Nth max salary in Oracle

Question

To find out the Nth max sal in oracle i\'m using below query

SELECT DISTINCE sal 
FROM emp a 
WHERE (
       SELECT COUNT(DISTINCE sal) 
       FROM emp b 
          


        

Answer 1

you can replace the 2 with your desired number

select * from ( select distinct (sal),ROW_NUMBER() OVER (order by sal desc) rn from emp ) where rn=2