Answer / sameera chiluka

select secondMAXsal from emp
WHERE seconMAXsal = ((MAXsal)-1);

Answer / amarjit singh

--display 3rd higest salary in MSSQLSERVER
select max(sal) from emp
where sal <(select max(sal) from emp
where sal <(select max(sal) from emp
))

--By , STUDENT OF IET BHADDAL ENG COLLEGE

Answer / balindra sahani

select max(salary) from table_name where max(salary)not
in(select top(n) from table_name order by salary asc)

where n=nth number salary

Answer / mangalesh porwal

HERE N IS THE NO WHICH HIGHEST NO U WANT..........
IT SURELY WORKS.....

SELECT TOP 1 * FROM (SELECT TOP N * FROM (SELECT ROLLNO FROM TABLE_NM ) AS D ORDER BY ROLLNO DESC) AS P ORDER BY ROLLNO

Answer / p rem satyam

This is perfect
...............................

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

where N is level of sal. suppose you want 3rd higest sal then
in place u write 3 i.e write (3-1).

Answer / venuprasadh

SELECT MIN(SALARY) AS Salary FROM user WHERE SALARY IN
(SELECT DISTINCT TOP 3 SALARY FROM user ORDER BY SALARY DESC);

Answer / ravikiran

select * from employee.e1 where (n-1) =
( select (distinct b.salary ) from employee.e2 where e1.salary > e2.salary

Answer / amit kumar

--- Getting 4th highest salary
--- 4 can be replaced with any number

with EmpSal as
(Select *, row_number() over (order by EmpSal Desc)
as 'rownumber' from employee)

Select * from EmpSal where rownumber =4

Answer / neeraj kumar

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



In this answer you can put any position in place of nth then you find the salary.
If you are satisfied this answer then reply me please.

Answer / jeevan

CREATE TABLE
[dbo].[Table_1]([ID] [int] NOT NULL,[SAL] [int] NULL)

//N=9
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM dbo.Table_1
WHERE ID NOT IN (SELECT TOP 8/*N-1*/ ID FROM dbo.Table_1
ORDER BY SAL DESC)
ORDER BY SAL DESC

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