problem to select max value from differents feilds in sql

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Name Mark1 Mark2 Mark3 Mark4

xxx 56 85 79 80

How to select second highest mark from this using sql server?????

Posted 5-Mar-12 20:20pm

Aswathi Narayan

Updated 5-Mar-12 20:23pm

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Solution 1

Hi, try:

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SELECT Name, MAX(XXX) AS SECONDMARK FROM TABLENAME
WHERE XXX <> (SELECT MAX(XXX) FROM TABLENAME)
GROUP BY Name

Posted 5-Mar-12 20:32pm

Charlemagne Gustilo

Updated 5-Mar-12 20:34pm

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Aswathi Narayan 6-Mar-12 2:41am

Thank u $ ur reply.. Here Name,Mark1,Mark2,Mark3,Mark4 are 5 seperate columns in the table "Details". then how can i find second highest mark from this using sql server

kishore Rajendran 8-Mar-12 7:07am

5 marks in 5 columns?why?

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Pablo Aliskevicius · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-05T20:35:00

Solution 2

Read the SQL Server books online for UNPIVOT and RANK. If I remember right, this is the textbook example.

See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177410.aspx[^] and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176102.aspx[^]

Hope this helps,
Pablo.