Answer / sagar dhande

select top 2(salary) from (select top 3 (salary) from
dbo.employee order by salary desc)
order by salary

Answer / praveen singh

select min(salary) from salary where salary in(select top 3
salary from salary order by salary desc)

Answer / satish

select max(sal) from emp e1 where 1< (select count(distinct sal) from emp e2 where e1.sal <= e2.sal)

To make it generic if u want N'th highest salary;

select max(sal) from emp e1 where (N-1)< (select count(distinct sal) from emp e2 where e1.sal <= e2.sal)

And to get the N'th min sal :

select min(sal) from emp e1 where (N-1)< (select count(distinct sal) from emp e2 where e1.sal >= e2.sal)

Answer / veeresh kethari

with Topsal (EmpID,Ename,Sal,Dno,Topsal) as
(select *,row_number() over(order by sal) Topsal from emp)
select top 2 EmpID,Ename,Sal,Dno from Topsal order by sal desc

Answer / vikas kant

---To get 2nd highest salary----

select Top 1 salary from Emp where marks in(select top 2
salary from Emp order by salary desc)

---To get 3rd highest salary----

select Top 1 salary from Emp where marks in(select top 3
salary from Emp order by salary desc)



Regards Vikas Kant

Answer / anil tiwari

select Top2(salery)from (select Top3 (salery) from tab1
order by salery DESC)order by salery.

Answer / dipti saxena

select sal,rownum from (select sal from emp
order by sal desc)
where rownum<=3
MINUS
select sal,rownum from (select sal from emp
order by sal desc)
where rownum<=1

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