Answer / naveed saleh

You can use this for getting nth highest salary from
Employee table as follows

SELECT TOP 1 salary
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT TOP n salary
FROM employee
ORDER BY salary DESC) a
ORDER BY salary
where n > 1 (n is always greater than one)

Answer / anantkreshna v

select max(sal) from emp_table where sal < (select max(sal)
from emp_table);

Answer / mona thakur

SELECT *
FROM emp
WHERE salary < (
SELECT max( salary )
FROM emp )
ORDER BY salary DESC
LIMIT 1

Answer / kishor

select max(salary ) from employee
where
sal<(select max(salary)from employee)

Answer / vijay shegokar

select * from employee where salary=(select max(salary) from
employee where salary not in (select max(salary) from
employee));

Answer / vijay kintali

select e1.ename,e1.sal from emp e1 where n=(select count
(distinct e2.sal) from emp e2 where e1.sal<=e2.sal);

Note:n here is nth highest salary.......

Answer / arvind

select max(salary) from table_name where sal<(select
max(salary) from table_name)

Answer / bharat puri

select top 2 (salary) from emp
order by salary desc

Answer / gurvinder

select max(sal)from emp where sal in(select sal from emp minus select max(sal) from emp);

Answer / sankar sasmal

select distinct sal from emp e where 2=(select count(distinct sal)from emp s where e.sal<=s.sal)

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