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Second-Highest Transaction Amount Query

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL00:00
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Problem

You are given a transaction table from an Infosys Finacle-style payments dataset. Write a PostgreSQL query to return the second-highest distinct transaction amount without using the LIMIT clause. If the highest amount appears multiple times, it should still count as one distinct value, so the query must return the next lower distinct amount.

Schema

transactions
ColumnTypeDescription
transaction_idPKINTUnique transaction identifier
account_idINTAccount associated with the transaction
transaction_typeVARCHAR(20)Type of transaction
amountDECIMAL(10,2)Transaction amount
transaction_dateDATEDate of the transaction
Tablestransactions
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