Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / omkar hendre

select distinct(sal) from emp a where 2=(select count(distinct(sal)) from emp b where a.sal <=b.sal)

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / swapnil tikale

Select top 1 salary from (select distinct top 2 salary from employee order by salary desc) as sal order by salary ;

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / prem chhappesh

select max(salary) from emoplyee where salary not in(select max(salary) from employee)

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / tejasvita dhuri

select id,salary from (select id,salary,ROW_NUMBER()over (order by salary desc) as rowcol from emp)A
where A.rowcol=2

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / anita prasad

SELECT MIN(SAL) FROM (SELECT DISTINCT * FROM EMP ORDER BY DESC) WHERE ROWNUM<3;

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / satish

select rownum,employee_id,first_name,max(salary) from
employees
group by rownum,employee_id,first_name
having rownum<=2
order by rownum

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / ebnezer

that is a correct answer

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / deven

select top 1 salary from emp where salary <>(
select top 1 salary from emp order by salary desc) order by
salary desc

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / deepa

select min(salary) from (select salary from table_name order by salary desc) where rownum<3;

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Write a query to get 2nd maximum salary in an employee table ?..

Answer / niladri saha

into my above solution,u can get whatever position u want,only by giving "n" at the place of "2" at row num. That the right way to write the query. That u can use in dynamically.
Thanks,
like if ur require ment to print empnames of having 3rd max salary,then put 3 at rownum.
Niladri Saha.

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