How would I find the second largest salary from the employee table? [closed]

Answer 1

To find second max salary from employee,

SELECT MAX(salary) FROM employee
WHERE salary NOT IN (
    SELECT MAX (salary) FROM employee
)

To find first and second max salary from employee,

SELECT salary FROM (
    SELECT DISTINCT(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY salary DESC
) WHERE rownum<=2

This queries are working fine because i have used

Answer 2

Simple Answer:

SELECT distinct(sal)
FROM emp
ORDER BY sal DESC
LIMIT 1, 1;

You will get only the second max salary.

And if you need any 3rd or 4th or Nth value you can increase the first value followed by LIMIT (n-1) ie. for 4th salary : LIMIT 3, 1;

Answer 3

Most of the other answers seem to be db specific.

General SQL query should be as follows:

select
   sal 
from
   emp a 
where
   N = (
      select
         count(distinct sal) 
      from
         emp b 
      where
         a.sal <= b.sal
   )
where
   N = any value

and this query should be able to work on any database.

Answer 4

    select max(Salary) from Employee 
where Salary
 not in (Select Max(Salary) from Employee)

Answer 5

//To select name of employee whose salary is second highest

SELECT name
FROM employee WHERE salary =
       (SELECT MIN(salary) FROM 
             (SELECT TOP (2) salary
              FROM employee
              ORDER BY salary DESC) )