SQL Exercises: Find the highest purchase amount ordered by each customer on a particular date

SQL Aggregate Functions: Exercise-10 with Solution

From the following table, write a SQL query to find the highest purchase amount ordered by each customer on a particular date. Return, order date and highest purchase amount.

Sample table: orders

Sample Solution:

SELECT customer_id,ord_date,MAX(purch_amt) 
FROM orders 
GROUP BY customer_id,ord_date;

Output of the Query:

customer_id	ord_date	max
3002		2012-10-05	65.26
3003		2012-08-17	75.29
3005		2012-10-05	150.50
3007		2012-07-27	2400.60
3009		2012-08-17	110.50
3001		2012-09-10	270.65
3002		2012-09-10	5760.00
3005		2012-09-10	948.50
3009		2012-10-10	2480.40
3008		2012-06-27	250.45
3004		2012-10-10	1983.43
3002		2012-04-25	3045.60

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