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Second-Highest Value Without LIMIT

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the second-highest value in a table without using LIMIT.

Use the measurements table and its value column. Treat duplicate values as one distinct value. If fewer than two distinct non-null values exist, the query should return NULL.

Output

  1. Return one row with the column second_highest_value.
  2. Include the second-highest distinct non-null value.
  3. Return NULL when no such value exists.

Schema

measurements
ColumnTypeDescription
measurement_idPKINTUnique measurement identifier
valueNUMERIC(10,2)Measured numeric value
Tablesmeasurements
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