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Second-Highest Grant Amount SQL
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Second-Highest Grant Amount SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL script to find the second-highest grant amount.

Use the grants table and treat the second-highest amount as the second-highest distinct non-null value. Return no rows if fewer than two distinct non-null amounts exist.

Output

  1. Return one row with one column named second_highest_grant_amount.
  2. Return the second-highest distinct grant amount only.

Schema

grants
ColumnTypeDescription
grant_idPKINTEGERUnique identifier for the grant record
grant_nameVARCHAR(150)Name of the grant
grant_amountNUMERIC(12,2)Awarded grant amount
Tablesgrants
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