Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without
using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot allowed)

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / pradeep

DECLARE @test TABLE(Empnm VARCHAR(10), Salary VARCHAR(10))

INSERT INTO @test (Empnm, Salary )
SELECT 'A', '200'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', '300'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'A', '200'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', '300'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'C', '400'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'C', '400'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'E', '100'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'D', '500'

SELECT * FROM @test


SELECT Empnm, Salary, (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(SALARY)) FROM
@test AS B WHERE A.Salary <= B.SALARY)
FROM @test AS A
GROUP BY Empnm, Salary
HAVING 4 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(SALARY)) FROM @test AS B
WHERE A.Salary <= B.SALARY)

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / gajendra

select * from (select *,row_number()over (order by salary
asc)as a from Employee)as b where b.a=4

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / v rajkumar

select salary from Emp a where 4 = (select count(distinct
(salary)) from Emp b where b.salary>= a.salary)

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / sumathy

Create Table 'Employee' with columns 'Emp_Name'
and 'Salary'. And, Insert some data.....

Cursor:
declare Cursor_Name cursor scroll
for select salary from Emploee order by salary desc
open Cursor_Name
fetch absolute 2 from Cursor_Name
deallocate Cursor_Name

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / sumathy

Am Sumathy the above answer was posted by me.

For the above Answer 'absolute 2' will fetch 2nd maximum
value.

To fetch 4th maximum value use 'absolute 4'
To fetch 'n'th maximum value use 'absolute n'

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / veeresh kethari

with SalCTE (EMPID,Ename,Sal,Num)as

(select *,row_number() over(order by sal desc) num from emp)

select * from SalCTE where Num=4

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / suresh

select payout,emp_cd from empmas e where 2>(select count(payout) from empmas s where s.payout>e.payout);

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Please get the 4 th maximum salary from a table without using any sql keyword (TOP,MAX are mot all..

Answer / shashank tayal

select salary from table_name order by desc limit 3,1;

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