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Query to Retrieve top 3 salaries persons. [message #51059]

Tue, 23 April 2002 05:26

Zahid Rahim
Messages: 31
Registered: April 2002

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Hi,
I am needed of a query with which i can retrieve the 3 employees who are earning the higest salaries.it is better to use the default emp table for this query.
Zahid Rahim

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Re: Query to Retrieve top 3 salaries persons. [message #51065 is a reply to message #51059]

Tue, 23 April 2002 07:26

Sanjay Bajracharya
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Registered: October 2001
Location: Florida

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select *
from emp
where rownum < 4
order by salary desc;

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Re: Query to Retrieve top 3 salaries persons. [message #51083 is a reply to message #51059]

Wed, 24 April 2002 03:42

ravibabu
Messages: 12
Registered: July 2001

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select *
from (select * from emp order by salalary desc)
where rownum < 4

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Re: Query to Retrieve top 3 salaries persons. [message #51085 is a reply to message #51065]

Wed, 24 April 2002 04:26

Mike
Messages: 417
Registered: September 1998

Senior Member

This query will not work. It will only order the first 4 rows retrieved by the table.

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