_date.
The query result format is in the following example.
Example #
Input:
Activities table:
+------------+------------+
| sell_date | product |
+------------+------------+
| 2020-05-30 | Headphone |
| 2020-06-01 | Pencil |
| 2020-06-02 | Mask |
| 2020-05-30 | Basketball |
| 2020-06-01 | Bible |
| 2020-06-02 | Mask |
| 2020-05-30 | T-Shirt |
+------------+------------+
Output:
+------------+----------+------------------------------+
| sell_date | num_sold | products |
+------------+----------+------------------------------+
| 2020-05-30 | 3 | Basketball,Headphone,T-shirt |
| 2020-06-01 | 2 | Bible,Pencil |
| 2020-06-02 | 1 | Mask |
+------------+----------+------------------------------+
Explanation:
For 2020-05-30, Sold items were (Headphone, Basketball, T-shirt), we sort them lexicographically and separate them by a comma.
For 2020-06-01, Sold items were (Pencil, Bible), we sort them lexicographically and separate them by a comma.
For 2020-06-02, the Sold item is (Mask), we just return it.
Solutions #
-- Write your T-SQL query statement below
select sell_date,
count(distinct product) as num_sold,
group_concat(distinct product) as products
from Activities
group by sell_date
order by sell_date
;