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

select * from (select rownum as rownumber,emp1.* from (select * from emp order by sal desc) emp1) where rownumber = 3;