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

Try out following:

SELECT *
FROM
  (SELECT rownum AS rn,
    a.*
  FROM
    (WITH DATA AS -- creating dummy data
    ( SELECT 'MOHAN' AS NAME, 200 AS SALARY FROM DUAL
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'AKSHAY' AS NAME, 500 AS SALARY FROM DUAL
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'HARI' AS NAME, 300 AS SALARY FROM DUAL
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'RAM' AS NAME, 400 AS SALARY FROM DUAL
    )
  SELECT D.* FROM DATA D ORDER BY SALARY DESC
    ) A
  )
WHERE rn = 3; -- specify N'th highest here (In this case fetching 3'rd highest)

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