Nth max salary in Oracle

Question

To find out the Nth max sal in oracle i\'m using below query

SELECT DISTINCE sal 
FROM emp a 
WHERE (
       SELECT COUNT(DISTINCE sal) 
       FROM emp b 
          


        

Answer 1

This will also work :

with data as 
(
select sal,rwid from (
select salary as sal,rowid as rwid from salary order by salary desc
)
where rownum < 5
)
select * from salary a 
where rowid = (select min(rwid) from data)

Answer 2

These queries will also work:

Workaround 1)

SELECT ename, sal 
FROM Emp e1 WHERE n-1 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT sal) 
                         FROM Emp e2 WHERE e2.sal > e1.sal)

Workaround 2) using row_num function.

SELECT * 
FROM ( 
   SELECT e.*, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY sal DESC) rn FROM Emp e 
) WHERE rn = n;

Workaround 3 ) using rownum pseudocolumn

Select MAX(SAL) 
from (
   Select * 
   from (
      Select * 
      from EMP 
      order by SAL Desc
   ) where rownum <= n
)

Answer 3

SELECT sal FROM (
    SELECT sal, row_number() OVER (order by sal desc) AS rn FROM emp
)
WHERE rn = 3

Yes, it will take longer to execute if the table is big. But for "N-th row" queries the only way is to look through all the data and sort it. It will be definitely much faster if you have an index on sal.

Answer 4

Try this one :

Select sal 
From (Select rownum as rank, empno,ename,sal
      From (Select * 
            From emp order by sal desc)
      ) 
where rank=2;

Just add the number as rank which will give you nth highest salary.

Answer 5

select min(sal) from (select distinct sal from employee order by sal DESC) where rownum<=N;

place the number whatever the highest sal you want to retrieve.

Answer 6

SELECT Min(sal)
FROM   (SELECT DISTINCT sal
        FROM   emp
        WHERE  sal IS NOT NULL
        ORDER  BY sal DESC)
WHERE  rownum <= n;