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Instruction
- Write a query to return the name of the actor who appears in the most films.
- You have to use INNER JOIN in your query.
Table 1: actor
col_name | col_type -------------+-------------------------- actor_id | integer first_name | text last_name | text
Table 2: film_actor
Films and their casts
col_name | col_type -------------+-------------------------- actor_id | smallint film_id | smallint
Sample results
actor_id | first_name | last_name
----------+------------+-----------
1234 | FIRST_NAME | LAST_NAME
Expected results
Solution postgres
SELECT
FA.actor_id,
MAX(A.first_name) first_name,
MAX(A.last_name) last_name
FROM film_actor FA
INNER JOIN actor A
ON A.actor_id = FA.actor_id
GROUP BY FA.actor_id
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC
LIMIT 1;
Explanation
This query retrieves data from two tables: "film_actor" and "actor". It selects the actor_id, first_name, and last_name columns from these tables.
The query then joins the two tables using the actor_id column as the common link between them.
The GROUP BY clause groups the results by actor_id.
The ORDER BY clause orders the results in descending order based on the count of records for each actor.
The LIMIT clause limits the result set to the first row.
Overall, the query is selecting the actor with the most film credits and returning their actor_id, first_name, and last_name.