Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without
using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot allowed)
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Answer / pradeep
DECLARE @test TABLE(Empnm VARCHAR(10), Salary VARCHAR(10))
INSERT INTO @test (Empnm, Salary )
SELECT 'A', '200'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', '300'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'A', '200'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', '300'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'C', '400'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'C', '400'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'E', '100'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'D', '500'
SELECT * FROM @test
SELECT Empnm, Salary, (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(SALARY)) FROM
@test AS B WHERE A.Salary <= B.SALARY)
FROM @test AS A
GROUP BY Empnm, Salary
HAVING 4 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(SALARY)) FROM @test AS B
WHERE A.Salary <= B.SALARY)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 9 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / gajendra
select * from (select *,row_number()over (order by salary
asc)as a from Employee)as b where b.a=4
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 8 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / v rajkumar
select salary from Emp a where 4 = (select count(distinct
(salary)) from Emp b where b.salary>= a.salary)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / sumathy
Create Table 'Employee' with columns 'Emp_Name'
and 'Salary'. And, Insert some data.....
Cursor:
declare Cursor_Name cursor scroll
for select salary from Emploee order by salary desc
open Cursor_Name
fetch absolute 2 from Cursor_Name
deallocate Cursor_Name
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / sumathy
Am Sumathy the above answer was posted by me.
For the above Answer 'absolute 2' will fetch 2nd maximum
value.
To fetch 4th maximum value use 'absolute 4'
To fetch 'n'th maximum value use 'absolute n'
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
with SalCTE (EMPID,Ename,Sal,Num)as
(select *,row_number() over(order by sal desc) num from emp)
select * from SalCTE where Num=4
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / suresh
select payout,emp_cd from empmas e where 2>(select count(payout) from empmas s where s.payout>e.payout);
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / shashank tayal
select salary from table_name order by desc limit 3,1;
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 2 No |
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