Select the Nth lowest value from a table?

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Select the Nth lowest value from a table?..

Answer / mahesh

select *from(select ename,sal,row_number()over(order by sal desc) rk from emp) where rk=2;

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Select the Nth lowest value from a table?..

Answer / nishi

select level, min('col_name') from my_table where level = '&n' connect by prior

('col_name') <'col_name') group by level;

Example:

Given a table called emp with the following columns:

-- id number

-- name varchar2(20)

-- sal number

--

-- For the second lowest salary:

-- select level, min(sal) from emp

-- where level=2

-- connect by prior sal < sal

-- group by lev

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Select the Nth lowest value from a table?..

Answer / venkat

select * from emp minus select * from emp where rownum <= (select count(*) - &n from emp);

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Select the Nth lowest value from a table?..

Answer / basanti

select * from(select rownum,ename from employee order by rownum desc) where rownum<=5;

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