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Flip OVER your results

In the last exercise, the rank generated in your query was organized from smallest to largest. By adding DESC to your window function, you can create a rank sorted from largest to smallest.

SELECT 
    id,
    RANK() OVER(ORDER BY home_goal DESC) AS rank
FROM match;

This exercise is part of the course

Data Manipulation in SQL

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Exercise instructions

  • Complete the same parts of the query as the previous exercise.
  • Complete the window function to rank each league from highest to lowest average goals scored.
  • Order the main query by the rank you just created.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

SELECT 
	-- Select the league name and average goals scored
	___ AS league,
    ___(___ + m.away_goal) AS avg_goals,
    -- Rank leagues in descending order by average goals
    ___ ___(___ ___ ___(___ + m.away_goal) ___) AS league_rank
FROM league AS l
LEFT JOIN match AS m 
ON l.id = m.country_id
WHERE m.season = '2011/2012'
GROUP BY l.name
-- Order the query by the rank you created
___ ___ ___;
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