Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee.
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Answer / gautam poonia
SELECT sal
FROM (SELECT sal FROM emp
ORDER BY sal desc)
WHERE RowNum<=2
minus
SELECT sal
FROM (SELECT sal FROM emp
ORDER BY sal desc)
WHERE RowNum<=1
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 17 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / cooldude
select max(sal) from Emp where sal < (select max(sal) from
Emp)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 14 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / gvmahesh
I write the query for this question using OLAP functions.
select e1.* from (select ename,sal,rank()
over(order by sal desc) rank from emp) e1
where e1.rank=2;
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / sathish p
select e1.* from (select ename,sal,rank()
over(order by sal) rank from emp) e1
where e1.rank=2;
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / monika
select max(sal) from emp where sal<select max(sal) from emp
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 8 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / mubin ahmad
select salary from employee e1 where 2=(select count(*)
from employee e2 where e2.salary>=e1.salary)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / humayun quaiser
slect max(sal) from emp
where sal not in (select max(sal) from emp);
or
select max(sal) from emp
where sal<(select max(sal) from emp);
or
select distinct sal from emp e
where 1=(select count(distinct sal) from emp
where sal>e.sal);
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / versaites
select top 1 emp_total_sal,emp_name from (
select top 2 emp_total_sal,emp_name from employee_table
ORDER BY emp_total_sal DESC) a
ORDER BY emp_total_sal ASC
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / manoranjan
to select the nth highest salary from emp table
select distinct(a.sal) from emp a where &n=
(select count(distinct(b.sal))from emp b where a.sal<=b.sal);
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / senorita
select ename,salary from (select rownum,ename,salary from
emp
order by desc) where rownum=2;
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 2 No |
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