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

Simplest Implementation,

 (select * from tbl_salary order by salary desc limit 5) order by salary limit 1;


 (select * from tbl_salary order by salary desc limit 2) order by salary limit 1;

Answer 2

// for highest salary of table

select salary from table order by salary desc limit 0,1

// for second highest salary

select salary from table order by salary desc limit 1,1

Using this query you get nth number of salary from table....