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SQL: Prime and 3rd Highest Salary

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Problem

Write a SQL query to find prime numbers and also return the 3rd highest salary.

Use the numbers and employees tables. Treat the third highest salary as the third distinct salary, and return every employee tied at that salary.

Output

  1. Return result_type, prime_number, employee_name, and salary.
  2. Use one row per prime number and one row per employee at the third highest salary.
  3. Sort prime rows in ascending numeric order, followed by the salary rows.

Schema

numbers
ColumnTypeDescription
number_idPKINTUnique identifier for the number row
valueINTInteger value to test for primality
employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee's display name
salaryNUMERIC(12,2)Employee salary
Tablesnumbersemployees
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