Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee.

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Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / gautam poonia

SELECT sal
FROM (SELECT sal FROM emp
ORDER BY sal desc)
WHERE RowNum<=2
minus
SELECT sal
FROM (SELECT sal FROM emp
ORDER BY sal desc)
WHERE RowNum<=1

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17 Yes

1 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / cooldude

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

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14 Yes

2 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / gvmahesh

I write the query for this question using OLAP functions.

select e1.* from (select ename,sal,rank()
over(order by sal desc) rank from emp) e1
where e1.rank=2;

Is This Answer Correct ?

5 Yes

1 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / sathish p

select e1.* from (select ename,sal,rank()
over(order by sal) rank from emp) e1
where e1.rank=2;

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3 Yes

0 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / monika

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

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8 Yes

6 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / mubin ahmad

select salary from employee e1 where 2=(select count(*)
from employee e2 where e2.salary>=e1.salary)

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2 Yes

0 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / humayun quaiser

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

or

select max(sal) from emp
where sal<(select max(sal) from emp);

or

select distinct sal from emp e
where 1=(select count(distinct sal) from emp
where sal>e.sal);

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2 Yes

0 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / versaites

select top 1 emp_total_sal,emp_name from (
select top 2 emp_total_sal,emp_name from employee_table
ORDER BY emp_total_sal DESC) a
ORDER BY emp_total_sal ASC

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4 Yes

3 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / manoranjan

to select the nth highest salary from emp table

select distinct(a.sal) from emp a where &n=
(select count(distinct(b.sal))from emp b where a.sal<=b.sal);

Is This Answer Correct ?

3 Yes

2 No

Write a query to find second highest salary of an employee. ..

Answer / senorita

select ename,salary from (select rownum,ename,salary from
emp
order by desc) where rownum=2;

Is This Answer Correct ?

3 Yes

2 No

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