how to get second highest salary department wise without using analytical functions?

Question

Suppose we have 3 employees in each department.we have total 3 departments . Below is the sample source table

Emp deptno salary
A    10     1000
B    10              


        

Answer 1

CREATE TABLE Employee
    ([Name] varchar(1), [Dept] varchar(1), [Salary] int)
;

INSERT INTO Employee
    ([Name], [Dept], [Salary])
VALUES
    ('a', 'M', 20),
    ('b', 'M', 25),
    ('c', 'M', 30),
    ('d', 'C', 44),
    ('e', 'C', 45),
    ('f', 'C', 46),
    ('g', 'H', 20)