#3521
Medium Database Find product recommendation pairs
Database
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Feb 27, 2026
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Table: ProductPurchases
+-------------+------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+------+
| user_id | int |
| product_id | int |
| quantity | int |
+-------------+------+
(user_id, product_id) is the unique key for this table.
Each row represents a purchase of a product by a user in a specific quantity.
Table: ProductInfo
+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+---------+
| product_id | int |
| category | varchar |
| price | decimal |
+-------------+---------+
product_id is the primary key for this table.
Each row assigns a category and price to a product.
Amazon wants to implement the Customers who bought this also bought... feature based on co-purchase patterns. Write a solution to :
Identify distinct product pairs frequently purchased together by the same customers (where product1_id < product2_id)
For each product pair, determine how many customers purchased both products
A product pair is considered for recommendation if at least 3 different customers have purchased both products.
Return the result table ordered by customer_count in descending order, and in case of a tie, by product1_id in ascending order, and then by product2_id in ascending order.
The result format is in the following example.
Solution
SQL
#
# Table: ProductPurchases
# +-------------+------+
# | Column Name | Type |
# +-------------+------+
# | user_id | int |
# | product_id | int |
# | quantity | int |
# +-------------+------+
# (user_id, product_id) is the unique key for this table.
# Each row represents a purchase of a product by a user in a specific quantity.
# Table: ProductInfo
# +-------------+---------+
# | Column Name | Type |
# +-------------+---------+
# | product_id | int |
# | category | varchar |
# | price | decimal |
# +-------------+---------+
# product_id is the primary key for this table.
# Each row assigns a category and price to a product.
# Amazon wants to implement the Customers who bought this also bought... feature based on co-purchase patterns. Write a solution to :
# Identify distinct product pairs frequently purchased together by the same customers (where product1_id < product2_id)
# For each product pair, determine how many customers purchased both products
# A product pair is considered for recommendation if at least 3 different customers have purchased both products.
# Return the result table ordered by customer_count in descending order, and in case of a tie, by product1_id in ascending order, and then by product2_id in ascending order.
# The result format is in the following example.
# Example:
# Input:
# ProductPurchases table:
# +---------+------------+----------+
# | user_id | product_id | quantity |
# +---------+------------+----------+
# | 1 | 101 | 2 |
# | 1 | 102 | 1 |
# | 1 | 103 | 3 |
# | 2 | 101 | 1 |
# | 2 | 102 | 5 |
# | 2 | 104 | 1 |
# | 3 | 101 | 2 |
# | 3 | 103 | 1 |
# | 3 | 105 | 4 |
# | 4 | 101 | 1 |
# | 4 | 102 | 1 |
# | 4 | 103 | 2 |
# | 4 | 104 | 3 |
# | 5 | 102 | 2 |
# | 5 | 104 | 1 |
# +---------+------------+----------+
# ProductInfo table:
# +------------+-------------+-------+
# | product_id | category | price |
# +------------+-------------+-------+
# | 101 | Electronics | 100 |
# | 102 | Books | 20 |
# | 103 | Clothing | 35 |
# | 104 | Kitchen | 50 |
# | 105 | Sports | 75 |
# +------------+-------------+-------+
# Output:
# +-------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
# | product1_id | product2_id | product1_category | product2_category | customer_count |
# +-------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
# | 101 | 102 | Electronics | Books | 3 |
# | 101 | 103 | Electronics | Clothing | 3 |
# | 102 | 104 | Books | Kitchen | 3 |
# +-------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
# Explanation:
# Product pair (101, 102):
# Purchased by users 1, 2, and 4 (3 customers)
# Product 101 is in Electronics category
# Product 102 is in Books category
# Product pair (101, 103):
# Purchased by users 1, 3, and 4 (3 customers)
# Product 101 is in Electronics category
# Product 103 is in Clothing category
# Product pair (102, 104):
# Purchased by users 2, 4, and 5 (3 customers)
# Product 102 is in Books category
# Product 104 is in Kitchen category
# The result is ordered by customer_count in descending order. For pairs with the same customer_count, they are ordered by product1_id and then product2_id in ascending order.
#
# Write your MySQL query statement below
SELECT p1.product_id AS product1_id, p2.product_id AS product2_id,
pi1.category AS product1_category, pi2.category AS product2_category,
COUNT(*) AS customer_count
FROM ProductPurchases p1
JOIN ProductPurchases p2 ON p1.user_id = p2.user_id AND p1.product_id < p2.product_id
JOIN ProductInfo pi1 ON p1.product_id = pi1.product_id
JOIN ProductInfo pi2 ON p2.product_id = pi2.product_id
GROUP BY p1.product_id, p2.product_id, pi1.category, pi2.category
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 3
ORDER BY customer_count DESC, product1_id ASC, product2_id ASC;