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<p>Let’s say we have two tables, <code>transactions</code> and <code>products</code>. Hypothetically the <code>transactions</code> table consists of over a billion rows of purchases bought by users.</p>

<p>We are trying to find paired products that are often purchased together by the same user, such as wine and bottle openers, chips and beer, etc..</p>

<p>Write a query to find the top five paired products and their names.</p>

<p><em>Notes:</em>
   <em>For the purposes of satisfying the test case, p2 should be the item that comes first in the alphabet.</em>
   <em>The <code>qty</code> column represents paired products count</em></p>

<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>

<p><strong>Input:</strong></p>

<p><code>transactions</code> table</p>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>user_id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>created_at</code></td>
<td>DATETIME</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>product_id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>quantity</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><code>products</code> table</p>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>price</code></td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Output:</strong></p>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>p1</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>p2</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>qty</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


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