Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table

Select* from emp where &n=
select * count from emp where (salery >=emp.salery)


Enter n value 2


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Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table Select* from emp where &n= select * count from emp whe..

Answer / asimananda

SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE SAL < ( SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM
EMP )

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Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table Select* from emp where &n= select * count from emp whe..

Answer / kb

select top 1 * from emp
where sal < (select max(sal)from emp)
order by sal desc

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Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table Select* from emp where &n= select * count from emp whe..

Answer / lince

select top 1 * from (select distinct top 2 * from emp order by sal desc)t order by sal asc

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Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table Select* from emp where &n= select * count from emp whe..

Answer / r.rajivgandhi

Select max(salary) from emp where salary <(select max
(salary) from emp)

These Query is correct.Try It

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Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table Select* from emp where &n= select * count from emp whe..

Answer / madhu sudhan g

Hii lets consider the table Salary having EMPNO,EMPSal columns
to find the 2nd higest salary

;WITH CTE(Sal,Row)
AS
(
select EMPSal,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY EMPSal) as Row from Salary
)
select sal as Salary from CTE where Row=2

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Find 2nd Highest salery in emp table Select* from emp where &n= select * count from emp whe..

Answer / ramu

by using sub quries we can do
select * from emp where sal=select max(sal) from emp where
sal<select max(sal) from emp;

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