Filter and sort

List employees of the Engineering department with a salary above 5000: columns name and salary.

Highest salaries first, and for equal salaries by name alphabetically.

Tables

CREATE TABLE employees (
  id         int PRIMARY KEY,
  name       text NOT NULL,
  department text NOT NULL,
  salary     int NOT NULL
);

SELECT name, salary
FROM employees;

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Tests (3)

Each test fills the tables with its own data and compares your query's result with the expected one: the same columns (names and order) and the same rows in the same order, so ORDER BY matters. The query runs in real PostgreSQL right in your browser; the first run downloads it (about 5 MB).

INSERT INTO employees VALUES
  (1, 'Ann', 'Engineering', 7000),
  (2, 'Bob', 'Sales', 9000),
  (3, 'Cid', 'Engineering', 4000),
  (4, 'Dee', 'Engineering', 8000);

-- equal salaries: sorted by name
INSERT INTO employees VALUES
  (1, 'Zoe', 'Engineering', 6000),
  (2, 'Max', 'Engineering', 6000),
  (3, 'Eva', 'Engineering', 5000);

-- nobody matches
INSERT INTO employees VALUES
  (1, 'Ann', 'Sales', 9000),
  (2, 'Bob', 'Engineering', 5000);