Merge Overlapping Driver Online Sessions

SQL practice question · Hard · Gaps & Islands · Ola

Drivers can be logged in from two devices, so their online sessions overlap, nest inside each other, or touch (one ends exactly when the next begins). Merge overlapping or touching sessions per driver into continuous blocks. Return driver_id, merged_sessions (number of blocks) and online_minutes (total minutes covered by the blocks, as an integer). Order by driver_id.

Table: driver_sessions

Schema of driver_sessions
ColumnType
driver_idINTEGER
login_atTIMESTAMP
logout_atTIMESTAMP
Sample rows of driver_sessions
driver_idlogin_atlogout_at
12026-05-01 08:00:002026-05-01 10:00:00
12026-05-01 09:30:002026-05-01 11:00:00
12026-05-01 13:00:002026-05-01 14:00:00
22026-05-01 07:00:002026-05-01 12:00:00
22026-05-01 08:00:002026-05-01 09:00:00
32026-05-01 18:00:002026-05-01 19:30:00
Expected output on the sample data
driver_idmerged_sessionsonline_minutes
12240
21300
3190

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