SQL Exercise: Find largest number of orders booked by the customer
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From the following table, write a SQL query that counts the unique orders and the highest purchase amount for each customer. Sort the result-set in descending order on 2nd field. Return customer ID, number of distinct orders and highest purchase amount by each customer.
Sample table: orders
Sample Solution:
SELECT customer_id, COUNT(DISTINCT ord_no),
MAX(purch_amt)
FROM orders
GROUP BY customer_id
ORDER BY 2 DESC;
Output of the Query:
customer_id count max 3002 3 5760.00 3009 2 2480.40 3005 2 948.50 3004 1 1983.43 3001 1 270.65 3007 1 2400.60 3008 1 250.45 3003 1 75.29
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