How to find n'th highest value of a column?

Question

Is there a command akin to:

• 2nd highest salary from tbl_salary or

• 4th highest salary from tbl_salary ?

Answer 1

I'm sure there is a better way to do this, but:

SELECT salary FROM tbl_salary ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT n,1

Where n is the position you want - 1 (i.e. to get the second highest salary it would be LIMIT 1,1)