third highest salary in sql

1SELECT TOP 1 salary
2FROM (
3SELECT DISTINCT TOP N salary
4FROM #Employee
5ORDER BY salary DESC
6) AS temp
7ORDER BY salary

1SELECT MAX(SALARY) 'SECOND_MAX' FROM EMPLOYEES
2WHERE SALARY <> (SELECT MAX(SALARY) FROM EMPLOYEES);

1SELECT MAX(SALARY) 'SECOND_MAX' FROM EMPLOYEES
2WHERE SALARY <> (SELECT MAX(SALARY) FROM EMPLOYEES);
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7Here is the solution for nth highest
8salary from employees table 
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10SELECT FIRST_NAME , SALARY FROM 
11(SELECT FIRST_NAME, SALARY, DENSE_RANK() OVER
12(ORDER BY SALARY DESC) AS SALARY_RANK
13FROM EMPLOYEES)
14WHERE SALARY_RANK = n; 

1SELECT MAX(salary) FROM Employee WHERE Salary NOT IN ( SELECT Max(Salary) FROM Employee);

1Here is the solution for 3rd highest
2salary from employees table 
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4SELECT FIRST_NAME , SALARY FROM 
5(SELECT FIRST_NAME, SALARY, DENSE_RANK() OVER
6(ORDER BY SALARY DESC) AS SALARY_RANK
7FROM EMPLOYEES)
8WHERE SALARY_RANK = 3; 

1SELECT ename,sal from Employee e1 where 
2        N-1 = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT sal)from Employee e2 where e2.sal > e1.sal) 
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