find out first highest salary?

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find out first highest salary?..

Answer / la

select max(sal) from emp;

Is This Answer Correct ?    15 Yes 2 No

find out first highest salary?..

Answer / surya

select * from emp where &n-1=(select count(distinct sal)
from emp e where emp.sal<e.sal);

For example:-
If you enter n=1,it will display first highest salary
if you enter n=2,it will display second highest salary
......

if you enter n=nth,it will display nth salary

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 0 No

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Answer / chandiran

select max(sal) from Employee

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 0 No

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Answer / samir kumar sahoo

SELECT DISTINCT salary FROM (SELECT DISTINCT salary,ROWNUM
rn FROM employee ORDER BY salary desc) WHERE rn=1;

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 2 No

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Answer / ela tiku

select max(sal) from emp

<<<assuming emp is the table name and sal is the column
name>>>

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 0 No

find out first highest salary?..

Answer / tulasi

select * from emp x where 1=(select count(distinct sal)
from emp y where x.sal<=y.sal);

query to find nth sal

select * from emp x where &n=(select count(distinct sal)
from emp y where x.sal<=y.sal);

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 2 No

find out first highest salary?..

Answer / mak

it's right

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Answer / o p yadav

select max (salary) from emp
emp is a table name and salary is a coloum name

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Answer / vali

according to samir kumar sahoo we cant find ans i think
bcoz
if u enter rownum='x' u can not find the data
select * from emp where rownum=10
ans; no rows found

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 0 No

find out first highest salary?..

Answer / suren

hi Im SureRishi

SELECT *
FROM Employee E1
WHERE (4-1) = (
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(E2.Salary))
FROM Employee E2
WHERE E2.Salary > E1.Salary)

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 0 No

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