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SQL Query Practice

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write SQL to retrieve the second-highest salary from a table.

Return the second-highest distinct, non-null salary. If fewer than two distinct salary values exist, return no rows.

Output

  1. One row with the column second_highest_salary
  2. Include only the second-highest distinct salary
  3. Return the salary as a numeric value

Schema

employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee name
salaryNUMERIC(10,2)Employee salary
Tablesemployees
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