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Home 2017 October SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Find second highest salary for each department

SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Find second highest salary for each department

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Check the below input data and require output data to find the second highest salary for each department.

Input Data:

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EmpID EmpName DeptID EmpSalary
----------- ---------- ----------- --------------------
1 Rohan 1 90000
2 Luis 1 60000
3 Robort 2 10000
4 Markvel 2 30000
5 Manish 2 60000
6 Gopi 3 70000
7 Mayur 3 50000
8 Suko 3 80000
9 Raj 4 20000
10 Anvesh 4 10000

Expected Output:

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EmpID EmpName DeptID EmpSalary
----------- ---------- ----------- --------------------
2 Luis 1 60000
4 Markvel 2 30000
6 Gopi 3 70000
10 Anvesh 4 10000

Create a table with sample data:

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CREATE TABLE Employee
(
EmpID INT
,EmpName VARCHAR(10)
,DeptID INT
,EmpSalary BIGINT
)
GO
 
INSERT INTO Employee
VALUES
(1,'Rohan',1,90000)
,(2,'Luis',1,60000)
,(3,'Robort',2,10000)
,(4,'Markvel',2,30000)
,(5,'Manish',2,60000)
,(6,'Gopi',3,70000)
,(7,'Mayur',3,50000)
,(8,'Suko',3,80000)
,(9,'Raj',4,20000)
,(10,'Anvesh',4,10000)
GO

Solution: Use CTE with RANK()

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WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT
EmpID
,EmpName
,DeptID
,EmpSalary
,RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY DEPTID ORDER BY EmpSalary DESC) rnk
FROM Employee
)
SELECT
EmpID
,EmpName
,DeptID
,EmpSalary
FROM CTE
WHERE rnk = 2

Please try the different solution for this puzzle and share it via comment...

Oct 13, 2017Anvesh Patel
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Comments: 1
  1. Tapan Patel
    January 6, 2020 at 7:37 am

    Hi,

    If don’t want to used the CTE then we will write a query live this.

    select * from
    (select *, rank() over(partition by DeptID order by EmpSalary desc) as rnk from Employee) as tbl1
    where tbl1.rnk=2

    it will returns same ans .

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