Write a query to find the name of the film which has been rented the fifth-most number of times

Question

SELECT F.TITLE
FROM FILM AS F
LEFT OUTER JOIN INVENTORY AS I USING (FILM_ID)
LEFT OUTER JOIN RENTAL AS R USING (INVENTORY_ID)
GROUP BY F.TITLE,R.RENTAL_ID
ORDER BY COUNT(R.RENTAL_ID) DESC   
LIMIT 4,1;

I have used the query above to get the fifth-most rented movie in SAKILA DB. I am having no error with this but am not getting the expected result. Please help me out! Sakila ERD image below

Answer 1

Try the below code, it works.

select title from film where film_id in (

select film_id from inventory where inventory_id in (
select inventory_id from rental group by inventory_id 
                                order by count(inventory_id) desc ))

limit 4, 1 

you can do it using joins too

Answer 2

SELECT F.TITLE FROM FILM AS F 
INNER JOIN INVENTORY AS I USING (FILM_ID)
INNER JOIN RENTAL AS R USING (INVENTORY_ID)
GROUP BY F.TITLE,R.RENTAL_ID
ORDER BY COUNT(R.RENTAL_ID) DESC   
LIMIT 4,1;