sql querry to find 2nd highest value

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Hello,
I have a table name employee..

C#

id     name     salary
1       a	10000
2	b	5000
3	c	8000
4	d	15000
5	e	18000

I wanna a output of highest 3 transactions as below:

C#

id  name  salary
5    e    18000
4    d    15000
1    a    10000

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Posted 3-Sep-13 22:55pm

srishti_

Updated 3-Sep-13 23:36pm

Thanks7872

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-03T23:02:00

Solution 2

Try:

SQL

SELECT TOP 3 * FROM employee ORDER BY salary

Posted 3-Sep-13 23:02pm

OriginalGriff

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[no name] 4-Sep-13 5:14am

My vote +5

vinay.tatipamula · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-03T23:02:00

Solution 1

SQL

Select Top 3 *From employee order by salary DESC.

Posted 3-Sep-13 23:02pm

vinay.tatipamula

Updated 3-Sep-13 23:04pm

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ridoy · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-03T23:12:00

Solution 3

SQL

SELECT TOP 3 *
FROM  (SELECT *
       FROM   table_Name
       ORDER BY Salary)

Posted 3-Sep-13 23:12pm

ridoy

Updated 3-Sep-13 23:14pm

v3