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Write an SQL query to find the second highest salary from the Employee table. If there is no second highest salary, the query should return null.

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To find the second highest salary in an employee table using SQL, we can use various methods like subqueries or the DISTINCT clause.

  • Use a subquery: SELECT MAX(Salary) FROM Employee WHERE Salary < (SEL...read more

Lalit Roshankhede
1y

SELECT MAX(SALARY)

FROM Employee

WHERE SALARY < (SELECT MAX(SALARY) FROM Employee);

Marghoob Hassan
1y

Select * from (select name,salary, dense_rank over (order by salary desc) as rank from employees) where rank=2;

Ajay Arora
1y

SELECT MAX (SALARY)

FROM TABLE_NAME

WHERE SALARY < (SELECT MAX (SALARY) FROM TABLE_NAME);

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