How to get second-highest salary employees in a table

Question

It\'s a question I got this afternoon:

There a table contains ID, Name, and Salary of Employees, get names of the second-highest salary employees, in SQL Server

Answer 1

SELECT * 
FROM TABLE1 AS A 
WHERE NTH HIGHEST NO.(SELECT COUNT(ATTRIBUTE) FROM TABLE1 AS B) WHERE B.ATTRIBUTE=A.ATTRIBUTE;