I have a table referrals
:
id | user_id_owner | firstname | is_active | user_type | referred_at
----+---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------
3 | 2 | c | t | agent | 3
5 | 3 | e | f | customer | 5
4 | 1 | d | t | agent | 4
2 | 1 | b | f | agent | 2
1 | 1 | a | t | agent | 1
And another table activations
id | user_id_owner | referral_id | amount_earned | activated_at | app_id
----+---------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+--------
2 | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | a
4 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | b
5 | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 6 | c
1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | b
3 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 4 | b
6 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 8 | a
I am trying to generate another table from the two tables that has only unique values for referrals.id
and returns as one of the columns the count for each apps as best_selling_app_count
.
Here is the query I ran:
with agents
as
(select
referrals.id,
referral_id,
amount_earned,
referred_at,
activated_at,
activations.app_id
from referrals
left outer join activations
on (referrals.id = activations.referral_id)
where referrals.user_id_owner = 1),
distinct_referrals_by_id
as
(select
id,
count(referral_id) as activations_count,
sum(coalesce(amount_earned, 0)) as amount_earned,
referred_at,
max(activated_at) as last_activated_at
from
agents
group by id, referred_at),
distinct_referrals_by_app_id
as
(select id, app_id as best_selling_app,
count(app_id) as best_selling_app_count
from agents
group by id, app_id )
select *, dense_rank() over (order by best_selling_app_count desc) best_selling_app_rank
from distinct_referrals_by_id
inner join distinct_referrals_by_app_id
on (distinct_referrals_by_id.id = distinct_referrals_by_app_id.id);
Here is the result I got:
id | activations_count | amount_earned | referred_at | last_activated_at | id | best_selling_app | best_selling_app_count | best_selling_app_rank
----+-------------------+---------------+-------------+-------------------+----+------------------+------------------------+-----------------------
2 | 3 | 14.0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | b | 2 | 1
1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | b | 1 | 2
2 | 3 | 14.0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | a | 1 | 2
4 | 1 | 3.0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | c | 1 | 2
The problem with this result is that the table has a duplicate id
of 2. I only need unique values for the id
column.
I tried a workaround by harnessing distinct
that gave desired result but I fear the query results may not be reliable and consistent.
Here is the workaround query:
with agents
as
(select
referrals.id,
referral_id,
amount_earned,
referred_at,
activated_at,
activations.app_id
from referrals
left outer join activations
on (referrals.id = activations.referral_id)
where referrals.user_id_owner = 1),
distinct_referrals_by_id
as
(select
id,
count(referral_id) as activations_count,
sum(coalesce(amount_earned, 0)) as amount_earned,
referred_at,
max(activated_at) as last_activated_at
from
agents
group by id, referred_at),
distinct_referrals_by_app_id
as
(select
distinct on(id), app_id as best_selling_app,
count(app_id) as best_selling_app_count
from agents
group by id, app_id
order by id, best_selling_app_count desc)
select *, dense_rank() over (order by best_selling_app_count desc) best_selling_app_rank
from distinct_referrals_by_id
inner join distinct_referrals_by_app_id
on (distinct_referrals_by_id.id = distinct_referrals_by_app_id.id);
I need a recommendation on how best to achieve this.
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Answer
I am trying to generate another table from the two tables that has only unique values for referrals.id and returns as one of the columns the count for each apps as best_selling_app_count.
Your question is really complicated with a very complicated SQL query. However, the above is what looks like the actual question. If so, you can use:
select r.*,
a.app_id as most_common_app_id,
a.cnt as most_common_app_id_count
from referrals r left join
(select distinct on (a.referral_id) a.referral_id, a.app_id, count(*) as cnt
from activations a
group by a.referral_id, a.app_id
order by a.referral_id, count(*) desc
) a
on a.referral_id = r.id;
You have not explained the other columns that are in your result set.