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 this:

SELECT min(sal)  FROM (
SELECT sal FROM emp ORDER BY sal desc) WHERE ROWNUM <= 3; -- Replace 3 with any value of N