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nth highest salary in sql

Here is the solution for nth highest
salary from employees table 

SELECT FIRST_NAME , SALARY FROM 
(SELECT FIRST_NAME, SALARY, DENSE_RANK() OVER
(ORDER BY SALARY DESC) AS SALARY_RANK
FROM EMPLOYEES)
WHERE SALARY_RANK = n; 

nth highest salary in sql

select * from(
select ename, sal, dense_rank() 
over(order by sal desc)r from Employee) 
where r=&n;

To find to the 2nd highest sal set n = 2
To find 3rd highest sal set n = 3 and so on.

nth highest salary in sql

-- creating Employee table in Oracle
CREATE TABLE Employee (name varchar(10), salary int);

-- inserting sample data into Employee table
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES ('Rick', 3000);
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES ('John', 4000);
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES ('Shane', 3000);
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES ('Peter', 5000);
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES ('Jackob', 7000);

/*
SELECT TOP 1 salary 
FROM (
  SELECT DISTINCT TOP N salary FROM Employee ORDER BY salary DESC 
  ) AS temp 
ORDER BY salary
*/

SELECT TOP 1 salary 
FROM (
  SELECT DISTINCT TOP 1 salary FROM Employee ORDER BY salary DESC 
  ) AS temp 
ORDER BY salary


SELECT TOP 1 salary 
FROM (
  SELECT DISTINCT TOP 2 salary FROM Employee ORDER BY salary DESC 
  ) AS temp 
ORDER BY salary

SELECT TOP 1 salary 
FROM (
  SELECT DISTINCT TOP 3 salary FROM Employee ORDER BY salary DESC 
  ) AS temp 
ORDER BY salary