I have one table :EID,Depid,ename,sal
I want to have max(sal) in each department.

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I have one table :EID,Depid,ename,sal I want to have max(sal) in each department...

Answer / sunil

select depid,max(sal) from <table name> group by depid;

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I have one table :EID,Depid,ename,sal I want to have max(sal) in each department...

Answer / omar

select e.department_id,max(e.salary)
from employees e
group by e.department_id
order by e.department_id desc;

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I have one table :EID,Depid,ename,sal I want to have max(sal) in each department...

Answer / vengalrao

Dear Friends,

Depends upon table u can pick one max value is possible,one
table u cannot pick max value of all columans , then u can
refer one any ne column

select depid,max(sal) from <table name> group by depid;

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I have one table :EID,Depid,ename,sal I want to have max(sal) in each department...

Answer / narasimha


select e.eid,e.sal,e.depid,e.ename,e.sal from emp e
where 1>(select count(*) from emp w where e.sal<w.sal and
e.depid=w.depid) order by e.deptno asc

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I have one table :EID,Depid,ename,sal I want to have max(sal) in each department...

Answer / venkat

select * from emp_test where sal IN(select max(sal) from
emp_test group by deptno)

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 6 No

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