write a query to select the 5th higest salary record from table employee

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write a query to select the 5th higest salary record from table employee
plz explain the query too

Posted 20-Sep-12 1:47am

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[no name] 20-Sep-12 7:48am

Uhm.... no.... do your own homework and you would be able to explain it yourself.

Member 9239619 20-Sep-12 7:50am

i have an interview tomorrow so m asking

Malli_S 20-Sep-12 7:52am

Then better you should have googled. Or should have referred to some reference book. Why wasting time here.

[no name] 20-Sep-12 7:51am

gud gud best of luck i will reply

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Solution 4

try this soln.it works i haved trid

SQL

select  * from
(select empId,salary,RANK() over (order by salary desc) as rank  from Emp ) as p
where rank=5

Posted 20-Sep-12 2:13am

Vijay Walunj,Navi mumbai

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[no name] 20-Sep-12 8:20am

great vijay sir

Solution 2

You can simply use the Tophttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189463.aspx[^] keyword.
However, that is not the solution the interviewer would most likely be looking for.

Posted 20-Sep-12 1:58am

Abhinav S

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VIPR@T · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-20T01:58:00

Solution 3

Hi,

Please see the below article and review it. i hope you will get answer.

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/04/02/sql-server-find-nth-highest-salary-of-employee-query-to-retrieve-the-nth-maximum-value/[^]

Thanks,
Viprat

Posted 20-Sep-12 1:58am

VIPR@T