Answer / premchand

select max(sal) from employ where sal < select max(sal)
from employ

Answer / satheeshkumar

Select max(sal) From Employee where sal not in ( Select max
(sal) From Employee)

Answer / sachin

select max(sal) from employees
where salary < (select max(sal) from employees);

Answer / karunakarreddy.boyapally

SELECT DISTINCT A.SAL FROM EMP A
WHERE &N=(SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(B.SAL)) FROM EMP B
WHERE A.SAL<B.SAL)

IF SUPPOSE IF U WANT 1 HIGEST SALARY GIVE N=1
IF SUPPOSE IF U WANT 2 HIGEST SALARY GIVE N=2
IF SUPPOSE IF U WANT 3 HIGEST SALARY GIVE N=3

Answer / deepak

select max(sal) from emp where sal!=(select max(sal) from emp);

Answer / raji_4u

select *
from emp e1
where 2 = ( select count(distinct sal)
from emp e2
where e1.sal <= e2.sal
)

Answer / selvaraj v , anna univ coe

SELECT * FROM Employee e
WHERE 2=(SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Salary) FROM Employee x
WHERE x.Salary >= e.Salary);

Answer / sreekanth

SELECT MIN(SAL)
FROM(SELECT DISTINCT SAL FROM EMP
ORDER BY SAL DESC)
WHERE ROWNUM <= :N
where n is the nth highest salary.
In most of the answers,our friends have written 'where
rownum=2',but this never retreives a row.

Answer / c srirammulu

select * from emp a where &n=(select count(distinct (sal))
from emp f where a.sal<f.sal)

Answer / devi

select sal from (select sal,rank() over(order by sal desc)
as rank from emp) where rank>1 and rank<3

Why function is used in sql?

0 Answers  

what is pragma ?

1 Answers   Polaris,

what are the differences between public, private, protected, static, transient, final and volatile? : Sql dba

0 Answers  

What are the disadvantages of not performing database normalization?

0 Answers  

How do you get column names only for a table (sql server)?

0 Answers  

How do I remove duplicates in two columns?

0 Answers  

Write a query to find the names of users that begin with "um" in sql?

0 Answers  

What is the difference between left outer join and left join?

0 Answers  

how to write utl file pkg in SQL

1 Answers   Oracle,

What happens when a trigger is associated to a view?

0 Answers  

Define join and name different types of joins?

0 Answers  

Does view store data in sql?

0 Answers