How to retrieve a second highest salary from a table?
Note:Suppose salaries are in duplicate values
eg:
Name Sal
Malli 60000
Pandi 60000
Rudra 45000
Ravi 45000
Answer Posted / mallinathabj
The Following queries to retrieve the second highest salary
SQL> select max(sal) from emp where sal<(select
max(distinct(sal)) from emp);
SQL> select min(sal) from(select distinct( sal) from emp order
by sal desc) where rownum<=2;
SQL> SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE SAL NOT IN (SELECT
MAX(SAL) FROM EMP);
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