Code RoomThe balance of every account
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The balance of every account

SQLAlgorithms & data structuresMid~10 min

Return each ledger account with the sum of its entries. Give `name` and `balance_cents`, ordered by name.

What a strong answer looks like

Say what the query is meant to return before you write it, and name the shape of the answer: how many rows, grouped by what. Then watch the NULLs and the duplicates, because that is where most of these are lost.

Run onlyA query runs as one statement, so there is nothing to step through. Run it and read the rows.

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Expected, in this order

namebalance_cents
Cash72500
Fees1500
Refunds8000
Revenue-82000

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