How to find third or nᵗʰ maximum salary from salary table?

Question

How to find third or n^th maximum salary from salary table(EmpID, EmpName, EmpSalary) in optimized way?

Answer 1

Try this code :-

SELECT *
   FROM one one1
   WHERE ( n ) = ( SELECT COUNT( one2.salary )
                   FROM one one2
                   WHERE one2.salary >= one1.salary
                 )