Selecting the second row of a table using rownum

Question

I have tried the below query:

select empno from (
                   select empno 
                     from emp
                    order by sal desc
               


        

Answer 1

try this way it's working 100% SQL> SELECT * FROM STUD;

RNUMBER SNAME MARKS

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   104 mahesh                       85
   101 DHANU                        20
   102 BHARATH                      10
   100 RAJ                          50
   103 GOPI                         65

SQL> select * from(select MARKS,ROWNUM AS RS from ( select * from stud order by marks desc)) where RS=2;

 MARKS         RS

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    65          2

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