Answer / s n yagneswara babu

TO FIND THE SECOND HIGHEST SAL IN EMP TABLE

select max(sal) from emp where sal not in(select max(sal)
from emp)

TO FIND THE 3RD HIGHEST SAL IN EMP TABLE

select max(sal) from emp where sal not in(select distinct
top 2 sal from emp order by sal desc)

TO FIND THE Nth HIGHEST SAL IN EMP TABLE

select max(sal) from emp where sal not in(select distinct
top N-1 sal from emp order by sal desc)

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Answer / saikrishna reddy .k

To find second highest salary
select max(sal) from emp where sal not in (select max(sal)
from emp)

to find order
select top 5 8 from emp order by sal desc

Answer / punit kumar

1.To find second highest salary

select max(sal) from emp_record
where sal not in (select max(sal)from emp_record)


2.To find second highest salary

select max(sal) from emp_record
where sal < (select max(sal)from emp_record)


3.create table punit(rn varchar(30),salary int)
insert into punit values('a',10000)
insert into punit values('b',12000)
insert into punit values('c',15000)
insert into punit values('e',25000)
insert into punit values('d',22000)
insert into punit values('f',30000)
insert into punit values('h',35000)
insert into punit values('g',32000)
insert into punit values('i',32000)
select * from punit order by salary desc
Select * from punit a where 1=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from punit b where a.salary <=b.salary)
Select * from punit a where 2=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from punit b where a.salary <=b.salary)
Select * from punit a where 3=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from punit b where a.salary <=b.salary)
Select * from punit a where 4=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from punit b where a.salary <=b.salary)



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Answer / neon

select salary from emp
where salary = (select max(salary) from emp
where salary <>(select max(salary) from emp)

Answer / subhranghshu bhattacharjee

first find second largest salary in the emp database:

select min(sal)sal from(select sal from emp order by sal
desc)
where rownum<3
u can find 3rd,4th... so on ,only change rownum
like rownum<4,rownum<5 ... so on

Answer / amar banerjee

sol1> select MAX(salary) from emp where salary< (select MAX(salary) from emp);

sol2> select salary from emp sort by salary desc limit 1,1;

for finding nth position

select salary from emp sort by salary desc limit n-1,1;

Answer / pankaj arya

select top 1 sal from emp where empid in(select top 2 empid
from emp order by sal desc) order by
sal asc

if you want to get 3rd one than put 'top 3' in subquery and
same for 4th, 5th....

Answer / prafulla borade

SELECT MAX(VCRG_ID) FROM dbo.TRN_VEHICLE_CARGO WHERE VCRG_ID< (SELECT MAX (VCRG_ID) FROM dbo.TRN_VEHICLE_CARGO)

Answer / prathapshankarshiva

select max(salary) from (select salary from table1 where
salary<(select max(salary) from table1))

Answer / narendra soni

create table #a(rn varchar(30),salary int)
insert into #a values('a',10000)
insert into #a values('b',12000)
insert into #a values('c',15000)
insert into #a values('e',25000)
insert into #a values('d',22000)
insert into #a values('f',30000)
insert into #a values('h',35000)
insert into #a values('g',32000)
insert into #a values('i',32000)
select * from #a order by salary desc
Select * from #a a where 1=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from #a b where a.salary <=b.salary)
Select * from #a a where 2=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from #a b where a.salary <=b.salary)
Select * from #a a where 3=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from #a b where a.salary <=b.salary)
Select * from #a a where 4=(select count(distinct b.salary)
from #a b where a.salary <=b.salary)

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