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Top Nth Salary Without LIMIT
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Top Nth Salary Without LIMIT

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the Nth highest salary in a table without using LIMIT.

The runnable example uses N = 3. Treat salaries with the same value as one salary rank, exclude NULL salaries, and adjust the N value when needed.

Output

  1. Return one row for the requested salary rank.
  2. Include salary and salary_rank.
  3. Sort by salary descending.

Schema

salaries
ColumnTypeDescription
salary_idPKINTEGERUnique salary record identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee name associated with the salary
salaryNUMERIC(12,2)Employee salary amount
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