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Old 05-16-06, 03:28
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Second Max Salary

Hi,

How do we query Second Maximum salary without using Temp Tables.


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Old 05-16-06, 05:07
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this is a very, very common homework question, so we cannot answer it directly for you, but we can help you discover the answer for yourself

you can do this with a subquery -- the second highest salary can be determined using MAX(salary), where the salaries aren't the highest salary
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