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This document discusses different ways to find the nth highest salary from an Oracle database table. It describes using functions like DENSE_RANK(), RANK(), ROW_NUMBER(), correlated subqueries, and LEVEL and CONNECT BY PRIOR to determine the nth highest salary. Examples are provided for each method to retrieve the first and second highest salaries. The document consolidates this information from multiple forums in one place to make it easier to reference.

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Informatica Questions

This document discusses different ways to find the nth highest salary from an Oracle database table. It describes using functions like DENSE_RANK(), RANK(), ROW_NUMBER(), correlated subqueries, and LEVEL and CONNECT BY PRIOR to determine the nth highest salary. Examples are provided for each method to retrieve the first and second highest salaries. The document consolidates this information from multiple forums in one place to make it easier to reference.

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Different Ways To Find Nth

Highest Salary In Oracle


To find nth highest salary in Oracle is a question basically every Oracle developer might
have encountered directly or indirectly in their career. You may get numerous answers
in different kind of forums. Let us try to consolidate all answers at one place. It will be
easy for you to just look into a single place in future instead of rummaging through
several forums and archives.

Let us say your EMP table looks like as below

Here are scripts to create EMP and DEPT table

According to our table, the highest salary earner is King, the president, second highest
earners are Scott and Ford while the third highest salary earner is Jones and so on.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO
FIND NTH HIGHEST
SALARY IN ORACLE
Find Nth Highest Salary Using
DENSE_RANK() Function
Below is the query you can execute to find nth highest salary using dense_rank()
function

Syntax
SELECT *

FROM

SELECT ename, sal, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY sal DESC) nth_highest_sal

FROM emp

WHERE nth_highest_sal = &n;

Here you can replace n with 1, 2 as first highest, second highest salary respectively.

Example
SELECT *
FROM

SELECT ename, sal, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY sal DESC) nth_highest_sal

FROM emp

WHERE nth_highest_sal = 2;

Output

ENAME SAL NTH_HIGHEST_SAL

SCOTT 3000 2

FORD 3000 2

Find Nth Highest Salary Using


RANK() Function
Using Rank function you can find nth highest salary as below

Syntax
SELECT e3.empno empno, e3.ename name, e3.sal salary

FROM (

SELECT e1.sal, RANK() OVER (ORDER BY e1.sal DESC) RANK

FROM (SELECT DISTINCT e2.sal FROM emp e2) e1 ) empx, emp e3


WHERE RANK = &n

AND e3.sal = empx.sal;

Here you can replace n with 1, 2 as first highest, second highest salary respectively.

Example
SELECT e3.empno empno, e3.ename name, e3.sal salary

FROM (

SELECT e1.sal, RANK() OVER (ORDER BY e1.sal DESC) RANK

FROM (SELECT DISTINCT e2.sal FROM emp e2) e1 ) empx, emp e3

WHERE RANK = 2

AND e3.sal = empx.sal;

Output

EMPNO NAME SALARY

7788 SCOTT 3000

7902 FORD 3000

Find Nth Highest Salary Using


Correlated Subquery or COUNT
function
This is another way to find out nth highest salary using correlated sub-query or COUNT
function. Maybe this is the simplest way of all.

Syntax
SELECT empno, ename, sal

FROM emp e1

WHERE &n = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(sal)) FROM emp e2 WHERE e2.sal >= e1.sal);

Replace n with value 1,2 to get first highest and second highest salary respectively.

Example
SELECT empno, ename, sal

FROM emp e1

WHERE 2 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(sal)) FROM emp e2 WHERE e2.sal >= e1.sal);

Output

EMPNO ENAME

7788 SCOTT

7902 FORD

Find Nth Highest Salary Using


ROW_NUMBER() Function
Here is how you can find out nth salary using ROW_NUMBER() function
Syntax
SELECT empno as emp_number, ename as name, salary

FROM (

SELECT empno, ename, sal as salary, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY Sal DESC) as


nth_highest_salary

FROM emp)

WHERE nth_highest_salary = &n;

Here you can replace n with 1, 2 as first highest, second highest salary respectively.

Example
SELECT empno as emp_number, ename as name, salary

FROM (

SELECT empno, ename, sal as salary, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY Sal DESC) as


nth_highest_salary

FROM emp )

WHERE nth_highest_salary = 2;

Output

EMP_NUMBER NAME

7788 SCOTT

Drawback: The only drawback of this query is employee FORD with same salary will
be regarded as 3rd highest rather than 2nd highest salary as the ranking is given by row
number instead of salary as in DENSE_RANK function.
Find Nth Highest Salary using
LEVEL and CONNECT BY PRIOR
Here is how we can find nth highest salary using Level and Connect by Prior

Syntax
SELECT LEVEL, MAX(sal) salary

FROM emp

WHERE LEVEL = &n

CONNECT BY PRIOR sal > sal

GROUP BY LEVEL;

Here you can replace n with 1, 2 as first highest, second highest salary respectively.

Example
SELECT LEVEL, MAX(sal) salary

FROM emp

WHERE LEVEL = 2

CONNECT BY PRIOR sal > sal

GROUP BY LEVEL;

Output

LEVEL SALARY
2 3000

Drawback: The drawback in this query is that you cannot find which employee had
second highest salary.

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