How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / amit bhagat

select min(a.sal) from (select distinct(d.sal) from emp
order by d.sal desc) a where rownum<=5

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / venkata

hi, earlier query return sal in asending order and when
duplicate salries are there the earlier highest salary
position returns no rows. I hope this is better query.


select * from (select * from emp order by sal desc)
group by
rownum,empno,ename,job,mgr,hiredate,sal,comm,deptno having
rownum=&n

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / aryasen vaikom

SELECT DISTINCT (a.sal)
FROM EMP A
WHERE 5= ( SELECT COUNT (DISTINCT (b.sal))
FROM EMP B
WHERE a.sal<=b.sal )

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / venubabu

Select level,Max(sal) from emp
Where level=&level connect by prior sal>sal
group by level;


sql>Enter value for level:5

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / arvind patil

select rownum,name,salary
from (select name,salary
from employee
order by salary desc )
where rownum=5;

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / lingareddy

select top 1 salary from (select distinct top 5 salary from emp order by salary desc ) a order by salary asc


if u have any doubts in SQL kindly reach with me,

Thanks & Regards,
Lingareddy.S
sabbasani.reddy1@gmail.com

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / vasu

select * from emp a where &nth in(select count(b.sal) from
emp b where b.sal<=a.sal);

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How to retrieve 5th highest sal from emp table?..

Answer / jithendranath.g

select z2.sal from emp z1, emp z2
where z2.sal <=z1.sal
group by z2.sal
having count(z2.sal)=&n

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