MediumSQL challenge #110JOIN

Join Order Items to Products to Show Product Names

Return every order line together with the name of the product it refers to.

The challenge runs on the SQLabHub practice database (SQLite) and uses the products and order_items tables. You can solve it in the browser, with nothing to install.

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The task

Get order_items along with product name.

A correct answer returns 496 rows with 7 columns: id, order_id, product_id, quantity, unit_price, subtotal, name.

Tables used in this challenge

`products` 120 rows

id INTEGER (PK) · name TEXT · category TEXT · price REAL · cost REAL · stock INTEGER · sku TEXT · status TEXT · rating REAL · review_count INTEGER

First 3 rows of the products table
id	name	category	price	cost	stock	sku	status	rating	review_count
1	Play Kitchen Deluxe	Toys	1786.38	589.51	257	SKU-000001	active	4	57
2	Micro-Cut Paper Shredder 8-Sheet	Office Supplies	907.93	281.46	131	SKU-000002	active	2.5	447
3	4K Dual Dash Camera	Automotive	568.89	204.8	176	SKU-000003	active	4.1	29

`order_items` 496 rows

id INTEGER (PK) · order_id INTEGER · product_id INTEGER · quantity INTEGER · unit_price REAL · subtotal REAL

First 3 rows of the order_items table
id	order_id	product_id	quantity	unit_price	subtotal
1	1	76	5	192.21	961.05
2	1	82	3	107.1	321.3
3	1	65	1	5.39	5.39

The first rows of each table are shown. See how all the tables relate on the database schema page.

Expected output

Expected output of the challenge
id	order_id	product_id	quantity	unit_price	subtotal	name
1	1	76	5	192.21	961.05	Giant Stuffed Teddy Bear
2	1	82	3	107.1	321.3	Marvel Action Figures 5pk
3	1	65	1	5.39	5.39	Waterproof Hiking Boots
4	2	60	1	494.29	494.29	Leather Steering Wheel Cover
5	3	32	4	105.69	422.76	Ergonomic Desk Mat XL

First 5 of 496 rows. This is the output of the model solution on the practice database. The task does not fix a sort order, so your rows may come back in a different order.

What you practise

Combining rows from two tables on a matching key with an inner join

Hint and approach

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JOIN order_items and products

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How the model solution is built, in the order the database evaluates it:

Read from the order_items table.
Join products on order_items.product_id = products.id.

Model solution

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What to watch for

order_items.product_id points at products.id. An inner join returns a line only when its product exists; here every line has one, so the row count equals the number of order lines.

INNER JOIN. An inner join drops rows that have no partner on the other side, and it repeats a row once for every match, which inflates SUM and COUNT.

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