how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / raghunanda

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

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / d.elumalai

CREATE TABLE EMP (NAME VARCHAR2(20),SALARY NUMBER(10));

INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('AAA',10000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('BBB',20000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('CCC',30000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('DDD',40000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('EEE',50000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('FFF',60000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('GGG',70000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('HHH',80000);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES('III',90000);
COMMIT;

SELECT A.* FROM (SELECT name, salary FROM EMP ORDER BY salary DESC) A WHERE ROWNUM<=3;

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / muneer ahamed

select rownum as rank,sal from (select rownum,sal from emp
order by sal desc)
where rownum<4

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / phantom coding

select * from (select rownum as rnum,t.* from emp order by
sal desc) a where rnum < 4

the alias to rownum (i.e:rnum) should be used. If rownum is
used for the constraint then the query would return the
first three rows it hits and the results could be wrong.

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / ram

Select * from emp
where emp.salary in (select emp.salary from emp
where (select distict salary
from emp order by desc null last)
where rownum <=3);

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / nasir iqbal

SELECT * FROM EMP A WHERE 1=(SELECT COUNT (*) FROM EMP B
WHERE B.SAL>=A.SAL)
SELECT * FROM EMP

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / debanjan rudra

select sal from (select sal from emp order by val desc)
where rownum < 4;

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / ashwinee

select empnumber
from emp
where rownmum < 4 and salary in (select salary
from emp
order by salary desc)

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / manivasan.s.,

select salary from salary_table
where rownum <4
order by salary desc

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how to retrieve the top 3 salaries of the table using rownum..

Answer / sumalatha

select top 3 esal from employee order by esal desc

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