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SQL Query for Second Highest

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Iris software wants a quick compensation report showing the second-highest salary currently recorded in its employee table. Write a PostgreSQL query that returns the second-highest distinct non-null salary.

Requirements

  1. Ignore employees whose salary is NULL.
  2. Treat duplicate salary values as one value, then return the second-highest salary in descending order.

Schema

employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee's name
salaryNUMERIC(12,2)Annual employee salary
Tablesemployees
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