How to get max number in a column?

Question

I\'m been trying to find a example of how to get a max number in a column.What I want to do is, find the MAX number of a column in a TABLE_A, points(column). I want to output th

Answer 1

you can do like below

select max(points) from TABLE_A

for getting second max number you can do like below

select max(point) as secondmax from TABLE_A where point<(select max(point) from TABLE_A)