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Basic CTE: Artist Album Counts

intermediate~7 min25 pts
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Problem

Common Table Expressions (CTEs) let you define named subqueries that make complex queries more readable. Let's start with a simple CTE.

Write a query using a CTE to count albums per artist, then select artists with more than 5 albums.

Schema: Artist

ColumnType
ArtistIdINTEGER (Primary Key)
NameTEXT

Schema: Album

ColumnType
AlbumIdINTEGER (Primary Key)
TitleTEXT
ArtistIdINTEGER (Foreign Key → Artist.ArtistId)

Requirements:

  • Define a CTE named "ArtistAlbumCounts" that counts albums per artist
  • In the main query, filter for artists with more than 5 albums
  • Return ArtistName and AlbumCount
  • Order by AlbumCount descending, then ArtistName ascending to break ties

CTE Syntax:

WITH cte_name AS (
    SELECT ...
)
SELECT * FROM cte_name WHERE ...;
CTEWITHGROUP BY
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