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task ORDER BY · warm-up

Kitchen catalog from most to least expensive

Return stock_code, description and list_price for products in category 3 (Kitchen & Dining) that have a list price, most expensive first; break ties by stock_code.

what to return

Columns
stock_codedescriptionlist_price in this order
Rows
570 rows · in the order asked
Skill
Sort results deterministically. Refresher: Sort & limit →

expected result

Your query should return exactly these columns and values. Run it and compare.

expected result570 rows · in this order
stock_codedescriptionlist_price
22656VINTAGE BLUE KITCHEN CABINET295
22655VINTAGE RED KITCHEN CABINET125
21764VINTAGE WOODEN PLATE RACK39.95

first 3 of 570 rows

data you can query

Retail dataset: the first 6 rows of each table. Under each column name: the kind of value it holds, and which table it links to. Your queries run on all rows.

products6 columns · 5,304 rows
stock_codetext · unique iddescriptiontextcategory_idnumber · links to categorieslist_pricedecimalfirst_sold_atdate & timeis_merchandisenumber
10002INFLATABLE POLITICAL GLOBE170.852009-12-01 09:08:001
10002RROBOT PENCIL SHARPNER85.172009-12-02 14:43:001
10080GROOVY CACTUS INFLATABLE170.392009-12-02 16:02:001
10109BENDY COLOUR PENCILS80.422009-12-03 12:31:001
10120DOGGY RUBBER170.212009-12-01 16:17:001
10123CHEARTS WRAPPING TAPE80.652009-12-01 14:28:001
stock_codetext · unique id
10002
descriptiontext
INFLATABLE POLITICAL GLOBE
category_idnumber · links to categories
17
list_pricedecimal
0.85
first_sold_atdate & time
2009-12-01 09:08:00
is_merchandisenumber
1
stock_codetext · unique id
10002R
descriptiontext
ROBOT PENCIL SHARPNER
category_idnumber · links to categories
8
list_pricedecimal
5.17
first_sold_atdate & time
2009-12-02 14:43:00
is_merchandisenumber
1
stock_codetext · unique id
10080
descriptiontext
GROOVY CACTUS INFLATABLE
category_idnumber · links to categories
17
list_pricedecimal
0.39
first_sold_atdate & time
2009-12-02 16:02:00
is_merchandisenumber
1
stock_codetext · unique id
10109
descriptiontext
BENDY COLOUR PENCILS
category_idnumber · links to categories
8
list_pricedecimal
0.42
first_sold_atdate & time
2009-12-03 12:31:00
is_merchandisenumber
1
stock_codetext · unique id
10120
descriptiontext
DOGGY RUBBER
category_idnumber · links to categories
17
list_pricedecimal
0.21
first_sold_atdate & time
2009-12-01 16:17:00
is_merchandisenumber
1
stock_codetext · unique id
10123C
descriptiontext
HEARTS WRAPPING TAPE
category_idnumber · links to categories
8
list_pricedecimal
0.65
first_sold_atdate & time
2009-12-01 14:28:00
is_merchandisenumber
1

first 6 of 5,304 rows · your queries use all of them

solution.sql
 

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